Planning a Fundraiser

The success of your fundraiser lies almost entirely in the hands of the planning committee. Planning of your fundraiser is the single most important ingredient to its success.

Getting Ideas for Fundraising

The first step for the fundraising group should be to determine what they hope to achieve with their fundraisers, for example a target goal amount should be set. After the goals have been clearly established and agreed upon by the members, they should investigate ideas for fundraising that will best suit their needs and assist them to achieve their goals.

Here are some handy hints to help with the planning of your fundraiser:

• The decision of what time of the year to run the fundraiser is a vital part of the planning process. This is a crucial decision since it is imperative that no other major events are taking place at the same time. Ideally the total focus should be on the fundraiser, and this will more likely result in a successful outcome. For example, running a Christmas fundraiser at your school is a popular fundraising idea , but holding it too close to exam time will affect the focus and ultimately the success of the fundraiser.
• All members of the fundraising group should be allocated a particular task and be required to carry out that task in a timely and efficient manner. Extra time should be allowed for each task, so that if a problem occurs, the fundraiser can still be completed in an orderly fashion and on time. When all the members of the fundraising group are involved and sharing the responsibilities, their enthusiasm spreads to the other members of the group and their friends. Everyone becomes committed then to support the group's ideas for fundraising.
• Due to the fact that most members of fundraising committees are volunteers and are busy people in their day to day lives, it makes sense to avoid taking on any fundraising ventures that take up excessive amounts of time or require payments up front. When you're investigating new fundraising ideas, remember that fundraisers should be fun and interesting, but also straight forward and easy to manage.
• The whole idea of fundraising is to raise money, so your fundraisers should be profitable.
• It always helps to let people know exactly what the money is going towards. For example, if you are holding a fundraiser to raise money to build an awning over a walkway, take photos of the walkway to show how an awning would be of benefit. When people know exactly what the money raised will be going towards, they are always more willing to support.

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