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Your fund raising event’s success can multiply your donor support, increase understanding of and generosity towards your cause as well as raise up front funds.
Your event’s success relies on the publicity that your group can effectively attract. Remember that community awareness will definitely increase your end results.
Publicity for fund raising event tips:
Make use of your website. Use your website to announce your objectives,
highlight regular offerings, thank your supporters and sponsors, honor certain contributors, recognize successes, etc.
Promote through the newspapers, flyers, word of mouth, posters, brochures, etc. Be sure to include all information in your flyers and display posters in very strategic places.
Take advantage of special gatherings. Announce your fund raising event at other social gatherings.
Goal and objective awareness. Promote heavily your fundraising goals and objectives through all forms of communications, specifically between sellers and buyers. A cause with meaningful objectives attracts funding.
Sponsorship signs. Offer free stickers to your supporting merchants, for display in their store or vehicle windows.
Some Fundraising Events you can organize:
1. Park party. Host an afternoon park party with food, drinks and lots of games. Include attractions such as face painting, Frisbee toss contests, sack races, juggling, etc. Charge 1-3 dollars per child for admission which includes game tickets.
2. Mystery Easter eggs. Sell plastic “Mystery Easter eggs” stuffed with candies and coupons on an “Easter bake sale”. Prizes such as Easter basket with toys, a fluffy bunny, large chocolate bunny, as well as other smaller surprises are revealed in the coupons. You can sell each “Mystery egg” for 50 cents to a dollar, depending on the prizes that you offer.
3. Ticket Raffle. Ask for a donation, such as an airline ticket, a home appliance or art work to be raffled at a cocktail party. Sell tickets for the raffle and charge admission fee.
4. Fashion Show. Ask designers and boutiques in your area to participate in a fashion show where they too can profit by promoting their clothes, free! Gather some models, construct a runway, and announce the event. Sell tickets that already include entrance fee and refreshments.
5. Culinary Festival. Invite different restaurants in your area to rent a booth from you and sell their specialties. Create a festive atmosphere and sell entrance tickets.
Careful planning and your imagination are main factors in order for your fundraising campaign to succeed. You must have fundraising decisions based on kinds and availability of resources and situation of your organization. Just remember, success always entails hard work.
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