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Post by thomasp on May 18, 2016 21:58:05 GMT -6
We want to start independent youth team and have never had to fundraise in Pop Warner. Turns out this is more expensive than expected. What are the latest trends that work? I have been advised to look into discount cards, BlastAthletics.com, beg letters and cookie dough. Anyone have experience? Suggestions?
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Post by freezeoption on May 19, 2016 6:39:46 GMT -6
You want big money in short time. Golf tourney, elem. basketball tourney best bets.
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Post by coachg125 on May 19, 2016 7:44:04 GMT -6
Start going to local business for sponorship packages.
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Post by hsrose on May 19, 2016 9:00:02 GMT -6
thekesterfamily.com/Football/Links.html and look for file 420 Fundraisers.docx. I've got a new version with a few additional items but it's not too far from this. Let me know if you have any questions on this.
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Post by John Knight on May 19, 2016 11:22:34 GMT -6
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Post by jared10227 on May 19, 2016 16:54:48 GMT -6
We just had a steak dinner today for my team. We served green beans, potato salad and an 8-9oz steak for $9 a plate. Made over $2,200.00 profit from 10-3.
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Post by John Knight on May 20, 2016 6:18:06 GMT -6
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Post by coachpech on May 22, 2016 11:55:13 GMT -6
I organized a bowling tournament recently. We had teams of 4-5 for $20 a person. The bowling alley charged us $11 per person. We played 2 games and sold raffle tickets. Finished with 95 registered bowlers and grossed close to 2k. It was a lot of work getting raffle items but other then that pretty easy and fun.
We're doing a golf fundraiser as well later this summer. Other then that, I would suggest selling advertising and putting a team banner on the sidelines or fence everygame and sell space on it to local businesses. This is probably your quickest bet.
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Post by canesfan on May 22, 2016 12:56:26 GMT -6
5K rubs are good in our area.
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Post by ahall005 on May 22, 2016 14:56:02 GMT -6
If you have a legion or VFW in your community ask them if they would like to donate. We have had a lot of success doing this
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2016 18:28:10 GMT -6
5K rubs are good in our area. I know this is a typo but I still am laughing. A rub-and-a-tug would be a GREAT fundraiser, no doubt!  |
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Post by canesfan on May 22, 2016 18:42:25 GMT -6
5K rubs are good in our area. I know this is a typo but I still am laughing. A rub-and-a-tug would be a GREAT fundraiser, no doubt! That's great! Tons of $$$. In all seriousness I hate autocorrect. |
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2016 18:51:49 GMT -6
Youth program...5th/6th grade.
Two fundraisers that have been really good for us:
1. Applebee's Pancake Breakfast - Kids sell tickets for $5 each. The actual breakfast is 2 hours on a Saturday morning at the local Applebee's. Applebee's provides all the supplies and does all the cooking. Your organization just buses tables and serves food. You keep $4 from every ticket sold (80% profit margin!). You will usually get enough walk-in business and donations that the profit margin will be over 100%. Last year, we cleared $2,000 for 2 hours work.
2. Beg letters. I send out about 50 letters to local businesses and civic organizations (every other year) asking for a $100 donation. If people donate, I list their businesses in the local fishwrap in a quarter-page ad (which is donated by the newspaper). I usually get about 33% participation. So, for about $25 in postage, I pull in about $1500.
Now sure how far this would go towards a junior high or high school program, but this is a nice chunk of change for a youth program.
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Post by jared10227 on Jan 1, 2017 17:30:10 GMT -6
thekesterfamily.com/Football/Links.html and look for file 420 Fundraisers.docx. I've got a new version with a few additional items but it's not too far from this. Let me know if you have any questions on this. Hrose, Is this your list of fundraisers or is it from someone else? I was very intrigued by some of the ideas and had a couple of questions. TIA |
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Post by hsrose on Jan 1, 2017 19:56:17 GMT -6
Jared - These are ideas that I have done and gathered from this site (several years ago), other sites, and from boosters and youth associations I've been with/known. I keep updating it as I find new things to do.
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Post by Davs on Jan 1, 2017 21:21:24 GMT -6
First I have a question. Why didn't you need to fundraise for Pop Warner? You can not beat www.charitymania.com/ Biggest return I have ever seen for a fundraiser and a easy sell. |
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