By far the most lucrative fundraiser we've done in the past was organizing a poker night. A bit of work but worth it (I think it was just over 10k for the team). Held it a community hall room, sold tickets for 20 bucks, cash bar, parents volunteered as dealers, servers etc., licenses were cheap and easy to get and mucho profit made from the gambling.
We've also hosted parents night, silent auction etc. at Schanks, they allow you to run around and sell your tickets, raffle or 50/50 or whatever to the other patrons in the bar, we had a busy night, made really good money.
I think a cash calendar was the only other one that made good enough money to be worth the time. I hardly recall but it involved selling tickets cheap to win cash, not a hard sell.
I guess it depends on what your parent group is like also, if they are cool and even like hanging out together, it helps. Good luck
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