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Fundraising for
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EDITOR
Mandy Stevens
CONTENTS
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ADVERTISING Introduction 1
ENQUIRIES
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Happy fundraising!
Mandy Stevens
1 University of Chicago
2 Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 2010
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2 Dealing with volunteer
burnout
• Break down tasks into manageable
3 Proven fundraising
options
As Dr John Irvine says parents need other
chunks. Think micro-tasks. Offering parents when their kids are in high school.
one hour – and knowing it will be time That’s why social activities are good
well spent – is manageable. choices. They don’t have to be
outrageously expensive black-tie dinners.
• Do not assume that someone who has
convened an event will naturally do it Depending on the school community, you
again the following year. Be courteous: may want to go for a family event such as
ask. trivia nights or adults-only events like
casino nights or comedy sit-down dinners.
• Actively recruit from the incoming
classes. If possible, groom a volunteer
so they are ready to run the fundraiser Our trivia night attracted 300 participants
the following year. of all ages: tables of students; tables of
parents; family tables. Entry was set at just
• Use social networking to spread the $15 for adults and $10 for students,
word that you’re in need of help. making it affordable. Refreshments (which
Hitting a response button can be so were donated), raffles and a smattering of
much easier than picking up a phone fun ‘opt-in and pay’ games added to our
(particularly at 11pm!) profit margin.
• Incorporate a social/fun element into High school P&C, Brisbane
volunteering. Parents of high school
students do appreciate meeting new
people. Shopping tours can be popular mum-and-
daughter affairs.
• Thank people for giving their time. No
matter how little, time is precious and Custom-labelled wine is another proven
deserves recognition. success although its marketing needs to
be carefully approached.
Since inserting an info sheet about our Movie discount vouchers appeal,
P&F into the orientation pack, we’ve particularly if timed towards the end of
enjoyed an 80% return rate, building our the year when there’s a long summer of
database of incoming parents interested movies for all the family.
in getting involved in the high school. We
ask what they’re interested in and what TIP: Check out what movie venues are ‘in’.
skills they have to share. By providing us If the one offering the discount is not the
with their email and phone number, we favoured place to hangout, no amount of
overcome privacy issues the school had savings will encourage a teenager to
sharing that information – and we have a support the fundraiser.
handle on what people want and have got
that’s of use to us as a group. Win support from the ‘in’ crowd of
students and the wanna-be’s will follow.
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and off-season too.
Share the outcome with
Plants or enviro-friendly products, for
example, reinforce an environment your community.
group’s purpose.
Too often, a fundraiser just fades away.
A walk-a-thon may suit a sports group – or People want to know what happened!
be used to highlight a social justice issue. Communicate the result with all who took
part – committee members, volunteers,
Piggyback fundraising off an event – like a
and supporters – using your newsletter,
school dance – and sell fun glow products.
website, noticeboard: “Thanks to your
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The Victorian bushfires were close to us –
most of the school community knew Congratulate your
someone affected – and we held a book volunteers on a job well
drive for another, small public, school that
had been burnt down. done.
I worked with the library captains in every They’ll be more receptive to helping
class and involved the students in selecting again. Handwritten notes from the group
books. president are a nice touch: a blanket
As a follow-up, I put a notice in the group email is not as motivating.
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newsletter thanking “everyone” without
naming names and created personalised Complete the Report
thank-you cards that were attached to every
order. In this way, everyone’s support was
Card in your Fundraiser’s
acknowledged without breaching anyone’s Handover Manual.
privacy.
This provides a record of what worked,
Marissa, fundraising coordinator, what didn’t; and why. It includes timelines,
Ivanhoe, Victoria quantities, costs, profit, and volunteer and