Consider your hobby as a way to raise funds for your favorite cause. Let’s say you paint wooden ornaments and tie them with red ribbon to hang on Christmas trees. You fashion napkin rings out of Christmas dried floral items, wire, and floral tape. Or, you make wind chimes out of spoons or little Mexican crosses. You make birdhouses, sew placemats, or breed orchids. Think of four or more ways you could spin off your hobby into fundraising. For example, you could: host or participate in a holiday boutique, approach a hospital to organize a silent auction to purchase a piece of equipment, sell your item through your own website, or auction your items on an online auction site and donate the proceeds.