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How long have you been operating in fundraising?

Our business was established in 2001, we are now in our 10th year of helping schools and community groups raise funds.

Describe your product.

We supply commercial quality, pre packed, value packed showbags to the school fundraising and fete market.

What are your most popular showbags?

Our Spooky Showbag has proven to be one of the most popular in our range. We have a wide range of fantastic showbags from our Bertie Beetle Showbags to Games Crazy Showbags.

How can a fundraising event make more money on showbags?

They buy our product for under $4.00 and sell on to the kids and Mums and Dads for between $6 and $7 each. Easy.

How can we maximize sales?

Create interest by taking pre orders of showbags before the fete, hand the show bags out at the fair and you will sell heaps.

Have you one piece of advice for fundraising success with showbags?

Deal with Australia’s market leading showbag company and be enthusiastic. Also, plan ahead for great success.

Share a success story.

We recently supplied our showbags to a school annual fair, and the response from the parents and children was fantastic. The children’s reactions were of both astonishment and delight and the parents were extremely happy with the value of each showbag.

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How long have you been operating in fundraising?

We’ve been in business since March 2004.

Water or wine: what sets you apart from competitors?

We are probably the largest Australia-wide supplier of custom-labelled water now. We have grown consistently each year thanks to excellent customer service and virtually 100% customer retention.

When should fundraisers think water over wine?

As far as fundraising goes, you can’t go past water. It is universally acceptable and always in demand. The price of custom-labelled water is similar to branded waters but the more you buy, the cheaper it gets; and of course, your details are on the label!

What is your #1 fundraising tip?

Offer something that is universally popular and easy to sell; something that patrons will enjoy and appreciate.

Is your product best combined with an event?

Sports events are ideal but any function is worth considering as the water is appreciated and makes a lasting impression. We even offer sparkling water in 750ml glass bottles for up-market dinners and functions

Talking wine, it’s a matter of taste. Should I organise a wine tasting to help sales?

We supply wine samples if required but we wouldn’t sell anything we didn’t like! We have a large tasting panel which chooses the wines we sell. We also offer a Black Label range of wines for the wine connoisseur.

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Cleanskin wines offer great wines at greatly reduced prices. They make an excellent fundraiser for special occasions such as an anniversary of your club or school, a special dinner or to support a new project.

Create a personalised twist by offering custom printed labels featuring company details or artwork by your child.

You can also purchase cleanskins in water and beer.


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What you need to do

Depending on the amount of people attending you will obviously need to organise a venue which will cater for all of the people comfortably. The venue can be set up in any shape you wish bearing in mind the presenter will need a table at the head or front of the venue ( a small platform or stage is ideal). Teams of no more than 10 people should be encouraged. Small teams (eg: 4 people or less) should be encouraged to join ‘forces’.

A good, reliable P.A. system is required for the evening.

A portable whiteboard is ideal or a laptop and projector screen is even better for the scoring table.

Aim to play at least 3 games played during the course of the evening and a prize needs to be awarded to each winner. The prizes need not be anything extravagant (a bottle of Champagne, a box of Chocolates or a book are some examples).

Award prizes for the teams which come first and second for the evening and again these do not have to be overly extravagant.( a small hamper of goodies or a small trophy per player usually does the trick) Remember, to provide at least one prize per team member. This of course is at your discretion – you may only wish to reward the winning table. The table which comes last could also receive a prize (in good taste of course!).

Another effective means of raising funds is to run a raffle during the course of the evening. This is where, if at all possible, an attractive prize needs to be provided. The bigger the ‘carrot’ the more tickets will be sold. An effective way to run the raffle is to have two separate draws for the evening, leaving the big prize until last of course. The amount of draws will depend on the amount of prizes on offer. Tickets can be sold during the course of the evening.

Trivia companies can organise nights for you or supply you with kits to do it yourself.

BUT WE DO REMIND YOU, THEY ARE LIVING CREATURES AND YOU CANNOT ABUSE THEM.

What you need to race them is a field of runners. If you live in Queensland, you’ll have no shortage of cane toads, if you live in NSW, you’ll have no shortage of cockroaches – is somebody asking about Stage of Origin?

Gather up a decent number of the little blighters. You will need to identify them – maybe make a little jacket for the cane toad, or mark with non-toxic face paint. You then offer these fine pedigrees for sale at auction. Once they have been purchased, you are ready to race. The new owner can take their purchase home with them after the races or leave them to be dealt with humanely.

Charge an entry fee for each race, and give a percentage of this back as prize money, say 25% for the first out of the circle and 10% for the last – the balance of the monies is profit for your charity.

A circle is an ideal race track. Mark a decent sized circle using a piece of string, a stake and some chalk. A diameter of about three metre is idea. Then mark a small circle inside the larger one – 50cm should be about right. Then you let the games begin. Keep your thoroughbred stallions in a bucket or calico bag, let them go in the inner circle and start yelling. They’re off and racing…

The winner is the first thoroughbred to break out of the big circle.

You can run several races over the course of an evening. Remember, it is highly illegal to run a book on any of these races and at the end of the night you must dispose of your thoroughbreds in a humane manner. The suggested method for cane toads is to place them in a plastic bag in a freezer, where they will simply fall asleep in the cold and eventually pass away. Cane toads are the biggest environmental pest ever introduced into Australia. They are slowly moving both north and south, sightings have already been reported in Kakadu National Park – an ecological disaster in the making.

So have some fun and do a bit for the environment at the same time. What about a sponsored toad hunt… now there’s an idea.

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