CREATIVE AND FUN CAMPAIGN IDEAS

Below are many fun ways to bring the LIVE UNITED message to life. Share your creative and fun campaign ideas with us!

• Prime parking spot raffles or incentives - • Entertainment drive - Employees donate employees pay to use parking spots close new or slightly used books, DVDs, board to the building each month of the year games and more to hold a sale to benifit • contests - Movie, TV show, or United Way United Way trivia contests that people pay • Guess the number - have employees to play and the winner or winning team pay for a chance to guess the number gets a prize of pieces of candy in a jar. The most • Putting contests - either a day event or accurate guess wins the candy and/or one new putting hole each day of the another prize. week and the employee with the lowest • Charge late fees - employees who arrive stroke total wins a prize late for meetings or any other tardiness • Fit fundraising - healthy bake sale, pay a fee to be donated to United Way walking goals, free throw contest or jump • Guess the baby picture - employees rope contests supply their baby picture to post which • Food truck lunch kick off - the business contestants then pay to match the right pays for lunch for the employees to help name with the right baby picture. The kick off their campaign. employee with the highest number of correct matches wins a prize. • Ice cream sundae kick off - have a wide variety sundae toppings for employees to • Balloon pop surprise - fill balloons with build their own sundaes helium and put small pieces of paper with prizes written on them in the balloons. • Executive costume contest- employees Employees pay for balloons to pop and pay to vote on what costume their discover what prizes they won executives have to wear for a day • Casual day for United Way - employees • Funniest home video contest - have pay an amount to be allowed to wear employees submit their own “home” or casual clothes to work for a day “work” videos. Charge an entry fee for the and provide popcorn and • Corn hole tournament - pick teams of candy for the party. Award a prize for the two for employees to compete against fan favorite video. each other in corn hole with the last team standing winning a prize

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ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGN IDEAS:

• Live United photo booth or video contest • Athletic competition against professional rivals (benefiting United Way) • Fun “theme” day that draws attention to community needs • Pay money to change the radio station in • Pumpkin carving contest • Jean Day during campaign (for a price...) • Day of vacation by donating a day’s salary to United Way or other incentives • Auction RESERVED parking spots or executive valet service • Closest to the pin contest putting or chipping contest (for a donation) • Pink Flamingo Attack ($$$ to have them removed or sent…) • Sports skills challenge - Football throwing or shooting • Garage or Bake Sale • Dance or Karaoke competition • Cookbooks or Calendars • ‘Thank You’ Breakfast featuring a guest • Taste of Midland County Lunch box speaker whose life has been impacted ($5.00) • Collect pop cans • Scavenger Hunt • Change for Change competition or have • Cookout or a “Penny War” • Dunk Tank (take bids) • Live, silent or online auctions • Sidewalk chalk artwork contest • Lunch and a movie or themed lunches • Popcorn Fridays • Root Beer Floats or Ice Cream Socials • Used book sale during lunch • Chili Cook-off or Iron Chef competition • Window dressings to support the • Wii Olympics tournament or other Live United message Wii games • Sponsor a float in a local parade • Texas Hold ‘em or Euchre Tournament • Pay to have “Velvet Elvis” sent to a • Executive car wash for employee groups coworker...or pay for insurance to who raise the most money prevent his visit

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