Yes-You CAN Have a Fundraiser Where You Keep 100 Percent of the Money Raised!
The problem involves the act of selling a product and, for all your trouble, the fact that you only receive 50% or less for the school or small group. Besides the issue of the percentage that makes it to charity, there are the various forms, samples, and the collecting of money. Then when the products arrive, someone has to get it to the recipient. It's a real pain for the parents, but a boon the producers of magazines or pizza. That's right, you can order your own pizza making kit as a fundraiser. Just think of the hours of fun rolling the dough and cooking the sauce to produce a $6 pizza (and make 30% profit) all in the name of charity. Not exactly the best way you want to spend your spare time right? But it gets even worse.
When my daughter was in elementary school, she came home one day with a simple form, that was to cause my wife and I undue anxiety for weeks. It was a list of one hundred magazines with a note on top. It explained how we needed to have her obtain subscriptions totaling $75 by the end of the month in order for her to fulfill her quota. She was ten years old, darn it and now she had a quota! It went on to detail the various needs of the art and music department and how about 25% of the money collected would go toward new equipment. So, now we had to approach every family member, neighbor, or relative for TV Guide, Field and Stream or Popular Quantum Physics. Okay, I made the last one up, but you get the drift. You would think that there was and is, a better way.
There are many deserving schools, soccer clubs, music programs, religious groups, and private organizations that need to purchase equipment, uniforms, and sponsor trips. Where can they turn without having to force the likes of us parents into virtually becoming commissioned sales people? Luckily, there are a few places that require no selling of any kind. They may ask for something in return, but not the hawking of a specific product for a percentage of the action. Many are designed for a single purpose. The internet is filled with them, but you have know where to start. You can search for "painless fundraising" on the Internet and get some results.
As one example for instance, if you can provide good doctors and are a nurse or patient, the link below to The Nurse's Choice website has money to donate for small groups with absolutely no selling involved. It's at www.thenurseschoice.com and just look for the fundraiser link. But, where ever you go, just try to avoid the ones that require selling and you'll be thrilled that you got to keep ALL the money you raised.
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Currently, he is the Marketing Director for The Nurses Choice, LLC a Health Information and Doctor Referral site: http://www.thenurseschoice.com
Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising and has a Master's Degree in teaching. He had his own advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design firm, ABC Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, "Pursuit of the Phoenix." His latest book is, "Inside the Yellow Pages" which can be seen at his website, http://www.poweradbook.com
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