Hawaiin Luau

Invite Employees to a mini luau! Serve ham, pineapple upside-down cake and other goodies. Give prizes to employees wearing the most outrageous Hawaiin attire.

International Food Day

Team employees together to create tasty treats from around the globe. Employees decorate their booths and dress in appropriate costumes. Hold the event over a lunch hour, allowing employees to purchase tickets redeemable for food at the booths. Invite a panel of "celebrity" judges to award prizes.

Karaoke Party

This has the potential of being a BIG fundraiser! Participants pay $2 to enter and are given a list of songs and a pledge sheet in advance. Particpants ask employees to support them by pledging an amount of money. At the event, have a big box of funny hats, boas and other costume items available for participants to use. Consider "passing the hat" at the party to receive even more pledges! This fun event is also good for team building.

Laff Olympics

Employees compete in crazy events for silly prizes. Participants donate a $5.00 fee to enter. Observers can wager bets on their favourite entrants.

Minature Golf

Build a nine-hole course featuring slinkeys, ramps, water and sand around the office laid out to test the skills of your employees. The lowest score ( which may be decided by a tie-breaker) will take home a tacky golfing sportcoat. Interested twosomes return an entry form and bring a putter for the day of the event. Fees are:

- $25.00 for twosomes of upper management

- $15.00 for twosomes of middle management

- $10.00 for twosomes of all other staff

Bingo night

Sell bingo cards for employees to purchase. Get a local store to donate prizes for all winners.

Book Sale

Invite employees to donate books they've read and get great deals on books from other employees. Encourage employees to bring their donations in early. Sell paperbacks for $1.00 and hardbacks for $2.00.

Casual Day

Sell Casual Day Badges allowing employees purchasing them to dress casually on certain days. Badges can be purchased for $5.00 each through payroll deduction or lump sum donation. The badges carry an expiration date, depending on the amount donated. Define waht is meant by "casual" to avoid confusion. Invite your employees to "go crazy" during their casual days! Designate days for Crazy Days and encourage employees to show their "wild side". For example

Tuesday: Funny Hat Day

Wednesday: Silly Socks Day

Thursday: Sports Team Day

CEO Car Wash

Invite employees to donate $5.00 to have their car washed at high noon by their CEO in business clothing. Charge extra for special services like cleaning the interior or polishing the rims. Charge for Polaroid/Digital photos of the employees and the "boss" washing their cars.

Craft and Bake Sale

Bake sales are especially popular events. Craft sales give employees a chance to share their hobbies and special talents. This type of event raises money for the United Way and helps employees get an edge on their holiday shopping.

Employee Cook Book

Collect recipes and helpful household hints. Group the collection into sections for a customized cookbook. Employees' children provide the cover artwork and illustrations. Print and bind books by a local business pro bono. This event has been so popular that some organziations have not been able to fill all requests. Plan for an enthusiastic response!

Executive Fantasy Auction

Have executives at your organzation create "fantasy" packages, which employees can bid on at a special auction. Packages could include fishing trips, dinners or movie tickets. Executives could also auction their special "services". For example:

- Cooking the winning bidder a special dish

- Singing at wedding, party or special event

- Mowing the winner's lawn

- Changing the winner's oil

- Babysitting the winner's children

- Washing the winner's car

- Washing the winner's windows

Flashback Carnival

Invite employees to an old-fashioned carnival, complete with cake walks, bake sale, bubble blowing and $0.50 hotdogs. Hold a hoolahoop contest and hoopshoot to really give it that "flashback" flavour. Charge participants a fee to enter the contest. Finally, set up a dunk tank with all your favourite dunkable executives. Charge $2.00 for three balls or have a pie throwing booth with all your favourite executives.

Halloween -- Pumpkin Carving Contest

Use a Halloween theme for your campaign this year. Hold a pumpkin carving contest. Invite employees to enter carved pumpkins individually or by group. Charge $5.00 to enter and $1.00 per vote. Award prizes in categories include:

- Best traditional pumpkin

- Most creative pumpkin

- Best effort by a group

- Best effort by an individual

Other possible ideas

Bocce ball Tournament

Ice Cream Sundaes to those who return their pledge forms (whether they donate or not)

Popcorn day

Tricycle races, Office chair races

BBQ or pizza lunch or pancake breakfast