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Post by coachtut on Jul 13, 2012 0:22:00 GMT -6
Hey guys, I am trying to brainstorm for my organization. Bear with me  First year cheer program, they are trying to raise a couple thousand dollars, I need some creative ideas. Car wash's need not apply  Thanks, Tut |
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Post by bobgoodman on Jul 13, 2012 13:06:22 GMT -6
How about a junk sale? One central place & time for people to donate junk for you to sell for your benefit.
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Post by optionoline on Jul 13, 2012 13:18:18 GMT -6
Things we've done for a girls hockey team I coach.
Pancake breakfast at a local restaurant (The restaurant supplies the food and cook, girls provide waitstaff labor), tickets were $5, we kept $3 or $4, restaurant kept the rest to cover costs, can't remember. Usually netted us about $1500
Bagging groceries for tips at the local store. Pick a big day, we always do the day before thanksgiving. Usually netted about $1500-2000
Movie night at the local theater. We sell the tickets, keep 100% of the proceeds, the theater makes theirs on the concessions. Usually about $1000-2000
Carwash, but no skimpy clothes!!! $700-1000
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Post by coachtut on Jul 13, 2012 16:39:00 GMT -6
Things we've done for a girls hockey team I coach. Pancake breakfast at a local restaurant (The restaurant supplies the food and cook, girls provide waitstaff labor), tickets were $5, we kept $3 or $4, restaurant kept the rest to cover costs, can't remember. Usually netted us about $1500 Bagging groceries for tips at the local store. Pick a big day, we always do the day before thanksgiving. Usually netted about $1500-2000 Movie night at the local theater. We sell the tickets, keep 100% of the proceeds, the theater makes theirs on the concessions. Usually about $1000-2000 Carwash, but no skimpy clothes!!! $700-1000 That's all great stuff! |
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Post by coachdoug on Jul 13, 2012 17:50:17 GMT -6
We're working with this group: www.reachingourgoal.orgI really like to the concept - nothing to sell, no inventory. You just ask the parents to provide email addresses of friends, relatives, business associates and anyone else that might make a donation to the program and they send them a nice email with a link to a nice webpage with pictures from your program and a description of what the money will be used for, then they can make a donation online with a credit card (or they can always mail a check). Simple, easy and clean. They company just takes a fee of a few dollars for each participant (and only after money has been raised, so there is zero chance of losing money). The percentages vary depending on how much gets raised, but they say that the fees typically end up being about 20% of the money raised. They say the average donation is about $60-$70 and for every 10 email addresses they average about $150 in donations (don't quote me on that - I'm going off my memory, but I think it was something pretty close to that). Not bad. So, if you have 20 girls and each provides 10 names, that should raise about $3,000 - less the fees (assume 20% or $600) leaves your program with $2,400. Good luck. |
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