Fundraising


Please use resources found here to plan your next fundraising effort,
or to enhance a program you already offer.

Send us your fundraising ideas, documents and links!
 


IDEA Exchange
 


Booksales
 

Fundraising

Booksales / Book Stores

Book Pricing Template (2006)
Belleville Used Book Shop
Sault Ste. Marie Book store co-coordinator's job description (2006)
Book store sorters ( 2006)
Bookstore price list (2009)
Book Store philosophy (2006)
Book store procedures (2006)
Request book procedures (2006)
Mississauga Book pricing guidelines (2009) 
Mississauga Book Sales (2009)
Price Guidelines (2009)
Sorting and Pricing (2009)
Ottawa Friends' Bookstores and Book Sales
Saskatoon Book Store - picture - website
Toronto Running a Friends Book Shop (North York, 1999)
   

Better World Books will sell your surplus books and you
will get you will receive a percentage back on your books
that they sell, and an additional percentage will directly
benefit a literacy initiative."  They pay for shipping!

 Fundraising Campaigns

Adopt a Book
Adopt a Journal

Airdrie Public Library Adopt a book for Christmas
Brockville Adopt a Book
Cape Breton Regional Library Adopt a Book
Friends of the Fredericton Public Library
- Adopt-A-Book 2009
London Public Library - The Imagine Campaign
Merrickville Public Library  Adopt a Book
New Brunswick Public Libraries Foundation
Port Hope - Adopt a book
Port Moody Adopt a Book
South Shore Regional Library
St. Thomas Adopt a Book/Magazine
Stratford - Adopt a Magaine
Friends of the Uxbridge Public Library - Adopt a book/Magazine
Veterinary Medical Library, Un. of Saskatchewan Adopt a Journal
Waterloo Public Library - Adopt a Magazine
Western Counties Regional Libraries (2008) Adopt a Book

 

Capital Airdrie Public Library Come Grow with Us
Brockville Roots and Wings Fund

 
Enhancement Toronto - re:vitalize – Toronto Reference Library Campaign
 

New Branch
 
Barrie Public Library - Branching Out campaign

Charities / Donations / Planned Giving

Canada Helps
Imagine Canada (formerly Canadian Centre for Philanthropy)

Events

Ajax Film Circuit
Barrie Events and fundraising website

A Novel Night Out
Breaking the Silence ~ Teen Advisory Board’s Bands Fundraiser
Whispering Pines -
euchre and bridge card party
Bowl for Books
Read 'em and Weep - casino night
Getting Closer - speed dating

Antigonish Spring
Clan Trivia Quiz
Fall Trivia Quiz
 
Planned:
Wheel of Fortune
Mamma Mia singalong
Heavenly Idol Dinner Theatre
Midland Library Garden Tour
 
North Perth Putting on the Ritz  - October
Saskatoon Dance Party at the "Hat" 2007 - poster
North Perth Putting on the Ritz  - October
Sault Ste. Marie Mardi Gras Chocolate Evening - February
Presentations Connecticut Friends Fundraising Beyond the Book Sale -- In 2011
 

Gift Shops/Boutiques

Bailieboro Bailieboro Library. - The Boutique
Barrie Barrie Public Library Café and Boutique
Belleville Friends of the Belleville Public Library -FOL Used Books and Gift Shop
Kitchener Kitchener Public Library - Shop KLP
London London Public Library - Library Merchandise and Store
Midway Midway Public Library - Gift Shop
Ottawa Canadian Library Association CLA Boutique
Ottawa Friends of the Library and Archives Canada - Online Store
Stratford Stratford Public Library - SPL@sh Boutique
Sudbury Ontario Library Service-North - OLS-North Store
Toronto Ontario Library Association - The OLA Store
Toronto Friends of the Merril Collection Merchandise
Toronto Friends of the Osborne Collection Merchandise
Vancouver Vancouver Public Library - book’mark, The Library Store
Vancouver University of British Columbia - UBC Library Vault
Victoria Greater Victoria Public Library - Friendshop
Waterloo Shopping @ WPL  - website
Winnipeg Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library Best of Friends Gift Shop

Merchandise

Book Bags Friends of the Lindsay Branch,  City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library
Contact:
 190 Kent Street West
 Lindsay, ON K9V 2Y6
 Attention: Eileen Anderson
 OR: e-mail
neelie16@gmail.com

 

   

   

   
Click on photo for larger image

Little Friend's Book Bag  - 
13"x12" Bag made of #7 100% washable canvas with gusset, has two small outer pockets in child pleasing cotton.
Price $8.00 plus shipping and handling.
Bulk orders:
25 to 49 bags inc. - $7.75/bag + shipping
50 to 99 bags inc. - $7.50/bag + shipping
100 or more bags - $7.25/bag + shipping

Large, heavy duty book and shopping bag 10 oz canvas with creative pocket in a book print. It is 18"wide 17" long with a 3 " gusset and  20"natural web handles.
100 or more  - $9.00/bag (100) + shipping.
Vendors Books Are Fun
BroDART
Carr McLean
In My Book
JanWay Company
Packaging Alternatives
Pop Packaging Inc.


ONLINE FUNDRAISING
 

 

CanadaHelps

 

Links to 140 Friends pages

Planned giving

Barrie Public Library
Greater Victoria Public Library

Oakville Public Library
Surrey Public Library

Windsor Public Library


Southern Ontario Library Service - FAQ Series: Establishing a Planned Giving Program

Resources

Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy™ - website - newsletter
Charity Village - Fundraising resources
Ken Wyman -  Fundraising Ideas That Work for Grassroots Groups

Ontario Public Library fundraise g interest group -  visiti groups.yahoo.com/group/ opl-frig

Southern Ontario Library Service - Clearinghouse - Funding Development

training

Georgian College Fundraising and Resource Development Program
2010 Fundraising Conference
Online and on target - technology for non profits
Date: May  6, 2010
Registration brochure

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orillia-ON/Fundraising-and-Resource-Development-Program/172744511842
 

SOLS Training Bulletin - http://sols.informz.ca/sols/archives/archive_52862.html

eFundraising -  two part webinar
Price: $26.25 [25.00 + GST] each
Registration form

Dates and Times:
Part 1- Starting the Donor Relationship Online
Friday, April 30th       11:00am to 12:00pm

Part 2 – Developing the Donor Relationship Online
Friday, May 7th       11:00am to 12:00pm