[nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfb-fundraising] Successful fund raising ideas

Thu May 8 17:39:22 CDT 2008

True... <g> but that in-house mexican restraunt is really pretty good!
 Maybe we should be selling the Gas X?<g>

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)
<Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov> wrote:
> Yeah, but they get gas in Dallas for sure!
>
> Couldn't resist.
>
> Bennett Prows
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces+bjprows=comcast.net at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces+bjprows=comcast.net at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Kristina Lawrence
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:07 PM
> To: amcanfield at comcast.net; NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfb-fundraising] Successful fund raising
> ideas
>
> Not a bad idea. Though I think it would have to be a state thing or
> chapter thing. Are there any stations that would be nationwide? Ben
> and I had the experience that a Starbucks card purchased here in
> Washington did not work in Louisville, KY.
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Alco Canfield <amcanfield at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> I have another idea.  How about a gas raffle?  $10 ticket buys $200
> worth of
>> gas.
>>
>> Alco
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbwatlk-bounces+amcanfield=comcast.net at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces+amcanfield=comcast.net at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of
>> Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:26 PM
>> To: NFB of Washington Talk
>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfb-fundraising] Successful fund raising
> ideas
>>
>> More fund-raising ideas.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>> ... "It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly." -- Anatole
>> France
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Evans
>> To: NFB Fundraising Mailing List
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-fundraising] Successful fund raising ideas
>>
>>
>> Dear Ryan,
>>
>> There are a great many fund raisers you can do that have big returns.
>> Sell advertisement when and where ever you can.
>> Here is an example.
>> Make a deal with a restaurant to supply them with free place mats to
> set
>> their tables with.  You just get to sell the advertisement on the mats
>> and
>> the restaurant gets to deduct the amount of money you make on the
>> advertisement as their donation to your chapter.
>> You sell business card ads on the place mat from other businesses in
> the
>> same or near by shopping centers.
>> Let the ads include coupons for discounts on services and goods at
> these
>> other places and people will keep the mats, just for the coupons and
>> discounts.    Note: Don't use other businesses that are competitors of
>> the
>> restaurant.
>>
>> Another way you can sell advertisements is to do a free car wash.
> Yes,
>> I
>> said free Car wash.
>> You go around , with a letter that says you are a 501-(C)(3)
> non-profit
>> organization and sell a business card size ad for say $20 to$25
> dollars
>> each
>> or a coupon ad for $40 to $50 each.
>> Don't spend a lot of money on fancy printing.  Just cut and paste the
>> ads on
>> to a light colored paper and run them off on a copier.  The colored
>> papers
>> helps to prevent people from running off copies of your flyers easily
>> and by
>> placing a expiration date on them 2 months after your event also
> helps.
>> Make sure that there is an expiration date of no more that 3 months
>> after
>> the date of your car wash.
>> On the front page put: Free Car Wash sponsored by the merchants of
>> whatever
>> area you are in, to benefit the National Federation of the Blind, a
>> non-profit organization serving the Blind.  Please favor these
> merchants
>> with your patronage as they help support the Blind citizens of our
> area.
>> Find a place that will let you wash cars that is on a busy street
> corner
>> and
>> is visible from the street.
>> Seek donations of the place, water, hoses, buckets. rags , soap and
>> short
>> latter's to use in washing the cars.
>> Make up signs and get some pretty high school girls to carry the signs
>> out
>> by the street.
>> Have a table set up to greet the drivers and their dirty cars, where
> you
>> will hand out the set of flyers with the adds on them.
>> Also have a large labeled donation jar there for drivers to see as
> they
>> get
>> the flyers and the ads.
>> Get some local press about your event and people will be interested in
>> how
>> and why your would put on a free car wash as a fund raiser.  Make sure
>> you
>> have all car washers remove their jewery and large belt buckles so
> they
>> will
>> not scratch the cars.
>> The hard part is just going around to all of the merchants and get
> them
>> to
>> part with a $20 dollar bill.
>> Talk only to the manager or better yet the owner.  Come back to see
> them
>> if
>> you have too.
>> Tel them that you are going to print at least 300 sets of flyers, with
>> their
>> business car or coupon on them and that you will do whatever it takes
> to
>> give them to possible customers.  nothing will be trashed.
>> You can point out that this is cheap for a businessman to get 300 or
>> more
>> flyers printed and passed out to the Public and to connect their
>> company's
>> name with a great project.
>> You will find that it does not take as much effort to pass them out as
>> you
>> might think.
>> You will give one set of flyers to each of the businesses so that they
>> can
>> see their ad and the ads of the other businesses.  You will give
> flyers
>> out
>> to all of the people who stop to get their cars washed.  You will give
>> flyers to all of the workers, or their families who help you in the
>> event.
>> You will keep some flyers back to show the next time you want to do
> the
>> event, It only gets better.
>> Now if you have any flyers left at this point, you can walk around a
>> parking
>> lot or at your church and pass them out until they are all gone.  You
>> have
>> kept your word.
>>
>> I did this for my Boy Scout troop and we raised $2,700.00 from the ads
>> before we even turned the water  on.  We made another $320.00 from the
>> donations jar and we got free pizzas, cokes and other things from some
>> of
>> the merchants to give to our volunteers.
>> By the way, you can get a Boy Scout troop to do the washing for you
> for
>> community services and then make a donation to their troop  for
> helping
>> out.
>> There are lots of ways you can get help to do it.
>> You need about 3 months to work up to this and to give you time to get
>> out
>> and sell the ads and line up everything you need to do it.
>> The rewards can be worth it.
>> I use the selling ads techniques in many of my fund raisers to
> embellish
>> them and bring in more money.
>> I do bowl-a-thons, walk-a-thons and all sorts of other things.
>>
>>
>> I am tired now, so I will stop now.
>> I have many other ideas that work and only need a few people to do
> them.
>> Write me back if you have any questions.
>>
>> David Evans, NFBF
>> President, Palm Beach County Chapter Florida
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ryan Smith" <ryansmith78 at comcast.net>
>> To: <nfb-fundraising at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:16 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-fundraising] Successful fund raising ideas
>>
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am the fund raising chair person for a small chapter and hoping
> that
>> > some of you might be able to offer some proven fund raising ideas.
>> > The
>> > chapter members have kicked around the idea of a silent auction,
> which
>> > is
>> > in the planning stage for later this year.  We have also discussed
>> > selling
>> > different items such as donuts, key chains, tote bags, etc.  I would
>> > greatly appreciate hearing from any and all of you about your
> various
>> > successes.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance,
>> >
>> > Ryan Smith
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