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Post by knightfan64 on Nov 16, 2022 8:05:03 GMT -6
Very small combined school, so we share a lot of our athletes. During our off-season the majority of our athletes are in other sports. What would be a good winter/spring fundraiser or what have you small school guys done in the past? We did a Lift-a-Thon last summer at the end of our cycle that went well, as well as a card fundraiser every year, but what have small school people done in the off-season to help alleviate that fundraiser need in the spring and winter?
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Post by blb on Nov 16, 2022 8:08:52 GMT -6
Very small combined school, so we share a lot of our athletes. During our off-season the majority of our athletes are in other sports. What would be a good winter/spring fundraiser or what have you small school guys done in the past? We did a Lift-a-Thon last summer at the end of our cycle that went well, as well as a card fundraiser every year, but what have small school people done in the off-season to help alleviate that fundraiser need in the spring and winter? How many times a year can you send your kids around to local businesses-citizenry with their hands out, especially in a small community? Don't other sports-activities do fund raisers too? |
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Post by knightfan64 on Nov 16, 2022 8:31:57 GMT -6
Very small combined school, so we share a lot of our athletes. During our off-season the majority of our athletes are in other sports. What would be a good winter/spring fundraiser or what have you small school guys done in the past? We did a Lift-a-Thon last summer at the end of our cycle that went well, as well as a card fundraiser every year, but what have small school people done in the off-season to help alleviate that fundraiser need in the spring and winter? How many times a year can you send your kids around to local businesses-citizenry with their hands out, especially in a small community? Don't other sports-activities do fund raisers too? They do, that's why it's hard to get but so many kids involved in the off-season. We tend to try to not go for the selling of crap (i.e. candy bars, cinnamon rolls, etc) We do our fundraiser card and that is probably the most peddling we do, but finding there is a gap there between being able to do 1-2 solid fundraisers and being able to meet all the needs that administration cannot cover. So I was looking for some simple ideas that people had done in the past. We will do the lift-a-thon and the card fundraiser again next fall, but didn't know if anyone had any specific ideas they had done in the winter or spring months |
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Post by 53 on Nov 16, 2022 8:50:30 GMT -6
Find a local auctioneer and get with the local fire department. have a football and firefighter auction and dinner where the public donates estate items to be auctioned off and money split between the fire department and football program
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Post by mkuempel on Nov 16, 2022 11:22:49 GMT -6
Annual sign sponsorships, for example, for $1000 donation, you create a durable vinyl (or other material) sign with the business logo and whatever info they want on the sign and hang it around the field during the season, for an additional charge they can be moved to other fields throughout the year. After the first year it is all profit and your work, outside of hanging signs is done. Some schools also now have digital boards in their gymnasiums that for different donation levels their sponsorship could be displayed year-round. Like I mentioned they could pay different amounts for different visibility levels as far as how often they were displayed and things like that. You could always add businesses or individuals each season or year as well, and its a tax write off for the business or individual. Hope this helps.
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Post by CanyonCoach on Nov 16, 2022 11:22:52 GMT -6
Our fundraisers:
Discount cards- grades 3-12 generate about $25K
Music festival- grades 9-12. $7k plus a damn good time for the adult volunteers.
Golf tournament- Booster Club- $3K
In-door golf tournament- Booster Club- $1.5K
Restaurant Fundraiser- 9/10 graders- $2k- we are the servers/bus boys/dish washers and night clean up for an entire Saturday. Loads of fun and the kids get a taste of a real job.
Events set up- our local community groups request assistants and our kids provide the labor- 4th of July/car show/Christmas Trees $1k per year.
Camps and Combines- coaches run these with 11/12 grade help- last year profit after T-shirts and food for coaches we made around $14K. HS camp/MS camp/ Youth Camp/ NFL draft combine.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2022 12:40:29 GMT -6
Pending where you live, parents can be useful. As can local business men. You would be amazed at how many people just want the time of day.
Every Sunday morning our priest brought donuts. We didnt have parents with any money, but we had pastors who for an attendance would take up an offering.
