Solicit as many volunteers as possible to talk to people in their neighborhoods.   Perhaps you can get a school group or another organization involved to help you with the recruitment of homeowners.  You might want to check with a local restaurant or breakfast fast food operator to see if they’d donate the food at the central kick-off site where people pick up the maps. Staff your own booths at the kick-off site and fill it with your own donated items.  You can find a lot of bargains at dollar stores.  Even better are suppliers to dollar stores, such as Concord Enterprises at www.DollarItem.com, or through Dollar Store Suppliers at www.DollarStoreSuppliers.com.  

If you go with a central location, then activities that draw crowds include a grand prize drawing, a silent auction area to sell donated items, a petting zoo for the children, caricature artists, balloon artists, face painting artists, demonstrations, musical performances, food vendors, and even pony rides.  Remember that it’s important to get people to travel to the homes where the homeowners are waiting.  The more sales generated at the homes, the larger their donations to you.