A silent auction is an excellent fundraising technique that is fun and productive for the non-profit and enjoyable for the participants. These fundraisers can be justifiably classed as easy but they repay handsomely.
A spacious venue such as a church or school should serve perfectly well for a silent fundraiser. Here first let us be clear on what a silent fundraiser means. In a silent fundraiser participants bid by placing bids on a sheet of paper and at the end of the bidding period the highest bid wins. This does not make the bidding competitive, it stays fun and in keeping with the spirit of charity.
Get the community members to donate items, from their home or business. There is a lot of scope here. You can build up a huge collection of stuff to auction for example, sports goods, household items, utensils, keepsakes, mementos, paintings, rugs, cutlery sets, etc. If required, you can purchase stuff to auction. However, the best thing to do is to solicit donations for the fundraiser. Start the gathering process at least a fortnight early. Have volunteers visit donors to gather the stuff. Send out emails and follow-up with gentle reminders. Tell sponsors that this...
As mentioned in the closing of the previous post, resistance to social change can be a hindrance in raising the standard of living of the less affluent in rural communities. Smaller populations can compound the problem; it may be easy to reach out to all at the same time, sure. But getting them to understand your perspective and the need for them to get involved in charity may take some doing. Smaller populations also mean that the pool from which to gather donations is limited. Then again, there is a positive in the situation if you know how to extract it.
A small population offers an excellent chance for relationship building and developing a personal rapport with the people. You can get people on your side and then they will do the networking on your behalf. You have the opportunity for regular contact with people and to impress them with your work. This is not easily achieved in a big city where people scarcely know one another and are also changing place of residence.
A very powerful motivator for getting people involved in rural fundraising is that a lot of them are aware of their role in building America’s destiny...
Most articles on fundraising tend to focus on ideas and events for non-profits that are based in the cities and suburbs. The reasons are not hard to understand. Charities in cities face greater competition, need more resources to function, and also there is more donating /spending power in the cities as compared to the rural areas.
Also, companies that offer fundraising help or are in the business of fundraising do not need to do anything special or different. This is because the opportunities and challenges faced by urban charities are similar. However, the situation is different in rural areas. Effective fundraising in such areas requires special skills and knowledge of how to best tap the opportunities that present themselves.
Rural areas are huge with swathes of uninhabited areas interspersed by settlements. Travel is not easy. The vast distances mean conveyance has to be planned, and travel costs are higher. As is commonly understood, most fundraisers rely on people getting together. Vast distances do not make it easy, a small community fundraiser can be organized with relative ease; however this is not something that can be done ever so often and in any case the funds raised will have to be...
Cell phone fundraisers are a great way to raise funds in an office environment, actually given the ubiquity of cell phones and the rate at which old models are discarded cell phone fundraisers are a good bet to deliver funds in any environment, be it a non-profit organization, school, charity, trust, or an office.
There are two important aspects in getting a cell phone fundraising to succeed. You need to be able to collect as many cell phones as possible. For this, cast your net wide. Inform as many people as possible about the fundraising drive. Place collection boxes at vantage points where people can come and drop their old cell phones. A good idea is to have collection boxes outside stores where people come to buy new cell phones. Do not fail to mention the objective of the fundraising. Mention the objective in an appealing manner; it has to touch a chord with the people you are canvassing to.
So, whether it is to collect funds for an orphanage or for a church renovation, it is important that you spell everything out clearly.
The next important consideration is to be able to evaluate the cell phones. Obviously the newer models with more...
American Idol has been a huge hit in the U.S as well as Great Britain. With all its popularity, they have also started their own fundraiser to save up money for children and people in Africa dealing with the AIDS epidemic. Thanks to them, they’ve raised up so much money, and have helped so many people that really need it. But just because American Idol is doing all of these fundraisers, it doesn’t mean that you can’t make your own fundraiser in the spirit of it. You can host your own American Idol competition with friends and family, or just with other people in general. They can pay to get into the event, and all the people that get up and sing help raise money for whatever non-profit organization is important to you. This not only helps other people, but helps people get over their stage fright to know that they’re not singing for themselves, but for...
When you first decide that you want to do a fundraiser, you not only need to know what you want to do a fundraiser of, but you need to be neat and organized, diligent, and be a pretty good writer, who can get his or hers ideas across efficiently. You also need to know about the proper attire to wear to your fundraising event, or any fundraising event. In all honesty, most fundraisers don’t have much in terms of dress code, and the ones that do usually just require you to wear a pin or ribbon, or even their shirt to show people what you’re collecting money for. Charity fundraiser attire is the same thing, because most fundraisers are a charity of some sort, and each fundraiser has different rules about different attire that you are allowed to...
Recycled product fundraisers are by far the easiest fundraiser type to have. Because they are easy to run and easy for people to participate in this brings in a lot of money for your cause. These are so easy because there is nothing to purchase. People simply bring in the products that you are collecting to recycle and you turn them in. These products normally include printer ink cartridges, ink toner cartridges and cell phone parts. Since these are so easy to hold for both the managers and the participants these fundraisers are usually a huge hit. Think about it – why wouldn't they be? All you need to do is bring in things that you were disposing of any way and you get to help out a great cause. I say if you are looking for a very simple and cost effective fundraiser that will get you huge results, then go with a recycled product fundraiser like recycling cell phones or ink...
New fundraisers are not hard to spot because many organizations come up with new ways to make a profit almost every year. A new type of fundraiser that can be seen happening in schools and other organizations is the collection of ink cartridges/toners. This kind of fundraiser is innovative because 50 years ago this would have been impossible because the personal computer was not yet invented. Another popular type of fundraiser is the collection of cell phones and or cell phone batteries. This also allows organizations to make a good amount of profit and help save the environment as well. Overall new fundraisers are a great way for organizations of any kind to make a few extra bucks and be creative at the same...
When you are looking to hold a high school fundraiser you need to keep a few main points in your mind. Number one is that you need to consider what type of fundraiser will be simple to hold and manage. If your fundraiser requires a lot of labor and other time to setup and manage then it is less likely to become a success because of the amount of work you had to put into it. Another thing you need to consider is what a student or participant will have to do to help the fundraiser. If the task is to hard, for example the product is to hard to sell to their family, then your fundraiser will not be as successful as you planned. A great fundraising idea is to collect recycled ink cartridges. This is because you do not need to put any extreme effort into management of the fundraiser and people will be happy to contribute their “trash” to a good...
