SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING IDEAS WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HASN’T WORKED! PRESENTED BY: AAFCS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AAFCS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE GRACE ANGOTTI CAROLE FROMER NINA COLLINS KYLEY BROOKS SHIRLEY HYMAN-PARKER MARGARET VIEBROCK, CHAIR

WHY FUND RAISE ?  It’s fun … or make it fun!  You have a good cause …  Promote AAFCS to new people  Money, of course!

#1 MEETING FUND RAISERS Theme basket – you win, you bring it next time Day at a spa – donated by the business Diamond Drop raffle Make it a fun activity for members and use the money for a specific project

#2 AUCTIONS REINVENTED CLEVER WAYS  Sell a deck of cards  Auction your services  Find donors  Plane ride with a local pilot  Pie-a-month YOUR IDEAS? We pay for good ideas!

# 3 YOU HAVE BEEN FLOCKED? Write a ransom note and explain your fund raiser. Immediate payment needed to have them removed! Donor gets to pick the next victim – who will it be? Or pay to have them “not” show up in your yard!

#4 USE A CHEF OR PLAN A COOK-OFF EVENT Solicit local celebrities or chefs to enter their best dishes Sell tickets to your friends and neighbors Visibility for AAFCS!

#5 SIT-A-THON  Offer babysitting services to the faculty & staff for a special university event  Use Facebook  Have a reason for the money!

#6 TOO MANY SHOES? HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU HAVE? COLLECT MONEY FOR SHOES IN YOUR CLOSET Flip Flops = 50¢ Casual = 75¢ Dress = $1 Boots = $1.50

PAY NOT TO DO IT! Fill the Sock Instead NO Bake Sale NO Raffles # 7 UN-RAFFLE

#8 PLAN AN EXCURSION Shopping Trip Winery Day Trip Garden Tour Holiday Homes What Could You Offer? What would people like to do?

#9 IT’S A BUST! Sell balloons for $10 each Insert a number in each balloon Number the prizes

# 10 OFFER CLASSES WHAT CAN YOU TEACH? Bridge Chinese Cooking Wine Tasting Wreath Making $10/class or what ever your the market will allow! WHO WANTS TO LEARN?

#11 JUST ASK! Establish common ground Why are you asking for money? Suggest ways to donate Make it fun!  Send a valentine  Pass the “hat”  Send a personal note  Send a valentine  Pass the “hat”  Send a personal note

#12 DINNER/DESSERT EVENTS Dinner for 6 - $5.00 tickets Food prepared by members Served in a member’s home Winner chooses date and main course – beef, chicken or fish Tickets sold at local event and through member sales Raised nearly $900

#13 EAT FOR A CAUSE  Ask a local restaurant to donate 10% of their proceeds  Be sure all your friends eat out that day  Be the “wait staff”

TAKE AWAY IDEAS People respond to creativity! People want to be asked to contribute to an identified cause … When you raise your new money, please consider a 25% contribution to the AAFCS Development Fund! Thanks for coming - good luck with your fund raising!