I'm not a fan of fundraising when the "donator" doesn't get anything in return, like canning. We do 3 fundraisers a year that pay for additional things, like socks/jerseys for a specific tournament, like cancer awareness, pizza/ice cream for the girls, full team clinics, team bonding activities, etc.
1. Super Bowl pool, $25/box, 12 winners, team nets $1000
2. Bat voucher raffle. At our largest home tournament, we raffle off a voucher to a local sporting goods store for a bat that we get at 50% discount, tickets are 1 for $5 or 3 for $10. We have team moms walk around the complex selling, as we found it works much better than leaving at the registration booth or concession stand. We have never made less than $500 and one year slightly over $1200.
3. Christmas wreaths/grave blankets/poinsettias. A local garden center provides us with a 50% off discount on all orders through the fundraiser. We charge exactly what they would charge to the public, but we net 50% of all sales. We average around $500 in profits.
Our org allows each team to fundraise independently, so these funds are kept separate with it's own ledger. We decide as a team what we'd like to use these funds for, rather than paying for plane tickets for the elite gold star team.
Like with any other sports or clubs, usually only a 1/3-1/2 of the participants, (read parents), actually contribute. I keep debating to stop pooling the funds together and keep separate ledgers for each girl based upon what they sell, but that would take more time away from my already crazy schedule.
1. Super Bowl pool, $25/box, 12 winners, team nets $1000
2. Bat voucher raffle. At our largest home tournament, we raffle off a voucher to a local sporting goods store for a bat that we get at 50% discount, tickets are 1 for $5 or 3 for $10. We have team moms walk around the complex selling, as we found it works much better than leaving at the registration booth or concession stand. We have never made less than $500 and one year slightly over $1200.
3. Christmas wreaths/grave blankets/poinsettias. A local garden center provides us with a 50% off discount on all orders through the fundraiser. We charge exactly what they would charge to the public, but we net 50% of all sales. We average around $500 in profits.
Our org allows each team to fundraise independently, so these funds are kept separate with it's own ledger. We decide as a team what we'd like to use these funds for, rather than paying for plane tickets for the elite gold star team.
Like with any other sports or clubs, usually only a 1/3-1/2 of the participants, (read parents), actually contribute. I keep debating to stop pooling the funds together and keep separate ledgers for each girl based upon what they sell, but that would take more time away from my already crazy schedule.
(she was interested but I don't think the parents were..)
