It sounds like a good idea. Until it isn’t.

Everyone loves the idea of a car wash fundraiser—team bonding, sunshine, easy money. But here’s what usually happens instead:

What Actually Goes Down at a Car Wash Fundraiser:

• One dad does all the work while the players fight over who gets to hold the hose
• Kevin drops the brush, then scrubs his aunt’s car with a gravel-filled sponge
• Someone forgets sunscreen, everyone leaves with a patchy sunburn
• Half the cars leave streaked, and the other half go home to get re-washed
• You spend $40 on soap, buckets, and towels and raise $87—before buying Gatorade for the team
• The signs are unreadable, the hose kinks every 2 minutes, and no one brought snacks!
• The coach is yelling "Don't use the tire rag on the windshield!" the entire day...

And after all that? You’re still short on your fundraising goal—and your Saturday is gone.

There’s a better way.

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• Launch a fundraiser in minutes
• Sync contacts and send one viral message
• Raise thousands—without washing a single car

It’s clean, simple, fast, and doesn’t involve soggy socks or awkward street-corner signs.

Don’t waste your weekend scrubbing bumpers.

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