I've been experiencing the effects of the US economy as of late and so know broke rather well. But I've been wanting to give to the sott fund defending HBI's absurd legal suit too, so I've been kicking around some ideas for fund raising on an individual level. There's also this thread Tired of your job? Ways to make money. which could help to read through as well.
Here's some of the thoughts I came up with; there's long term plans and short term ones too. Legal cases can drag out so it's good to have both.
- Flush out unused or unneeded books from your library and sell them on amazon or to your local used book store (you'll probably get more at amazon though) - could do the same for dvd's and cd's.
- Go through nicknacks and sell disregarded things on ebay.
- During spring cleaning have a yard sale - get together with neighbors and have a super duper yard sale (more people will come and check out your stuff.)
- Go to yard sales and find cheap things you can resell on ebay (small antiques may be a good bet)
- Do some overtime shifts at work if possible.
- Grow a vegetable garden and sell left over veggies at a farmers market (if you live in a city, many have community gardens). At the farmers market, suppliment food items with other goods or crafts. (such as homemade soap)
- Make flyers for tutoring if you have a good base knowledge of math, science or other field.
- If you do reiki make flyers offering services for donations.
Other ideas?
Here's some of the thoughts I came up with; there's long term plans and short term ones too. Legal cases can drag out so it's good to have both.
- Flush out unused or unneeded books from your library and sell them on amazon or to your local used book store (you'll probably get more at amazon though) - could do the same for dvd's and cd's.
- Go through nicknacks and sell disregarded things on ebay.
- During spring cleaning have a yard sale - get together with neighbors and have a super duper yard sale (more people will come and check out your stuff.)
- Go to yard sales and find cheap things you can resell on ebay (small antiques may be a good bet)
- Do some overtime shifts at work if possible.
- Grow a vegetable garden and sell left over veggies at a farmers market (if you live in a city, many have community gardens). At the farmers market, suppliment food items with other goods or crafts. (such as homemade soap)
- Make flyers for tutoring if you have a good base knowledge of math, science or other field.
- If you do reiki make flyers offering services for donations.
Other ideas?