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Have a Soup Sale

Host a Soup Sale at church for fundraising

 
Soup sales are great fundraiser for your entire church family to participate in. They work best during the fall, winter, and early spring months when the weather is cooler. Here are some great suggestions for having a successful "Soup Sale."

The most successful and remembered events are well organized, well prepared, and have a fun theme, which helps people remember your event.  Let's take a look at these 3 important factors.

Having a fun theme:

-This of course is optional, but if at all possible, have a fun theme.  This adds so much to your fundraising Soup Sale event at church.  Once you have picked a theme, buy or make place setting, table covers, center pieces, and decorations to match.  This does not have to be costly.  Let's say your theme was "Soups on the Ark." You could have the children in the church color rainbows and put them on the walls, you could use all different color cups, plates, etc to represent the rainbow.  You could make a large rainbow out of different color fabrics on a large wall or have people walk under the fabric rainbow as they enter the dinning hall. Ask members of your church to bring in stuffed animals of all sizes and display them somewhere. Your main server or the people collecting the money and tickets could dress up like biblical characters.

-The ideas are endless.  Perhaps an Autumn theme, Winter theme, Snowflake theme, Camping theme, Pirates theme, Garden of Eden theme, Fiesta theme, etc.

-Have an area, perhaps a small corner near the drink table to do a display of your theme. Just use your imagination.  If you are doing a Garden of Eden theme, one could have greenery all through out the table with apples here and there. Offer apple juice and apple cider to drink. Have your members bring in plants and put them all in that area. Have children bring in stuffed animals to put near the plants, representing the Garden of Eden.

-Don't forget to have music playing softly in the background, hopefully music relating to your theme.

Being Organized:

-Begin with a committee of 3 or 4 people to organize your event. Each person on the committee will be in charge of getting their own volunteers to do what ever job they are in charge of.

-Set up tables in your church dinning hall.  Set the tables with table covers, bread & butter, and appropriate silverware.

-Have a separate table offering different beverages for the guest. (This way, they can go and get their own drinks without standing in the soup line.)

-Ask church members, or small groups in your church to donate soups, rolls, butter, drinks, etc...

-Have plenty of small monies on hand for change.

-Make sure weekly announcements are made about the soup sale and perhaps posters made.  If you are having this event for a specific fund, then say so.  "Soup Sale to Benefit New Children's Choir Robes."

-Have someone very pleasant as your greeter handling the tickets and/or money, and thanking each and every person who came to your soup sale.

Being Well Prepared:

-Make sure you have PLENTY of soup, and a nice variety of soups to offer.

-Have the tables set the night before.

-Have the room decorated the night before.

-Make sure you have plenty of help in the kitchen.

-Offer "Take out" for people who are busy and can't stay in and eat. Have plenty of plastic containers with lids for your take out.

 

 

 

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