Group Fund Raising

Fund raising can be a group builder and worthwhile doing just for this sake. However:

• A project that is mostly done by parents and other adults benefits the youth only financially and lets them off the hook.
  
• A project that sends the youth out individually is less valuable than a project where they are working together.
  
• Even if you can get things donated or made by someone else, would the group gain by doing the preparation themselves? In other words, actually cooking the food themselves for a spaghetti dinner even though someone offers to cater it or having a baking party rather than only having people bring baked goods.
  
• A group project fund raiser also allows for youth that simply aren't or can't participate in an individualized fund raiser to be involved. Some youth can contribute time and effort but not money. Some youths are just too shy to do solicitations.
  
• Even though you can get away with it for awhile, congregations eventually tire of and resent fund raisers where they do not actually receive some value for their contributions.