Posted in New Posts on 09/25/2008 11:02 pm by admin
Community Calendar of SWLA
JANUARY 8 •Frederic Remington Makes Tracks Opening Reception On Friday, January 8, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Historic 1911 City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, 1001 Ryan Street in Lake Charles, an Opening Reception will be held for ‘Frederic Remington Makes Tracks…Adventures and Artistic Impressions’ exhibition. Mind Your Own Business _mancinos
Posted in New Posts on 09/17/2008 05:07 pm by admin
Getting ideas for fundraising, that pay off, is usually one of the most trying decisions you reach in this process. There are thousands of options. You need to deal with this decision like a small business. However, you would like to keep it fun! Fun is part of fundraising; you don’t plan to make it all drudgery for your volunteers.
One matter to consider is a core ‘anchor’ fundraiser, such as a online store set up to take sales year around, as way to keep generating funds each month. Some companies maintain a terrific catalog of online stores to take from and there are even ones with cash back to the customer! That adds worth! Then, add more fun to promote, brief period ideas like the ‘arrest your friends at high school football game”, or the “church bake sale”.
Treating it like a small business means that you need to maintain a Written Project Plan that lays out everyone’s roles and responsibilities, make use of motivated volunteers and equip them with everything they need to do a splendid job.
1. You need to be able to communicate what you are doing and why in fewer than two sentences. State what your fundraiser is all about and make certain there is a compelling call to act; this sentence needs to be used in next to all your interaction in relation to your fundraiser.
2. Decide in advance what your options used for publicity are, can you get aid of an already existing website? Are there area newsletters or other free communications that can be used? Are there a few gatherings where this project can be announced and kicked off?
3. You furthermore need to consider safety; every ideas meant for fundraising need to exclude all risk taking, all door to door sales activities must include an adult, so while laying out your project plan be certain to caution against something risky.
4. Within your Project Plan you additionally need to appoint a given time line, a definite start and end date. Use 3 complete weekends and the 2 weeks in between them, it’s sufficient enough to get the word made known to one and all, but brief enough to not thoroughly exhaust your volunteers. You need enthusiastic volunteers, if they aren’t excited, your sales suffer.
Tips: While taking into consideration real merchandise or service ideas for fundraising remember quality, quality adds significance and a valuable service or product means more purchases and more money for your organization in the long run. You will need the total neighborhood involved in the fundraiser’s success, and top quality will help make that take place, giving the neighborhood something they can all move behind.
Also try to vary your sales, the more options a population has the more often they are likely to buy from you. Which is one reason an online store can be profitable, there ought to be 100’s of stores to pick from. Wide varieties of fundraisers can succeed, but remembering to take in the vista from a customer prospective can open up wallets that commonly stay closed.
Give high ranking priority to any ideas for fundraising that can generate profits year around with no further sales activities, perhaps simply a reminder now and then to support us while you shop online.
A year around strategy, that has a central ‘anchored’ focus, and after that a few supplementary lesser “fun” fundraisers, can be converted into the answer to providing the funds your organization needs to function.
KM Coryell is a freelance writer. BEST “anchor” idea for fundraising Hundreds of stores, travel to music, cell phones to internet services. Your fundraiser makes a percentage on it all! Learn more here!
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Posted in New Posts on 09/12/2008 08:53 am by admin
Community Notes
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