This contest is a wonderful compliment to a diner fundraiser or a group meeting. Have members donate items for a white elephant raffle in advance of the event. Perhaps they have a lamp, painting, ceramic figurine, or cake stand they don’t want anymore. Place all the items on a table for display. In little boxes or gift bags, place either a number 1 through the number of items you have or a consolation prize, such as a piece of candy or chocolate. Make the packages enticing to encourage people to purchase them. Those that purchase a box or gift bag have a change to win something from the prize table. Those who unwrap a number will get to choose something from the prize table in the order of the number they receive. Alternatively, you could wrap all of the prizes to surprise the winners. Does the heavy box contain something good? Is the strange shaped box a dud? Do good things come in small packages? This is an easy fundraiser for any group to have.