4-H Fundraising Request Form
Request must be submitted to the Extension Office at least one month before advertising the proposed fundraising
event. See the Club Treasurer’s Book or website (under Volunteer/Forms) for the Fundraising Worksheet and
Report. Note that 15% of the profits of all fundraisers now goes to the McKean County 4-H Endowment
Fund to ensure that 4-H continues in our county in the future.
Date _________________________
Name of 4-H Club:
___________
Name of Club Treasurer:
___________
Name of adult overseeing fundraiser:
___________
Address
_
Phone Number/email
__________________________________________
Type of Fundraiser (MUST appear on the list of approved fundraisers):
Purpose of Fundraiser:_
Fundraising Goal (How much profit you hope to make)
$ _________________________________________
Cash outlay required (How much you need to spend)
$ _________________________________________
Date of event (include start/end date if more than one day) ______________________________________________
Location of event
___________________________________________________
Certificate of Insurance needed? Yes __________ No ___________
The above fundraising project has been approved by:
Club Leader signature
4-H Extension Educator
Date _________________________
Send a copy of the Fundraiser Report (see Treasurer’s Book or website) to the Extension Office with 15% of the
profits (if any) within 30 days from the event.
Updated 10/1/2013
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Approved 4-H Fund-Raising Events/Activities
Ad booklet
• Animal photography at fair (except pictures
where person sits on animal)
• Bake sales
• Bovine hoof trimming*
• Cake walks
• Car washes
• Carnivals - backyard carnivals
• Craft items
• Christmas tree sales
• Corn maze (clear paths, appropriate weather
conditions, and supervision)
• Dances/dance instruction
• Donation jars
• Easter Egg Hunts (plastic eggs only)
• E-bay sales
• Face Painting (hypoallergenic or allergytested paints only)
• Fishing Tournaments +
• Food coupon sales - Examples: Donuts,
sandwiches, pizza, Burger King, (contract must be
approved) Note: Sheetz contract no longer
approved
• Food sales & dinners (prepared by 4-H leaders
and members)
• Fruits and vegetables raised as part of a 4-H
project may be sold as long as the guidelines for
producers found on page 7-6 are followed.
Groups selling fruits and vegetables from other
sources must ensure the organization reputable,
such as Sunkist. No reselling of food items
purchased from truck farms and informal
establishments will be approved. Consumers must
be provided the brochure proper care and
Handling of Fruits and Vegetables.
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uk074.pdf
• Garden maintenance (no power tools used)
• Golf tournaments (no sponsoring of alcoholic
beverage sales)
• Greensneakers.org
• Halloween festival (not haunted house/hayride)
• Halloween insurance policy sale
• Hay maze (see p. 7-10 for details)
• Hayrides (A competent adult chaperone must be
on the wagon during the ride.)
• Horse - Open horse clinic for youth
• Horse - Open horse shows for youth*
(Acknowledgement of risk forms required.)
• Horse - Open horse trail ride for youth
• Horse judges booklet***
• Horseman's expo (no horses)
• Jail fund-raisers (people raise their bail to be
released)
• Kiddy pedal tractor pull
•Kids Night Out +++
•Ladies Night Out ++
• Lawn Clovers (Follow guidelines for name and
emblem use.)
• Livestock sales*
• Manure sale
• Miniature golf tournament
• Model horse show
• NASCO cash back program (Approved for
clubs, not individuals.)
• Newspaper subscriptions
• Open mic events, Karaoke
• Opinion fund-raiser (nothing controversial)
• Penny Press
• Pet Shows
• Pet Treats (no animal by-products)
• Petting zoos**
• Photo Calendars (photo release and contract
approval required)
• Plant and flower sales
• Plat Books (see page 7-19 for additional
information
• Pony rides (see page 7-20 for additional
information)
• Pony ride pictures (ponies must be on a lead
line)
• Pony wagon rides
• Pre-packaged Food Sales (4-H is not preparing
or packaging the food). Examples: Cookies,
popping corn, Stromboli, pizza, lady fingers,
candy bars, fruit sale, mushroom pies, pies,
sausage, frozen food, cheese, gift packs of food
• Pre-packaged product sales - Examples: Flower
bulbs, calendars, placemats, plat books, t-shirts,
hats, stationary, cookbooks, light bulbs, assorted
merchandise, seeds, pocket calendars, dish towels,
playhouse tickets, gift wrap, fire extinguishers,
first aid kits, chimney cleaner and fire-place
crystals, rat poison, RADA utensil sales, Avon,
Friendly home catalogue sales, 4-H mug sale,
Tupperware "book" party
• Public auction
• Recycling (aluminum cans and other non-toxic
items)
• Restaurant 4-H day
• Rub-on tattoos
• Save-a-label supermarket
• Save-a-tape register tape saving program
• Scarecrows
• Tack sale/swap*
• Talent show
• Thons - Examples: bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons,
dance-a-thons, rock-a-thons, bowl-a-thon, Skatea-thon
• Trail rides
• Wrapping gifts
• Yard or garage sales