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10 Ways To Put Fun In Your Fundraisers

Fun Fundraisers

Summary: Fun fundraisers - Quick "how to" tips on making fundraising fun for both participants and organizers.  Use these tips to increase participation in your fundraiser and boost your fundraising profits.

#1 - Make it fun every step of the way
Fun is part of fundraising. Don't make it drudgery to be a
volunteer or a participant. Remember that they're giving up
their free time to help. Plan fun things to do during each
stage of the process that reward everyone.


#2 - Fun incentives
Offer a Cream Pie Attack party to all sellers reaching a certain
level. Have a fun day where key organizational figures do funny
things for meeting goals. Examples: Shaving their head, dyeing
their hair blue, wearing a funny wig, dressing like a clown,
risk the dunking booth, etc.


#3 - Take pictures
Everybody loves to see themselves in a picture. Take some candid
shots, have everybody pose, all ham it up for a group photo, etc.
Be sure to post them where everyone can enjoy them. Reward with
prizes for the best, the goofiest, the worst dressed, etc.


#4 - Show appreciation
Show your appreciation to all facets of your organization and
supporter base. Be sure to do fun things that aren't fundraisers.
Example: Line up discounts on tickets to athletic events, go on
group outings, provide doughnuts for volunteers, etc.


#5 - Fun merchant prizes
Work with local merchants for great prizes that mean the most
to your sellers. Work deals for movie passes, merchandise
discounts, gift certificates, miniature golf, IMAX theater
trip for top ten, etc. Follow our Merchant Plan guidelines.


#6 - Build in fun goals
Do an event based solely on having fun. Have key organization
members commit to doing crazy things once certain revenue goals
are reached, say in $1000 increments. Let things build to the
climactic moment where the head cheese does the ultimate fun
thing as a way to reward the group for all their support.


#7 - Blend fun and food
Remember that you can blend fun into even the most traditional
fundraising events. Everybody knows what a bake sale is, right?
Use a cake walk to sell a large portion of your donated sweets.
Kids love it and you'll get more for the desserts than if you
sold them outright. Consider having awards for the various
submissions and then auctioning off the best pie, cake, etc.


#8 - Fun completion activities
These will motivate your sellers and volunteers as much or more
as winning actual prizes. Think about low cost fun events that
you could tie to completing certain tasks: Top sales group gets a
water balloon fight; all volunteers play in a Powder Puff touch
football game an ultimate Frisbee match, etc.


#9 - Say thank you
You can't say thank you often enough to your supporters and
your participants. Show your appreciation with heartfelt words
and deeds.


#10 - Cast party
Have one for all volunteers at conclusion. Get together at
someone's home or in the fellowship hall with everyone bringing
potluck. It's a nice way to build goodwill and reinforce a
sense of community for future recruiting.

Make your fundraisers fun and everyone will come back for more!
 

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