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SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING IDEAS WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HASN’T WORKED!
PRESENTED BY: AAFCS DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
AAFCS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
GRACE ANGOTTICAROLE FROMER
NINA COLLINSKYLEY BROOKS
SHIRLEY HYMAN-PARKERMARGARET VIEBROCK,
CHAIR
WHY
FUND
RAISE ? It’s fun … or
make it fun! You have a good
cause … Promote AAFCS
to new people Money, of
course!
#1 MEETING FUND RAISERS
Theme basket – you win, you bring it next time
Day at a spa – donated by the business
Diamond Drop raffle
Make it a fun activity for members and use the money for a specific project
#2 AUCTIONS REINVENTEDCLEVER WAYS Sell a deck of
cards Auction your
services Find donors Plane ride with
a local pilot Pie-a-month
YOUR IDEAS?
We pay for good ideas!
# 3 YOU HAVE BEEN FLOCKED?
Write a ransom note and explain your fund raiser.
Immediate payment needed to have them removed!
Donor gets to pick the next victim – who will it be?
Or pay to have them “not” show up in your yard!
#4 USE A CHEF OR PLAN A COOK-OFF EVENT
Solicit local celebrities or chefs to enter their best dishes
Sell tickets to your friends and neighbors
Visibility for AAFCS!
#5 SIT-A-THON Offer
babysitting services to the faculty & staff for a special university event
Use Facebook Have a reason
for the money!
#6 TOO MANY SHOES?
HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU HAVE?
COLLECT MONEY FOR SHOES IN YOUR CLOSET
Flip Flops = 50¢
Casual = 75¢
Dress = $1
Boots = $1.50
PAY NOT TO DO IT!
Fill the Sock
Instead
NO Bake Sale
NO Raffles
# 7 UN-RAFFLE
#8 PLAN AN EXCURSION
Shopping Trip Winery Day Trip Garden Tour Holiday Homes What Could You
Offer?
What would people like to do?
#9 IT’S A BUST! Sell balloons
for $10 each Insert a
number in each balloon
Number the prizes
# 10 OFFER CLASSESWHAT CAN YOU WHAT CAN YOU TEACH?TEACH?
Bridge Chinese Cooking Wine Tasting Wreath Making
$10/class or what ever your the market will allow!
WHO WANTS TO WHO WANTS TO LEARN?LEARN?
#11 JUST ASK!
Establish common ground
Why are you
asking for
money? Suggest ways to donate
Make it fun! Send a
valentine Pass the “hat”
Send a personal note
#12 DINNER/DESSERT EVENTS
Dinner for 6 - $5.00 tickets•Food prepared by members•Served in a member’s home•Winner chooses date and main course – beef, chicken or fish•Tickets sold at local event and through member sales•Raised nearly $900
#13 EAT FOR A CAUSE Ask a local
restaurant to donate 10% of their proceeds
Be sure all your friends eat out that day
Be the “wait staff”
TAKE AWAY IDEAS
People respond to creativity!People want to be asked to
contribute to an identified cause …
When you raise your new money, please consider a 25% contribution to the AAFCS Development Fund!
Thanks for coming - good luck with your fund raising!