With the economy hurting there are more groups than ever looking for new fundraising ideas and there are more groups who are actually doing fundraisers because their funding is being cut or reduced. This surge in the number of fundraisers can cause some problems for your group. The problems include issues with differentiating your products. If your group, and the next group, and the group after that, and the group that showed up before you are all selling the same thing, your customers will get burned out and are less likely to buy anything at all.
However, this is a relatively simple problem to solve and you have already taken the first step towards finding a solution. If you can find a new fundraising idea or a different fundraising idea that everyone else isn’t doing already you can greatly improve your chances at fundraising success. You have already started searching the internet which is the best resource for different fundraising ideas.
Some of the most popular and yet still successful new fundraising ideas available to groups are green fundraisers like the ones you see at the top of this page. Instead of selling the traditional candy or cookie dough your group can focus their fundraising efforts on selling products like reusable shopping bags, flower gardens, organic foods, and fair trade coffees. These are items that your customers might buy anyway and are typically of high quality and offer high profits.
Another new fundraising idea is Scratch Cards. With scratch cards your group can earn as much as 90% profit. They are a terrific way to raise money that most people haven’t seen before. You basically get someone to scratch dots off of a card that you carry and donate the amounts revealed. You give them a prize as a thank you which is typically a sheet of coupons. This works great because people don’t have to keep buying the same things over and over.
These are just 2 of the many, many different fundraising ideas available to you. Discuss what ideas for fundraisers your group members have and remember that to have a successful fundraiser, you have to have fun!
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