Spaghetti Fundraiser?
Has anyone done a spaghetti dinner fundraiser? What was the menu? How much did you charge?
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Yes, I've done several to benefit my children's elementary school, though it was several years ago. For the price of a dinner (I think it was around $5 for adults; $3 for kids) you got spaghetti, garlic bread, a salad w/ dressing, and a beverage. We charged extra for desserts, which were baked by the parents (usually brownies, but sometimes a choice of brownies or cookies).
We were able to get local supermarkets to donate almost all of the food, so our costs were very low. We did buy paper tableclothes (in a red-and-white check -- very Italian looking) and some flowers for centerpieces. I think were also had to buy plates, paper cups, and plastic utensils.
It was an annual event and very popular with families. We tried to keep it affordable because we had several large families and didn't want the cost to be a burden for them.
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Nope, not me.
I went to a spaghetti fundraiser once. It was $10, all you can eat. They had vegetarian and non-vegetarian sauces there to go with the PILES of spaghetti we ate that night.
My high school did it many years ago. They served spagetti, a green salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, garlic bread, iced tea and dessert. I believe all the ingredients were purchased through the cafeteria, with the exception of the desserts that were donated by moms. I believe they charged $6 or $7 but that was back in 1993.
$10-$15 all you can eat with drinks, desert and movie.
at the church it was spaghetti ,garlic,salad,it was 4dallars last year
A spaghetti dinner can be from $7.50 a plate on up to your highest imagination. It depends on a lot of things about how much you charge, stay on the lower end if you want to get a lot of people to come, but make sure you make more than you spend. A good menu would be salad with at least two choices of dressings, spaghetti, two choices of sauces (one with and one without meat), garlic bread or bread sticks, and something yummy for dessert, maybe pie and cake with ice cream of course! Good Luck :)
Yes.
Spaghetti & sauce, meatballs (separate, so the main course was vege friendly as well), salad, rolls, beverages, cookies and pastries for dessert.
I was able to charge less because I managed to get most of the food donated and had volunteers to prepare the food.
Send an email out to your local grocery stores and bakeries - they can be very accomodating, especially if you're willing to put their name/logo on any advertising you do for the dinner.
Good luck!
that sounds yummy...i haven't done one, but if i were to attend, i would love to have salad bar, with all kinds of things to go on it, like cucumbers and little cherry tomatoes and cheese and bacon and egg...the normal stuff...but i guess, you don't have to have a salad bar, just have it all on the plate...or do a line...i don't know how those things are done...anyway, garlic bread always goes really well with spaghetti...you can make your own garlic butter by melting butter and adding garlic powder to taste...spread it on the bread and heat up at 350 degrees for about 10 min...
for a fundraiser, i'd say if you're going to offer all of that and a dessert, or even without a dessert, i'd charge between $6-$10 per plate...offer deals for families of 3 or more or something like that...
Depending on how much you are looking to raise and how many people you are expecting, I would figure out what the expenses of the night will cost you then how much you are trying to raise and base your cost on that information. Normally people will pay a little more if they know it is a fundraiser and going to a good cause. Maybe have some entertainment or something, like if it is for a cheerleading squad going to championship, have the cheerleaders do some cheers or something. For the menu, I would do spaghetti, with meat and without, garlic bread, green salad. Or...maybe charge 10 to get in and then do a silent action or something to raise a little more money. Good Luck!
We've done them for years at my Church . Usually keep it pretty simple. Set up a Salad Bar (Lettuce, Tomato's, Onions, Cukes, 2 Dressings) Serve Spaghetti, Sauce and Garlic Bread Buffet Style. Have Coffee and Tea .
We also ask for volunteers to bring desserts.
Charge $5 for adults and $2.50 for kids. We usually clear between $300 and $500 ..
When doing a spaghetti fundraiser, you have to remember that people are not attending because of the quality of food, but rather to support whatever fudraiser you are conducting. Also, when choosing prices you should consider a modest amount to encourage even more people to attend.
The menu should consist of basic italian based foods such as garlic bread & butter, pasta, sauce (with & without meat) & Parmesean cheese.
I hope that I was of some help. They are not too difficult run. I wish you the best of luck!
We had one at my sons school. They had it catered from some place local. It was spaghetti, salad and I think garlic bread and a drink. It was $10.
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