- Baseball scratch cards offer individuals donating money as part of the fund-raiser a chance to get more value back in the form of discount coupons. Instead of purchasing lottery tickets, the majority of the money for which goes to the state government, those purchasing tickets know the proceeds will support the youth baseball league. According to easy-fundraising-ideas.com, these tickets have 50 different scratch-off dots on the card. Each contributor scratches off two dots and those values combined is the contribution he pays for the fund-raiser. In exchange he gets a sheet of coupons offering discounts for various restaurants and retail stores. These are national retailers and, according to the website, the value is over $100.
- Selling a $1 candy bar allows your baseball team to make a small investment. Baseball teams can purchase as few as one case of candy bars. A case includes four boxes of candy bars with each box holding 45 bars. The profit margin for baseball teams selling these $1 candy bars starts at 40 percent, according to easy-fundraising-ideas.com. If your baseball team is interested in selling a higher volume of candy bars, selling 100 cases or more will result in a 50-percent profit margin.
- Helpfundraise.com offers candles that baseball teams can sell at fund-raisers. The candles come in two different sizes, and in 2009 the prices per candle ranged from $11 to $16 for individuals purchasing them from team members. There candles come in seven different scents, including cinnamon roll, honeysuckle and cucumber melon.
- Golf balls are another item your baseball team can sell to raise funds, and they can be customized with the team logo on them so the purchasers remember the team they donated to. In 2009 these sleeves of three golf balls each cost $6, and your baseball team can make as much as a 45-percent profit, depending on the number of golf balls the team sells.
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