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Post by coachwilliams2 on Feb 8, 2012 18:05:09 GMT -6
Coaches,
Now more than ever, raising money is paramount to running a first class football program. It is a year round job.
What are your favorite/easiest/most profitable fund raisers that you run in your program?
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Post by hsrose on Feb 8, 2012 18:58:12 GMT -6
public.me.com/c.kesterPassword is Wildcats There is a pdf file of fund raising ideas that I collected here and on other sites.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 8, 2012 19:14:45 GMT -6
Golf tournament, gold cards, lift a thon are all pretty popular
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Post by wybulldogs on Feb 8, 2012 21:52:29 GMT -6
Golf tournament and lift a thon are the two big ones we do that take the most planning. We've also been doing a letter writing campaign the last few years. The letter writing campaign has done very well with family, extended families, and friends of the program. It has also done very well with local businesses.
Discount cards, pizzas, subs, cookies, all that stuff we refuse to have our kids sell. Parents are forced to do that buy that stuff year round at work, so we make a serious effort not to go that route.
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Post by cqmiller on Feb 8, 2012 22:01:09 GMT -6
Husky Football Iditarod...
Year 1 cleared over 40,000 This year pushing for 60,000
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Post by neil on Feb 8, 2012 22:36:28 GMT -6
Love to hear about the iditarod for 60k!
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Post by glazierclinics on Feb 8, 2012 22:41:32 GMT -6
We like entertainment extreme. They mainly do cards, but they can also do cookie dough, entertainment coupon books. Great local reps. email dtinnon@entertainment.com to get in touch with the rep in your area.
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Post by cqmiller on Feb 9, 2012 7:33:44 GMT -6
Love to hear about the iditarod for 60k! My avatar image is the banner for the iditarod. We are the Hillcrest Huskies, so the name comes from the alaskan sled-race, but the basics are: 1) Each player rides a bicycle on a 50 mile course that starts at the school and ends at the school. 2) Players collect pledges and donations either in a per-mile amount or a flat amount. 3) Minimum amount for each player is $400 to cover everything they need for the season (participation fee excluded). All of our gear is Under Armour, with custom designs and colors so we do end up spending around $250 per player on the gear. the remaining $150 per kid goes to pay for our team-dinners, team banquet, award plaques, 7on7 entry fees, new helmets, shoulderpads, etc... .....First $100 = Game Cleats .....Next $100 = Game Socks, Mouthpiece, Hard-Chinstrap, 5-Pad Girdle .....Next $100 = 2 practice jerseys (we use them for lower-level game jerseys) .....Next $100 = 7on7 Shirt & Shorts From there... every plateau you reach in $ can earn you a special item. To qualify for the top 3 prizes you must raise $1500. Last year we had a kid who has some MAJOR family issues with finances and parents not being there. He worked his butt off and raised over $1700. We purchased him a letterman jacket (#1 overall). The top 2 receive a plaque where we take a helmet from the season that will not pass recon and cut it in half. Put it on a really nice plaque with their names on it and they can hang it in their room. I have attached a copy of the sheet that we give to the kids to raise the money. Last year we had 68 kids ride... After all money got in we raised about $40,000. This year it looks like we will have about 85-100 kids ride, so I'm pushing for $60,000. It is tough to get approval for the ride due to all the paperwork for each "city" we travel through, the district, purchasing a 2-million dollar insurance policy, etc... but if you can get all that red-tape handled, it is the best fundraiser ever. Learned it from a great coach I worked under in CA. He learned it from another HC he worked for before that. PVOGEL coached on our staff out in CA and has riden in it as a player as well. He can attest to how much fun the kids have and how good it can be if it is organized properly and supervised appropriately.
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