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Post by pvillecoach on Dec 29, 2022 7:33:42 GMT -6
Looking at fundraisers for the coming year... Lift-a-thon, some sort of product sales, spaghetti dinner, etc.
All are pretty typical. Another one came to mind - and when I mentioned it to my kids, their eyes lit up.
A Madden tournament. Is it feasible ? Do you guys see any major snags or problems ? Any advice or insights ?
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Post by CoachFetty on Dec 29, 2022 8:03:22 GMT -6
We do a Super Bowl, NCAA BBall, and CFB playoff final 100 squares board. Really easy when using venmo.
$25 a square we profit $1000 per board.
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Post by Defcord on Dec 29, 2022 9:18:16 GMT -6
We do a Super Bowl, NCAA BBall, and CFB playoff final 100 squares board. Really easy when using venmo. $25 a square we profit $1000 per board. Coach are you at a public or private school? When I was a head coach the catholic schools in the area had a casino night fundraiser and made a killing. I asked the admin if we could do something similar and was absolutely shutdown on anything gambling related. |
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Post by coachwoodall on Dec 29, 2022 9:35:08 GMT -6
Down here 50-50 at home games are almost expected.
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Post by pvillecoach on Dec 29, 2022 10:31:48 GMT -6
I'm actually referring to a Madden video game tournament. I should have been more clear.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 29, 2022 14:46:14 GMT -6
Best and easiest fundraiser we did last season was draft a generic letter to local businesses asking if they want to sponsor our Program.
Any business that sponsored us received a Team picture with the businesses logo on it and we also thanked them on our Program's social media.
We told each kid to hand out a minimum of 3 letters to local businesses. These could be a friend or family member's business, their own place of employment (e.g. fast food restaurants or grocery stores), or just a random business. We were shocked at how much money some business donated.
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Post by coachwoodall on Dec 29, 2022 16:41:47 GMT -6
Best and easiest fundraiser we did last season was draft a generic letter to local businesses asking if they want to sponsor our Program. Any business that sponsored us received a Team picture with the businesses logo on it and we also thanked them on our Program's social media. We told each kid to hand out a minimum of 3 letters to local businesses. These could be a friend or family member's business, their own place of employment (e.g. fast food restaurants or grocery stores), or just a random business. We were shocked at how much money some business donated. Most businesses build in this donation to their yearly budget, and it is a matter of who asks first.... football team, boy scouts, Shriners, etc.... |
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Post by coachwoodall on Dec 29, 2022 16:46:41 GMT -6
I'm actually referring to a Madden video game tournament. I should have been more clear. I'm assuming since the kids were excited that you'd have plenty of takers.... but how much money will the kids pay to play? Are you going to do pledges/sponsorships for each participant?  We've done a Madden tourney as a team building thing.... not for fund raising. Beyond the money side, you have to have rules as to how the kids select the team they play, what the time limit is, have a dispute committee and what the only things to be disputed, what is considered 'cheating', etc..... just like you do for a strength meet/7 on 7/softball tourney/etc... |
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Post by 19delta on Dec 29, 2022 19:28:53 GMT -6
Best and easiest fundraiser we did last season was draft a generic letter to local businesses asking if they want to sponsor our Program. Any business that sponsored us received a Team picture with the businesses logo on it and we also thanked them on our Program's social media. We told each kid to hand out a minimum of 3 letters to local businesses. These could be a friend or family member's business, their own place of employment (e.g. fast food restaurants or grocery stores), or just a random business. We were shocked at how much money some business donated. Same here. I printed up a nice full-color certificate on the school’s printer, we put the certificates in some nice-looking (but cheap) frames, and then invited the business owners to come to a home game where we would recognize them and present the certificate. I would also take out a 1/4 page ad in the local newspaper and thank all the businesses that participated. I would get a list of businesses from the Chambers of Commerce of each municipality in our district and send out a letter to each. I usually got about a 30-35% return on the letters and after expenses, would usually clear about $3,000. |
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Post by 19delta on Dec 29, 2022 19:31:11 GMT -6
Does Applebee’s still do the Saturday morning pancake breakfast fundraiser?
