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Post by coachnichols on Dec 1, 2007 9:46:15 GMT -6
For those of you that put on a Lift-a-thon, can you share: - what you do (lifts, organization, etc.)
- how you do it (schedule, when, buy in, sponsors, etc.
- what problems have you encountered doing this, and
- how do you use it as a fundraiser
Anything you have to share would be helpful!! Thanks ahead of time!! |
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Post by thakatalyst on Dec 1, 2007 17:17:21 GMT -6
I only know the answer for question one based on what we did this past offseason. We only used our core lifts from our strength program, such as power clean, squat, and bench. We take those three lifts, calculate the one rep max, and add them up for core totals.
Okay, I have an answer for number three, as well. My bad. A problem we faced was people screwing up their math and putting one dollar for every pound lifted by a player. Ummmm...we had a few guys who had 1000+ core totals! Let's just say that money was not paid out...but we did compromise with the donors.
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Post by coachcathey on Dec 1, 2007 19:10:33 GMT -6
Like above we always did the core lifts Bench, Squat and Clean, got a total weight.
The palyers got a sheet in mid-March and the lifts took place the first of April.
We did the lifts in different ways, I have done it in front of the school, where it was an activity period for the school kids to come watch if they wanted, there was a $1 donation accepted at the door or drinks sold at the concession stand. You could get some area businesses to sponsor that as well.
Problems, not all the kids are always interested, so it can not be as big as it should be. One way to try and adjust that would be to reward prizes for the strongest lifters as well as the ones who brings in the most $. Even offere a reward for everyone that brings in say $100, they all get, an extra tshirt and shorts.
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Post by 7384729737 on Dec 2, 2007 1:45:43 GMT -6
We just run a Bench-A-Thon. Players go around town to businesses asking them to sponsor them and donate how ever many dollars/cents for every pound they bench. We do it near the end of summer workouts before camp starts and we do it in the evening. It's usually just the parents and a few select life long fans that show up to watch.
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Post by wildcat on Dec 2, 2007 13:28:43 GMT -6
Never really had a lot of success with lift-a-thons. When you figure out how much time you put into it versus how much money you raise, it really isn't much. Typically, what I found, is most kids won't get that nice per-pound pledge and will just get a "total" pledge and that really defeats the purpose.
IMO, there are much better fundraisers out there...
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Post by cmow5 on Dec 2, 2007 14:22:00 GMT -6
Never really had a lot of success with lift-a-thons. When you figure out how much time you put into it versus how much money you raise, it really isn't much. Typically, what I found, is most kids won't get that nice per-pound pledge and will just get a "total" pledge and that really defeats the purpose. IMO, there are much better fundraisers out there... Not to change the subject, but what do you use to raise money that you found successful? |
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Post by wildcat on Dec 2, 2007 16:17:55 GMT -6
Honestly, the best fundraiser I have ever seen is a simple alumni letter...get a list of alumni, give each kid 5 or 10 names, have them send them letters, and ask for a $25 donation (or whatever). IMO, most people don't want to pledge pounds lifted, buy overpriced pizzas, wrapping paper, fruit, whatever...MOST people I know would rather just cut a check...
I'm sure that a lift-a-thon can be a great fundraiser and I'm sure that there are plenty of coaches here who have raised a lot of money doing it. With that being said, I have always felt those kinds of fundraisers to require a lot of time and effort and don't really give a great return.
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Post by 7384729737 on Dec 2, 2007 20:51:07 GMT -6
Our biggest fund raiser comes from our "Blue White" game. An inter squad scrimmage that is played the first Saturday of full pads. We have someone that cooks bbq and everyone that pays to get into the scrimmage gets a plate of bbq.
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Post by mudslinger on Dec 3, 2007 21:33:53 GMT -6
take a look at mudslingershades.com.............Some of the guys on here have used us before..........Sunglasses in your school colors with team name and/or mascot on them........
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Post by fbcoach33 on Dec 4, 2007 9:32:32 GMT -6
we did it for years, raised 10K plus most years, just did the bench, biggest problem we had was getting the kids to get the money in, good fundraiser but took forever. we use VarsityGold now, raise same amount of money and are done ina week.
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Post by coachtp on Dec 4, 2007 13:33:51 GMT -6
I agree. Gold Cards are the easiest and one of the most profitable fundraisers we do. We also do a golf tournament for our youth program. We get local businesses to donate prizes. You can make 4-5,000 pretty easy.
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Post by fbcoach33 on Dec 5, 2007 8:04:43 GMT -6
one other thing we did, if allowed, is sell some sort of T shirt Sweat shirt. if you come up with a cool design people seem to love them and you can get a pretty decent shirt for 5 bucks, sell em for 10-15 and makes some easy money.
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Post by wildcat on Dec 5, 2007 8:45:20 GMT -6
I agree. Gold Cards are the easiest and one of the most profitable fundraisers we do. We also do a golf tournament for our youth program. We get local businesses to donate prizes. You can make 4-5,000 pretty easy. The golf outing is a GREAT idea. It is a HUGE fundraiser for us. As far as the "Gold" cards go, I have heard of a couple of schools that have "cut out the middleman" and have used desktop publishing software to create their own cards. They just call local businesses and get them to commit to something for the card. Then, the school gets 100% of the profits and doesn't have to kick back anything to Varsity Gold. |
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Post by gatorball on Dec 5, 2007 14:02:36 GMT -6
We always did bench and squat and we started out as a penny a pound. But the problem with some kids is that they bench 150 and squat 175 and at a penny a pound thats $3.25. And parents would just donate $5. giving the kid no motivation and really making the event meaningless. Maybe up it to 5 cents a pound and make that a minimum. Especially if you are dealing with younger kids and or a team that only has a few serious lifters.
Oil City High school in Oil City Pa has an event called the Turkey Bowl. For a buck a ticket you gamble on donated items from area businesses. They spun a giant wheel and if your number came up, you won. It could be anything from a set of wrenches to a TV or a block of lottery tickets. They also had poker and other games. This event got so big and they made (rumor) more than $25,000 one year and the school got wind of this and made them start sharing the profits with the other blood sucker sports. (nothing like a little communism). You can contact Bill Heber at Oil City High School PA and maybe ask him for details he is the head coach
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Post by devils1 on Dec 6, 2007 8:53:00 GMT -6
bench press. put the kids into teams. give team prizes( shirts etc. for most money raised most pounds lifted as individuals and as a team. haetc.) make it a competition you will be surprised how much you can bring in. Have the kids draft their team. Have team names make it a big deal. Have weight classes and give prizes.
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Post by wingt74 on Dec 6, 2007 13:48:42 GMT -6
one comment - For lifting, don't "max out". select a weight everyone can do just a few times and use that weight for everyone. Then go by reps.
When I was playing, a teammate lost his senior season blow out his shoulder at a max-out lift-a-thon
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Post by fbcoach33 on Dec 6, 2007 13:58:27 GMT -6
one other suggestion for fundraising as a whole, if you can do it during your team camp or twodays prior to school Ive found its better, kids have more time to go out and sell etc, plus you have them under your thumb for a time period...doing it in the offseason was a pain for us, it was harder to track them down etc.
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