But again, if you live in a nice area, somewhat well to do, parents who want to be involved, can be useful for things like banquets, team meals, buses, academics, team photos, paper work. And writing checks. And all it takes is you faking it.
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Post by Defcord on Nov 16, 2022 12:40:53 GMT -6
Does anyone let their kids just donate a certain amount and be done with it. As a coach I get the purpose of all of the fundraising stuff, but as a parent I would much rather just donate a few hundred dollars and not have to mess with it. Then my son could mow the yard till he and I were even. Win-win as a dad.
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Post by CanyonCoach on Nov 16, 2022 12:55:53 GMT -6
Does anyone let their kids just donate a certain amount and be done with it. As a coach I get the purpose of all of the fundraising stuff, but as a parent I would much rather just donate a few hundred dollars and not have to mess with it. Then my son could mow the yard till he and I were even. Win-win as a dad. We allow a buy out on the discount cards. Also use the discount cards as a way to help those that can’t afford camps etc.. |
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Post by joker31 on Nov 16, 2022 14:55:28 GMT -6
Our fundraisers: Discount cards- grades 3-12 generate about $25K Music festival- grades 9-12. $7k plus a damn good time for the adult volunteers.. Can you elaborate on these two? Especially the discount cards |
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Post by coachwoodall on Nov 16, 2022 20:19:58 GMT -6
Very small combined school define? what is the greater context? |
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Nov 18, 2022 9:29:27 GMT -6
I stole this idea from another school last summer. We are a small school (enrollment is about 500) and we made over $3K on this. Its called "dimes or better". Give each kid a water bottle at the end of spring practice. I get the bottles from the national guard. Have them return them on the first day of practice full of dimes and quarters (we tell them we will take nickels too, but no pennies). A full bottle will get you about $75. We give the players that return the bottle full a t-shirt. Anyone whose bottle is less than half full goes on our duty roster.
The local credit union lets us run the coins through their machine at no cost, and then they give me a check for the amount (coinstar costs 12%).
A bonus to this is that we no longer have to buy Gatorade bottles for water every so often. We just wash the bottles the national guard gave us and use them.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Nov 18, 2022 10:27:07 GMT -6
Find a local auctioneer and get with the local fire department. have a football and firefighter auction and dinner where the public donates estate items to be auctioned off and money split between the fire department and football program Yes. Or even a fire-hall or VFW hosted "beef & beer", bull roast, crab feast etc. |
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Post by CanyonCoach on Nov 21, 2022 11:32:59 GMT -6
Our fundraisers: Discount cards- grades 3-12 generate about $25K Music festival- grades 9-12. $7k plus a damn good time for the adult volunteers.. Can you elaborate on these two? Especially the discount cards The discount card is a coupon card to local businesses. We sell for $25 and keep $17 per card...local guy set up the fundraising company. Music festival- our kids and parents provide manual labor for the set up and providing a variety of tasks. In stead of paying people for the jobs they give the workers tickets if they work at least 16 hours...kids do not work during the festival so I don't have to babysit. We get camping spots and hang out as a staff throughout the 4 day event. We fill generators, provide security, help with minor repairs to the set up and bar back (we get tips for that). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2022 13:18:25 GMT -6
The biggest bangs for the buck I've had experience with:
1. Discount cards.
2. Working outside events (concession stands/parking cars/selling merchandise at pro or college games/concerts/etc.)--this is more of a coaching staff thing, but players may be able to help. One coach I know made nearly $20k from selling concessions at an SEC school's basketball games, which was enough to replace all their uniforms and gear. You provide the work and keep a cut of what you bring in.
3. Golf tournaments. Find sponsors for each hole. Charge an entry fee. Try to get a nice prize donated from a business as a tax write-off.
4. Signs and banners. If you're not already doing this, you should. Sell them to businesses. Sell them to parents. Sell them to any group who has a couple hundred bucks to buy one.
5. Meals (pancake breakfasts, spaghetti suppers, chili cookoffs, etc.).
I hear of teams making bank from lift-a-thons but that's never been my experience.
We used to make about $600 in a day at a small school from renting a dunk tank and setting it up at the 4th of July.
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