Nothing goes with the hot summer sun like cool water sports. Set up a neighborhood water theme park! Ask volunteers for wading pools, super water guns, and water balloons. Set us several games with whatever you can find. Ask visitors for a good will donation for participating in the festivities. Be sure to clearly advertise the intention of your fundraiser. Give donors a chance to give in the spirit of summertime fun.
• Super-soakers are the perfect weapons of chose for water war. Divide participants up into small teams, the idea is similar to tug of war, in reverse. Opposing teams spray each other, trying to prevent the other team from crossing the center line into their territory.
• All you need for some serious summer fun is a few inexpensive water balloons, a garden hose to fill the balloons, and a few empty wading pools to store the ammunition. Ask volunteers to fill as many water balloons and store them in the wading pools. Teams will divide up, facing each other about 10 feet apart. Limit the amount of water balloons for each team to about twenty. Blow the whistle (or simply shout, “Go!”) and stand back. Cheer each side on as they try to pulverize each other with flying water balloons. Lightheartedly declare a winner, and let that team face the next challenger.
The benefit to easy summer games is the enthusiastic participation you will encounter, especially from parents looking for easy entertainment for their kids. Keep the costs to your group low and the fun high. For an afternoon of wet and wild fun, your organization will walk away with fresh donor dollars, community exposure, and very little stress on your fundraising budget.
