Your company can help. More fun ideas to raise money for those in need:

  • Sell pre-made, brown-bagged gourmet lunches.
  • Have a pizza or another take-out lunch and charge a set donation.
  • Have a bake sale.
  • Organize a potluck lunch and accept donations for lunch.
  • Have your company executives prepare lunch for employees and accept donations to enjoy the fruits of their labour.
  • A brown bag lunch exchange to create awareness and interest - remember to have participants donate their lunch money!
  • Have employees prepare unique/ethnic brown bag lunches for a silent or live auction on the morning of Lunch Money Day.
  • Involve your cafeteria:
    • Donate at the cash register
    • Sell a special food item and donate proceeds
    • Sell brown bag lunches at a special price
  • Create awareness by collecting recipes for a favourite sandwich contest. Winner receives a prize.
  • Have a gourmet lunch catered and sell tickets.
  • Invite neighbouring companies to a get-to-know-you lunch to increase awareness and donations.
  • Create a fundraising competition with a neighbouring company or school.
  • Have your company donate soup or desserts on Lunch Money Day to accompany the brown bag lunches, which everyone will bring from home - a great way to get together!
  • Have a 50/50 draw.
  • Start a swear jar.
  • Have your company match employee donations and let everyone know - the more money raised, the more money the company will donate!

The possibilities are endless and it's all for a really good cause - helping Second Harvest feed those in need.

Please email us with any other ideas for raising funds for Lunch Money Day. We will add them to our list! 

To participate in Lunch Money Day, register now.