Cher Hersrud of the The Resource Center in Fargo, ND posted these ideas to the CharityChannel CharityTalk list. (Posted with her permission.)

A couple of examples of the non-event from North Dakota:

  • a theatre sold tickets for a Dark Night - people tayed home, the theatre was closed - little time/money invested, pretty good return.
  • a church held a non-rummage sale; inviting members to contribut $25, instead of the time and effort to donate “stuff.”  Very positively received.
  • a phantom run was scheduled - and not held.  T-shirts were sold for the non-vent, which raised funds.  It can become an annual non-event with different shirts each year.

This is one of my favorite type of events - limited investment of funds and
volunteers.  Some, cannot easily become an annual event.