I should have mentioned one fundraiser our small Elementary school did, 480+ students K-6. Basically my wife and another mom went to local businesses and asked for donations they could raffle off.
Baskets of items were created such as Movie Night which included free movie rentals, popcorn, candy, beverages, etc for a perfect movie night at home. Other baskets included Pampered Mom (Bath & Body Works & similar items), Games Night (Many family type board games & treats), Dad's Dream (items from Lowes, Home Depot etc), Healthy Cooking (Boxed & canned items, Cook books, Steamer, Certificate for fresh veggies at local grocery store), Night Out (Movie, dinner, hotel), Kayak, free Pontoon rental, free downhill ski night package for 4, etc.
Raffle tickets were then sold. We raised nearly $2000 and it was almost pure profit...they had to buy those little tickets like the ones at Chuckee Cheeses and a couple baskets since we didn't have enough baskets donated for all the baskets created.
I know they are planning for this coming year due to the great response we had this year without any advertising. This was done at a "family night" at school.