Craft Fairs: If you’re a crafty type person, or know someone who is, try doing the craft fairs at churches and other organizations. They are listed in The Penny Saver paper if you have one or on Craig’s List. It’s usually around $20-30 for the table. Also put up a sign on your table explaining you’re doing the walk and why. Leave a jar out. Sometimes people who walk by don’t walk to purchase your products but may drop a dollar or two in your jar. When the craft store has small flower pots on sale, buy some, paint them pink and white, put a votive candle in it, wrap it up, put a tag with a pink ribbon in the corner and voila! It will cost about $1-2 to make, sell them for $5-7. Great thing to sell in the Spring for Mother’s Day If you do rubber stamps, make greeting cards, package them up and sell them. At Valentine’s Day buy a bunch of Hershey’s kisses that are wrapped in pink.. Get some small organza bags from the craft store put a few kisses in a bag and attack a tag that says “kiss cancer goodbye” sell these cheap, the kids will drag mommy over to the candy and then you have ‘em. The possibilities are limited only by your craft skills.
Stores: Contact your local grocery store, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club. Ask them if you can set up a table out front to raise money for breast cancer. They usually need you to book a month in advance so work on that soon. Some of the grocery stores require an insurance rider in case someone gets hurt. AVON does not provide this rider. Some people will do an umbrella on their homeowners but personally I wouldn’t go anywhere near that. Ask other businesses. Some may require a letter from the Avon Foundation (just to prove you are actually collecting for the AWBC) they readily give it to you. Decorate your table! Catch people’s eye. This is where the jelly bracelets and tattoos are useful. Make eye contact with everyone and say hello, bring your kids, have them ask anyone who walks by, “would you like to donate to help raise funds to battle breast cancer?” because come on it’s harder to say no to a child. Bring another adult with you so you can take potty breaks. Do your research, know your facts so you can give them a couple, like every three minutes someone is diagnosed and every 13 someone dies.
Dog Parks: Get a recipe on line for all natural/organic invest in a bone shaped cookie cutter. Make up treats and put them in cello or zip-lock bags and set up a table outside a dog park, put up a sign at work, people who won’t spend money on themselves will spend on their pooches.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Raffles
Baskets: I purchased a pink ribbon cooler from Amazon and filled it with items I bought off Ebay and Oriental Trading. The total cost was between $50 and $55. Then, ask a local restaurant if they would donate a gift certificate. Wrap the whole thing in cellophane and on the tag, list the contents except the certificate. List that as the surprise inside valued at… People will buy tickets just to know what the surprise is.
You can get a roll of tickets at places like Staples. Just have them put their name and phone number on the half you keep so you can call the winner. I sell the tickets one for $10 or 3 for $20. If you work in an office or hubby does, that’s the perfect place to do this one. Run it for about 2 months before you pull the winner. That way you have a couple of pay-days in there and people are more likely to buy more than one if they can split it up over a couple of pay periods.
50/50: sell raffle tickets for a certain period of time, 6 weeks to 2 months is good, (again more than one pay period in there) at the end of the raffle, the winner gets half the pot and the other half goes toward your goal. I personally sold them for $20 a piece. When all was said and done, the winner got $1,000 and so did I. Remember to remind everyone, repeatedly, that the more tickets you sell the bigger the pot is. I bought a computer program that I can print up my own tickets with because I knew I would be using it a lot and I could quickly print up more tickets if I needed them. But there are sites that you can design them and have them printed for you. This is a great one to get family and friends involved it. Give them a bunch of tickets and have them sell to family and friends.
You can get a roll of tickets at places like Staples. Just have them put their name and phone number on the half you keep so you can call the winner. I sell the tickets one for $10 or 3 for $20. If you work in an office or hubby does, that’s the perfect place to do this one. Run it for about 2 months before you pull the winner. That way you have a couple of pay-days in there and people are more likely to buy more than one if they can split it up over a couple of pay periods.
50/50: sell raffle tickets for a certain period of time, 6 weeks to 2 months is good, (again more than one pay period in there) at the end of the raffle, the winner gets half the pot and the other half goes toward your goal. I personally sold them for $20 a piece. When all was said and done, the winner got $1,000 and so did I. Remember to remind everyone, repeatedly, that the more tickets you sell the bigger the pot is. I bought a computer program that I can print up my own tickets with because I knew I would be using it a lot and I could quickly print up more tickets if I needed them. But there are sites that you can design them and have them printed for you. This is a great one to get family and friends involved it. Give them a bunch of tickets and have them sell to family and friends.
Fundraising: it's not as intimidating as it seems.
The cardinal rule: don’t be afraid to ask, repeatedly, nag even. Keep in mind always, you’re not asking for a hand-out, your not asking for money for yourself, you are asking them to help you save lives. Don’t not ask because you think someone can’t afford it or won’t donate anyway, give everyone the opportunity to be a part of this. If they can’t they won’t but mostly they just need the opportunity presented to them. Remind everyone you talk to that it’s tax deductible.
With the economy being what it is, fund raising is not as easy as it used to be. Just keep in mind that people really feel they need something for their money so even when simply asking for a donation it’s a good idea to go to a web site like orientaltrading.com and purchase giveaways.
Pink jelly bracelets are inexpensive and very popular. Pink ribbon tattoos to give the little ones is good too. Also remember, you shouldn’t have to shell out any money. Any initial monies you invest get reimbursed to you and the rest of the proceeds go to your goal. And remember, be creative! If people see something unique that makes them smile, they’ll be more likely to donate.
The most important fund raiser you can do is send a letter with a self addressed envelope to absolutely everyone you know. Explain to them what you are doing and why. When your walk is and when you need the check by if they choose to send you a check. Inserting the self adressed envelope makes it more likely that they will send a donation if they don't have to hunt up an envelope. And give your web page address for your Avon walk page so they can donate online if they choose.
Then send update letters. It takes several reminders sometimes. Most people truly intend to donate, they just forget.
The following is a list of fundraisers and the explanation of how to run them. I haven’t done them all but I know they have been successful for others.
With the economy being what it is, fund raising is not as easy as it used to be. Just keep in mind that people really feel they need something for their money so even when simply asking for a donation it’s a good idea to go to a web site like orientaltrading.com and purchase giveaways.
Pink jelly bracelets are inexpensive and very popular. Pink ribbon tattoos to give the little ones is good too. Also remember, you shouldn’t have to shell out any money. Any initial monies you invest get reimbursed to you and the rest of the proceeds go to your goal. And remember, be creative! If people see something unique that makes them smile, they’ll be more likely to donate.
The most important fund raiser you can do is send a letter with a self addressed envelope to absolutely everyone you know. Explain to them what you are doing and why. When your walk is and when you need the check by if they choose to send you a check. Inserting the self adressed envelope makes it more likely that they will send a donation if they don't have to hunt up an envelope. And give your web page address for your Avon walk page so they can donate online if they choose.
Then send update letters. It takes several reminders sometimes. Most people truly intend to donate, they just forget.
The following is a list of fundraisers and the explanation of how to run them. I haven’t done them all but I know they have been successful for others.
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