TenderSticks®
Brand Snacks...
A Unique Fundraising Opportunity!
Candy and wrapping
paper are items that most every
fundraising organization have sold at one time or
another. If your looking for something fresh, new
and innovative, you have come to the right place!
Tendersticks can provide your fundraising effort with superior
quality fundraising products that are easy
to sell and highly profitable! Your group can earn a recommended
50-60% per item when selling from our
10 pack program. Need to keep in mind while setting this up, the
profit margins are with the 10 pack program and probably could not be obtained
selling them individually.
Use Our
Handy Tendersticks
Sell Sheet
Have your sales teams use the
Tendersticks Sell
Sheet to make their sales then collect the money
when they deliver the product sold. With this method
there's no pre-ordering of product "and nothing left
over to consume your profits".
For
More Information
If you would like to learn more
about how Tendersticks brand of fundraising products can
help your fundraising team meet their goals faster
than with other fundraising items, please contact
us at: 1-800-272-9223 or
by email at edent@socket.net.
Fund Raising Tips
HELPFUL HINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER
Some of the following pages offer
useful information for people who have or have not previously
coordinated or organized a fundraiser.
| 1. | Always set a goal for your group and/or an |
| individual goal for each seller. | |
| 2. | People need to know why you are fundraising. |
| It is a good idea to draw up a cover letter to | |
| explain why, when & what you are fundraising | |
| for and include this letter with the brochures | |
| when they are sent home with the sellers. | |
| 3. | Most groups display a photo of the item they |
| are planning to purchase with the money they | |
| raise. | |
| 4. | It is a good idea to make extra photocopies |
| of the product brochures you are using, since | |
| a lot of people have extended families | |
| now-a-days. | |
| 5. | Most groups now insist on a prepayment when |
| taking orders. Over the years, most people | |
| have become accustomed to this, and does | |
| not usually create any problems. | |
| 6. | Always send a letter home the day before |
| your product is to arrive to remind everyone the | |
| time and location of where to pick up their | |
| larger orders. | |
| 7. | It is also a good idea to advertise your |
| fundraising campaign in your local community. | |
| Some community papers or T.V. stations offer | |
| this free of charge. The more publicity you can | |
| create, the more profitable your campaign | |
| will be. | |
| 8. | When working with large groups, it is a good |
| idea to keep each group of order forms | |
| separate from each other. (eg. 12 classrooms, | |
| 12 separate envelopes) This will make it much | |
| easier on distribution day |
Tips for the Organizer
3 Steps For Maximizing
The Success of Your Fund Raiser
1. Planning your Campaign
Objective:
The objective you set should be both financial and tangible.
(For example: Our group has to raise $2,000 to cover the costs
of new band equipment as well as traveling costs to the Annual
Band competition). The more specific you are, the better!
Deadline:
Your campaign should run 1-2 weeks maximum.
Collection:
Plan at least 1 collection per week.
Incentives:
If your fund raiser does not have a strong direct benefit for
the fund raising participants, it is very important to include
incentives. Look under Section 3 for some ideas.
Implementation:
This is a very important aspect of your campaign.
Organize a 3 Hour Team Blitz where all of the fund raising participants will gather and form in groups of threes to cover a designated number of blocks or houses. Preferably, 1 parent should go with each group of children. After the 3 Hour Blitz, everyone can meet at a designated area to see the results of their blitz and perhaps even all go for lunch together, a reward for hard work and participation! Children generally dislike to fund raise alone (besides the fact that it may be unsafe). The 3 Hour Team Blitz promotes team spirit, fun and quick profits.
If you can not use this method with your group, make sure that the incentive plan is strong and very interesting for the participants, and be sure to consider the communication and incentive information set out below.
2. Communication
Letters to parents:
It is very important to communicate the following information in the Parent Letters.
Different Types of Letters to
parents should be used:
Awareness Letter: include general information about the fund
raiser- 2-4 weeks before it starts.
General Letter: Include all information that is suggested in
the 'Planning' section.
Wrap-up letter: distribute 1 week before the end of the fund
raiser, to advise the participants of the results up-to-date
and to give it one last push so as to motivate the group to reach
its goal.
Summary Letter: distribute 1 -2 weeks after the fund raiser to
display the results, to thank everybody for their support and
to announce special prize winners.
The larger the group is, the more important it is to distribute
all of these letters. If you are a small group, the General Letter
could be sufficient.
Motivate Your Group:
Work closely with your group and motivate and encourage them every time you see them. Be a good role model and show them how much effort you are putting in and how much you have raised.
3. Incentive
Prizes
If every dollar raised is going back to the individual to support
their group-related expenses, an incentive plan is not necessarily
needed. For example, if a soccer player needs to raise $75 to
go to a tournament and all the profits raised go towards paying
his or her trip, the incentive is already there.
With many fund raisers, this is not the case. So here are some
other ways to motivate your group.
Early Bird Prizes:
The first person or 2 people to complete their entire card gets
$50 CASH.
Individual Completion Prizes:
Everyone who meets a specific goal gets $20 CASH, or a $20 Blockbuster
GiftCard, or a couple of movie tickets, or a club sweater.
Best Seller Prizes:
The best seller wins a grand prize which could be $100 CASH,
a mountain bike, or other merchandise.
Draw Prizes:
Everyone who meets a specific goal is entered into a drawing
for cash prizes or other merchandise.
Intangible Prizes:
These are often the most exciting and the most motivating for
the participants.
Example 1: The school principal agrees to camp out over-night on the roof of the school if the group reaches their fundraising goal.
Example 2: The group leader(s) agree to let the
kids throw pies in their faces if they reach their fundraising
goal. Being creative in this area will make your fundraiser a
true success!
Key
Things To Remember:
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List Your Potential Donors and Approach Them |
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Always Smile & Be Polite |
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Know Why You Are Doing The Fundraiser and |
| Tell Your Supporters (Example: Our group is | |
| raising money so we can finance our annual | |
| tournament and cover our travel expenses. | |
| Would you care to scratch 1 or more circles to | |
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No Door-to-Door Necessary - Ask friends, |
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Never Carry Large Amounts of Money - Empty |
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