Guaranteed at least an 80% return for about 2 hours of work.
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Post by coachwoodall on Dec 29, 2022 22:03:08 GMT -6
Best and easiest fundraiser we did last season was draft a generic letter to local businesses asking if they want to sponsor our Program. Any business that sponsored us received a Team picture with the businesses logo on it and we also thanked them on our Program's social media. We told each kid to hand out a minimum of 3 letters to local businesses. These could be a friend or family member's business, their own place of employment (e.g. fast food restaurants or grocery stores), or just a random business. We were shocked at how much money some business donated. Same here. I printed up a nice full-color certificate on the school’s printer, we put the certificates in some nice-looking (but cheap) frames, and then invited the business owners to come to a home game where we would recognize them and present the certificate. I would also take out a 1/4 page ad in the local newspaper and thank all the businesses that participated. I would get a list of businesses from the Chambers of Commerce of each municipality in our district and send out a letter to each. I usually got about a 30-35% return on the letters and after expenses, would usually clear about $3,000. That's our basic model. We have several 'levels' of sponsors. But even though we are the inner city school of our county, we have a significant upper middle class/upper class clientele. We have a program model/pitch.... I.E. we tell the sponsors what we are doing for the city/community with the kids in our program and what we need in order to implement that program. From there were are simply asking said donor to fill said slot on the list. From a program perspective, we want for noting. The fund raising is for the extras/the thing that makes us 'special'. |
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Post by CoachFetty on Dec 30, 2022 4:47:48 GMT -6
We do a Super Bowl, NCAA BBall, and CFB playoff final 100 squares board. Really easy when using venmo. $25 a square we profit $1000 per board. Coach are you at a public or private school? When I was a head coach the catholic schools in the area had a casino night fundraiser and made a killing. I asked the admin if we could do something similar and was absolutely shutdown on anything gambling related. I'm at a public school. |
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Dec 30, 2022 12:34:17 GMT -6
It can be done I’m sure. Have a prize for the winner and sell concessions.
Depending on how many people you will need multiple TVs and consoles.
Some business may sponsor it- maybe get them to pay for a trophy or give a gift card or something as the prize.
Doubt you’ll make big $ but you can make $ without spending any.
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Post by wolfden12 on Dec 30, 2022 18:26:29 GMT -6
Finding fundraisers that give the most return with the least amount of work.
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Post by coachaj623 on Jan 4, 2023 12:22:28 GMT -6
We do a Super Bowl, NCAA BBall, and CFB playoff final 100 squares board. Really easy when using venmo. $25 a square we profit $1000 per board.
Can you explain to me how to do this? I would love to do this. Thanks
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Post by dmfisher70 on Jan 11, 2023 12:53:24 GMT -6
We currently us an App called Blast Athletics. It has worked great for us. I've been running it for a couple of years now. On average I raise about 30K. We have about 100 players in our program. It takes me about 2 hours to get the schedules, forms, etc, set up time. Players create accounts and put in phone numbers of people who they think will donate money. That's it. One of the easiest ways for us to raise money, also works as out team website and a easy way to communicate with players and parents. www.blastfundraising.com/ |
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Post by greenbeefundraising on Feb 20, 2023 12:03:18 GMT -6
We do a Super Bowl, NCAA BBall, and CFB playoff final 100 squares board. Really easy when using venmo. $25 a square we profit $1000 per board.
Can you explain to me how to do this? I would love to do this. Thanks
We have a fundraiser that follows NCAA. You just sell tickets and profit. Your supporters can win cash prizes! It's different and fun! It's the Basketball Slam Fundraiser. You can learn more here: greenbeefundraising.com/basketball-slam/ |
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