Fundraising Ideas

Fundraising Ideas starting with ‘B’

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:24:54 +0000

We recently put a call out to our Facebook fans to come up with some fundraising ideas starting with the letter ‘B’ as part of our A-Z of Fundraising, and here are the great ideas they kindly provided;

Biscuit Bake

Bunnings BBQ

Book Sales

Bake Sale

Bingo

Bowls Day Out

Burgers

Blue Day

Bare Foot Bowling

Bag Tags

Beauty Therapy Pamper Days

Breakfast

Bake Off

Broadcasting (To advertise your event where ever possible)

BBQ Anywhere

Bands (A lot of local bands could donate their time for exposure)

Back to front draw

Barn Dance

Business Directory

Bid for the centrepiece

Bulbs

Baby Showers

Bridal Expos

Broke Day

Bandaid Day

Banana Day

Bowling Fundraiser

Basketball Tournament

Brick Fundraising

Bottled Water

Bracelets

Beef Jerky

Book Fair

Bikini and Budgee (to be worn only to a BBQ where only Burgers and Bangers are sold)

Bangers and mash day

Bookmark, Bottle or Bracelet personalised with the child’s artwork or photo

Setting Expectations – at the beginning of the year

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:43:20 +0000

Now’s the time to ramp up the ‘A’ factor in your SMART fundraising goals and let others know what’s in store in 2013.

Fundraisers know the importance of SMART goals: Specific, Measureable, Agreed upon, Realistic and Timely.

But it’s not enough for the committee to be committed to the goals. You want to get as many potential supporters and helpers onside as possible.

That’s where your ‘A’ factor comes in.

With a fundraising calendar set, use the early part of the year, when families are fresh from holidays, to make known your expectations of support—in its many forms.

Don’t get this confused with fundraising promotions. What you’re out to do is put your support network on notice: like an incoming plane on a radar, your fundraiser will be known and can be planned for.

Seek opportunities to talk it up with a captive audience:

An informal BBQ is a great way for new school families to meet others. Assign cheery enthusiastic supporters (not martyrs!) to take families under their wing at the BBQ to meet new school families – and clue them up on talking about what’s been achieved by working together. A morning tea for new parents after first assembly works too.
Enlist the principal’s help. Get on the ‘welcome’ agenda at information nights in the early weeks of the new school year.

Specify how you will be counting on the support. Forget subtlety.

Organise a table of friends now for the trivia or casino night out.
Family photo portraits will be delivered in time for Mothers’ Day – what a great present for the grandmas (as well as Mum).
Five art union tickets will be sent home to every family and every ticket needs to be sold to reach the goal (rather than ‘make a profit’).
Raffle tickets will be sold outside the supermarket every Saturday between 10 and 2 for six weeks, requiring X number of adults in 2-hour shifts.

Here’s one high school P&F’s approach:

“We have a register of interest on orientation day—a special day held weeks before school commences—and typically gather email addresses for 80%+ of new parents. We use email for date claimers initially and follow up the register of interest with ‘asks’ (where appropriate) for assistance or in-kind donations. And we have a special social – for new parents – to welcome and seek their involvement directly.”

Fundraising Ideas starting with ‘A’

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:18:13 +0000

We recently put a call out to our Facebook fans to come up with some fundraising ideas starting with the letter ‘A’ as part of our A-Z of Fundraising, and here are the great ideas they kindly provided;

A-Thons

Art Show

Amazing Race (around your school/ club)

Apple Bob at school fete

Apple Slinkies

Auctions

Armbands

Advertising

Active Participation

Ask

Art (by melting crayons on canvas)

Afternoon Tea

Alcohol (via selling, raffle or auction)

Absailing

Arm Wrestling

Amazing Feats

Arts n Crafts

Animal Naming

Apple Pie Eating Contest

Animal Farms

A-List Party (Everyone dresses up in something starting with the letter ‘A’)

Aapy Party (Everyone attends your party and pays a donation to stay ‘Aapy’ or they are given a forfeit!)

