Hello All! I am looking for some Fundriasing ideas for my daughters soccer Team! We are looking to earn money to off set the cost of our Club Fees. We don't want to spend a lot, to sell a lot. You know spend $300 sell something for $600. We are looking for ideas that won't really cost us much $ to start up. Something like a yard sale, with (almost) 100% profit. Any ideas will be appreciated!
Thank You All for your kind (and fast) responces! I have some GREAT ideas! I will be having a Team Meeting soon and I will let the other parents in on our Fundraising Ideas!!
I run a fund raiser called Original Works for our school. It is easy and people love the products. Check out originalworks.com.
Hi A.,
I know that soccer has nothing to do with Scrapbooking, but I am doing a fundraiser for my church that isn't costing much at all. We are getting most everything donated, even the food. Look into obtaining donations from sporting places and have a silent auction. I also checked out this Original Works site, and really like that idea for our Preschool. Thanks for sharing, I look forward to more responses.
Hope this helps
Check with other consultants in direct sales with party plans. The company I work with, Cookie Lee Jewelry, has fundraisers as part of their business plan. I have work with several sports teams, cheerleading squads, marching bands, non-profit organziation, and individuals to raise funds. Instead of the hostess earning free products, the consultant gives a CASH donation. There is no cost out of your pocket and this provides a fun, fresh way to raise funds.
First of all, congrats on getting your fundraising started! Raising support for a worthy cause can be super rewarding. But obviously, if you're not an official non-profit, it can be really tricky finding a good way to build support for your cause.
One route you might want to consider: setting up a homepage for your group on a fundraising website. Having a group homepage online makes organizing and fundraising infinitely easier ... And though the majority of fundraising sites require you have official non-profit status, many good ones only require that you are a group - and will give you plenty of the tools you need.
For example, one good site is Meet Up (www.meetup.com), who allow you to fundraise directly to your account, and register a group without having an official non-profit status - and they cover groups around the world, while giving you some tools to do event management. But the tools they offer are a little limited outside of fundraising.
Another good option would be Empowered.org (www.empowered.org), a platform that also helps small groups fundraise and organize (regardless of non-profit status). They also work for international groups - and offer a fair amount of useful tools, like the ability to organize your group or to create volunteer activities and fundraising campaigns for more targeted ways to raise support.
Or you could always try to send up your own PayPal account to link to you directly to help you fundraise, but this is a little trickier and a bit inflexible.
Good luck getting started moving forward! Hope that helped.
