United Way Fundraising IdeasAnd Best Practices

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• Letter To Employees/CEO Endorsement

• Core Fundraising Committee

• United Way meetings at each branch

• Participate in Day of Caring

• Participation on allocations committee

• Employee recognition in emails, employee newsletter

Food Brings People Together

• Andy’s Frozen Custard• Wendy’s Chili, McAlister’s Sweet Tea and

Lemonade• Bake Sales• Breakfast events- biscuits and gravy,

pancakes, fruit and muffins• Dessert Wagon- popsicles, fudge sticks, etc• Host Barbeques-donate to eat• Happy Hour- Root Beer Floats • Everything Ice Cream Hour- make your own

sundaes and more

Sporting Events:

• Putting contest• BINGO• Rubber Band Shoot Out at the

Commerce Corral• Pie In The Manager’s Face Contest-

managers volunteered to have a pie in the face- managers were ‘auctioned’ and the highest bidding employee got to choose the manager

• Pay to ‘dunk’ a manager-dunking booth• Washers

Raffles/Drawings

• For sporting event tickets, signed Cardinal items, etc

• Silent Auctions- items donated by employees and/or businesses

• Themed Basket Auctions- car care, ‘at the movies’ , relaxation theme, fall theme

Odds-n-Ends

• Baby pools• Ugly Tie Contest• Get Your ‘Bling’ Cleaned• Senior Management Car Wash• Carve a Pumpkin contest • Donate Your Loose Coin Jars• Holiday sweatshirt sales Branch vs Branch Contest

Biggest Fundraisers

• PaceSetter Pride Days (Jeans Days)

• Bake Sales

• Commerce Employee Cookbooks

Employee Incentives

• Drawings for United Way or Commerce Bank items• Floating Holidays (time off work in increments of ½ day or full

day)—most popular

• Breakfast/Lunch catered in for a winning team• Onsite BackYard Burger lunch –appreciation to all

employees• Senior Management Sponsored Breakfast- Any

employee that pledges to give $5.00 per pay period or their 'Fair Share' is invited to a Leadership Level celebration breakfast at Uncle Buck’s/Bass Pro. Drawing, United Way Speakers, Chairman speaks. Draw for an exclusive night at the Springfield Cardinals suite for an employee, friends and family

Employee Incentives

• Oktoberfest- Late September- German theme

• Senior Management grilled Johnsonville brats and hot dogs

• Thank you Jerry Wilson from A.W.G.• Johnsonville Brats provided a grill and allowed us to

purchase brats and hot dogs from them• Drawings for prizes

Special Pledging Initiatives

• Any employee who pledges 1% of their pay or more will receive a full day Floating Holiday to use after 1st quarter 2010.

• Any employee who pledges 1 hour's pay per month (Fair Share) will receive a 1/2 day Floating Holiday to use after 1st quarter 2010.

Extra’s

• Letter To Employees/CEO Endorsement

• United Way meetings at each branch (speakers, drawings)

• Participate in Day of Caring

• Encourage participation on allocations committee

• Employee recognition in emails, employee newsletter

New Last Year

• Partnership with Legends Car Wash-special code/20% to United Way

• Focus on FUN-draising (Hula Happy Hour – Hula-taa fun!

• Get Your Wii On! (tennis, bowling, golf)

New- This Campaign

• Event Punch CardEmployees who participate in a bake sale, fundraising event, jeans

day, etc. will receive a punch on their punch card.

Each punch is an entry into a drawing for one of ten floating holidays

• Ice Cream Social

• Treasure HuntSell daily clues to a mystery location where a treasure is hidden.

First person to find the treasure wins a prize.