[Nfb-fundraising] New to the list.

[Judy Jones]

These are all great; will share with my group.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFB Fundraising Mailing List" <nfb-fundraising at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-fundraising] New to the list.


>
> Dear Judy,
>
> Welcome to the list.
> There are some fund raisers that can help a small group raise fair amounts
> of cash.
> Here is one you can try.
> I assume that you have movie theaters in your area.
> What you do is talk to a theater operator about doing a Saturday matinee 
> for
> children.  Get him to also help you secure a rarely seen Disney movie such 
> a
> Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs.
> Now you schedule this movie for a time when kids will be out of school, 
> but
> you can do it anytime really.
> next you get permission to pass out flyers , threw the local schools by
> printing up flyers about the movie show, a ticket price, which would 
> include
> a small popcorn, soda and piece of candy as part of the ticket price, and
> contact info to order the tickets from you.
> As you will get the ticket orders in advance, you will have the money to 
> pay
> for the theater and movie rental and printing cost of flyers and tickets
> before you even show the movie and a nice profit as well.
> If you need some help at the movies to collect tickets, serve snacks and 
> in
> general keep the kids in line, you can approach the local Lions Clubs, Boy
> Scouts or any number of other volunteer organizations for some manpower to
> help you for community service hours.
> I did this kind of fund raiser for the Boy Scouts some time ago and we 
> sold
> so many tickets that we had to have more showings of the movie which only
> increased our take on the movie.
> On top of it, the theater liked it so much that their corporate HQ let 
> them
> donate the use of the theater and the movie rental.
> It was mostly planning and leg work where we had to go and talk to the
> theater people and the schools.  The printing was not hard, but did cost 
> us
> so keep it simple and print the tickets on colored paper to keep people 
> from
> copying them.
> We only needed a few people to handle ticket collections, give out the
> snacks, keep the kids under control and help with clean up afterward. 
> Never
> have so many been served by so few.  Sorry there Winston.
>
> Another fund raiser you can do is to develop a standardized appeal letter 
> to
> be sent out to businesses in your area around the month of November asking
> for a donation.
> You would include some NFB literature and a local contact address for them
> to send you donations.
> You should get back about 10% from all of the letters you send out.
> The biggest thing is the cost of the printing, envelopes and stamps.
> You can get the names and contact info from your local Chamber of Commerce
> and other business groups.
>
> Another idea is that if you meet some where, such as a cafe or restaurant,
> you can sell advertising on place mats that you supply to the restaurant.
> You sell business card ads on the mat, from local businesses,  and promise
> to print X number of mats per month.
> This is tax deductible for the business and you can sell it by the month,
> such as $25 per month.  Maybe even have a 3 month minimum.  This way you 
> can
> always change it as businesses come on board or drop off.  You could even
> sell coupons on the mats so the people will take the mat or coupons with
> them after they eat.  The coupons make it traceable for the businesses and
> they can count the coupons that come back to them as new business.  This
> will make them want to stay with your fund raiser.  They win by getting 
> new
> business and a tax deduction too.
> These are just some of my fund raisers and I can and will share more, but
> for right now, I have to get back to work.
> Welcome to the list and see you again soon.
>
> David Evans, NFB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judy Jones" <judy.t.jones at earthlink.net>
> To: <nfb-fundraising at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:16 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-fundraising] New to the list.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Judy Jones, and I am president of a very small local chapter in
> Tacoma, WA.  There are very few of us in our chapter, although the core
> group is dedicated.  We live far apart, transportation isn't that
> great--could be better, could be worse--and with the exception of three of
> us, most have serious medical problems to contend with.  I've been looking
> for a fund-raiser where you can sell a punch card, for instance, pay for
> eleven items, get the twelfth free.  Krispy Kreme has a card like that, 
> and
> I know Starbucks does, too.  It also seems like phone cards might also be 
> a
> great thing to sell, but these are just my ideas.
>
> Can anyone elaborate on fund-raisers that might be worth us considering? 
> If
> you have resources and sites to send me to, all the better.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.
>
> Judy Jones
>
>
>
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