What would make you want to attend a fundraiser that is raising money for a charity?
Posted on January 16th, 2010 in fundraising |
Meghan asked:
Please give me detailed ideas of how to throw your idea of a perfect fundraiser that you would want to attend.
Please give me detailed ideas of how to throw your idea of a perfect fundraiser that you would want to attend.
2 Responses
Depends on charity or cause.
I would attend one that deals with helping people in the community with basic needs that stem from a tornado or some other natural disaster.
I would attend one that help give awarness to missing persons especially in my local area. Many organizations such as “search and rescue” teams give tons of volunteer hours and need equipment and supplies.
I would attend one that offered food:
Fundraising with dinners can be very successful for any organization that has access to a hall with kitchen facilities and willing hands to prepare and serve. Everyone likes to eat and enjoys getting together. It often helps to combine a fundraising meal with some other activity such as a dance, choir concert, lecture series, or a fundraising auction.
I would attend one that had some sort of prize:
Perhaps the simplest of all fundraisers is the 50/50 raffle. Just get a roll of raffle tickets from a local party supply shop. Typical fees are $1, $5, or $10 depending on nature of the organization. The prize is the half of the amount collected from ticket sales. You give the participant one half of the ticket and place the other half in a bucket or box. At the end of the event you draw a ticket from the bucket and announce the winner.
The best way to get me to a fundraiser is to make it fun for me. I attend a lot of trivia nights for charity. At the trivia nights, they have silent auctions, 50/50 raffles, a great game called “Dead or Alive” and some provide food and drink. Many of them have a minor local celebrity as the emcee. To get the average Joe into your event, you have to make it so he knows he’s gonna have a good time.
If you want ideas for finding donations for prizes and auction items, let me know. I’m something of an expert at getting businesses to donate to our trivia night for the charity I volunteer for.
Good luck,
Paul