Communicating effectively with the school community

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:21:42 +0000

By Alexandria Utting

Do you know exactly what your school’s P&C Committee does?

Chances are you probably don’t says Marie-Claire Grady, a woman who has been working hard at getting Cooparoo State School’s P&C Committee’s message heard.

As both the Managing Director of her company at 3rdView Consulting and a mum of two, it’s hardly surprising Marie-Claire is good at communicating. Before becoming involved, “I didn’t have any idea” what a P&C Committee actually did.

“Traditionally P&C committees don’t engage particularly well with the school community,” Marie-Claire acknowledged.

After taking on the role of secretary last August, Marie-Claire has seen the committee grow in members and engage with the school community, simply by changing the way it tells parents about what’s going on.

By developing a customer strategy for the P&C, just as she does in her everyday communications work, Marie-Claire has created a relationship with the school community not dissimilar to those she develops for her clients.

“The more open and transparent a P&C is with the school community, the more likely they are to engage with them.”

“From the start, we have always been open about what we were going to talk about at meetings; particularly if there was anything controversial,” she replied.

Marie-Claire mentioned there is often a mentality in P&C’s about not telling the community about a change for fear they won’t like it, and don’t want to rock the boat.

She suggests a better communication strategy is to get parents in a room and understand why they don’t like something and get their input on ways to fix it.

Five ways to get your P&C’s message heard:

1. Be open and transparent.

“That is my biggest tip,” responded Marie-Claire.

Sometimes it’s hard to hear you’re doing something wrong, but it’s important to make sure you know, so you can combat those problems.

2. Newsletter is number one.

“It’s critical to put something in the newsletter every single week.”

Elect someone to keep track of deadlines and ensure there is a stream of information going into the school community.

3. Be clear about where the funding is going.

“Tell parents, if you’re wondering why we’re raising money, please come and say what you want us to raise it for.”

4. Focus on the ways funding will impact kids.

Don’t just tell the community the P&C is buying books.
Treat parents like a customer and show them the results of the product, rather than just the product itself.

“Giving our children more interesting things to read is much more exciting for parents than just telling them the P & C is buying books.”

5. Find a balance with communication.

“Send too many emails and people just switch off, send too little and they don’t engage,” Marie-Claire said.

Try using a Facebook page to engage parents and get them excited about events and fundraising initiatives.

Fundraising Resources for Churches

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:38:35 +0000

The Fundraising Directory is Australia’s #1 fundraising resource for schools, clubs and community groups.

We are here to give you plenty of inspiration and information.

Here are some links to the school fundraising resources we have available:

* Supplier Directory (search box is top right)

* Helpful articles

* How-to eBook:

- How to Fundraise for Individuals

- How to Fundraise for Sporting Clubs and Community Groups

* Fete Organiser’s Toolkit

* ‘Ask Miss Fundraising’ advice column (coming soon)

Click here for the complete list of ebooks

The Essentials of Fundraising: 22 Lessons for A+ Fundraising

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:40:42 +0000

How-to Fundraising eBooks

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:19:04 +0000

These ebooks will help fundraising volunteers to plan, run and make the most out of fundraising. These free resources have been specifically written to help Australian schools, kindergartens, sporting clubs, charities and community groups. Please click on the titles below to view the ebooks…..

The Essentials of Fundraising: 22 Lessons for A+ Fundraising

Fundraising for:

This series of fundraising ebooks addresses the unique challenges and opportunities that are associated with fundraising for different types of groups.

High Schools

Individuals

Kindergartens and Childcare

Primary Schools

Sporting Clubs and Community Groups

Fundraising with:

‘Fundraising With’ ebooks provide helpful advice on how to go about fundraising with different options. They explore the best time of year for this type of fundraising, how to get the most out of it, and general tips for running a successful fundraiser. These ebooks are best read in association with ‘The Essentials of Fundraising’ ebook.

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