One of the most proven ways to boost sales during your school fundraisers is to keep everyone involved with the program excited, motivated, and informed. By taking the time to do these three things, you greatly improve the chances of having your best school fundraiser ever and raising the most money possible. ‘But how do I do all of that?’ you may be asking yourself and the answer is that it is really quite simple. By utilizing school fundraiser events you can accomplish all three objectives at the same time.
The most common version of a school fundraiser event is a kick off meeting. These events are usually held just before the beginning of the fundraiser and are used to pass out any fundraising materials that the students might need and to get everyone excited about the program. And while this is a vitally important part of an school fundraising program, it definitely makes sense to do more with the time you have and to even schedule more than just this one event.
As far as the things you want to cover in the kick-off event, you should make sure that all students and parents know the date you plan to start selling, the date they need to turn in their orders, when they should pick up their orders and the reason you are doing the fundraiser. It also makes sense to go over basic things like checks being made out to the school and not to the participants.
For schools that really want to maximize their profits multiple school fundraising events can make a lot of sense. Some schools even have a mid-fund raiser event to check on progress and another one when the sale is over to collect orders and still another later on to celebrate their successes and hand out any awards.
If you do not have time or cannot coordinate a mid fundraiser event, that is ok. You can still keep everyone motivated and informed with our free fundraising thermometer. It accomplishes many of the same things as the event does and is available 24 hours a day. You should also spend some time creating a great school fundraiser flyer in case people can’t attend your events.
I hope this has helped you in planning your schools fund raising events. If you need any more help planning or have questions about our school fundraising ideas please feel free to call us at 877-448-9746.
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