People all over the country are taking a new look at the kinds of fundraising programs they are willing to let their children participate in. With health concerns and the ever increasing competition from other fundraising groups, it just makes sense to find new youth fundraising ideas. But how do you go about finding fundraisers that are better than those that were done in the past? And how do you know which ones will be successful? These questions are important to ask because let’s face it, you are fundraising to raise money.
The most common youth fundraising ideas in the past have been things like candy or cookie dough sales. In fact, those 2 categories make up something like 75% of all of the fundraisers done in America regardless of the type of group. While that may make it appear that these are the best fundraiser ideas, taking a closer look can reveal some surprising results.
There is no one out there arguing that candy and cookie dough are healthy. In fact, reacting to the youth obesity epidemic, some states like Texas have outright banned the sale of unhealthy foods for school fundraisers.
Even the world famous Girl Scouts fundraiser has seen sales decline for the first time ever as people are buying fewer and fewer unhealthy items. If people are cutting back on something, does it make sense to sell that something as your fundraising product?
With so many groups doing the same kinds of fund raisers, one thing is bound to happen and that is that you will approach someone with your fundraising idea and they will have already purchased something similar from someone else. In fact, some customers report being approached more than 20 times by youth from different groups trying to raise money with the same products. That just wears people out and unless you are the first one to approach them, means that making a sale is very unlikely.
But if you pick a new youth fundraiser idea, something with a refreshing product line, you substantially increase the likelihood that you will sell something and raise some money. Items like our fair trade organic coffees, soy candles, organic foods, reusable shopping bags and flower bulbs are all proving to be extremely popular because they are offering customers something new from a fundraising program.
To learn more about finding new and easy fundraising ideas for youths and kids give us a call at 877-448-9746.
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