No More Candy in Sports Fundraising by S. Ferguson
If you've said "not another candy drive" and instead are seeking new ideas for Sports Fundraising here is a unique spin on bringing in money for your team.
No matter how much its needed parents dread the time fundraising rolls around; not that we're not into the whole team spirit but between all the similar youth fundraising needs, like school and church you really run out of people to hit up for more money. To keep the sales drive fun you have to switch up the routine, not to mention the items you're promoting. I mean who wants to continuously buy chocolate year round?
A quick promotable item to use for your sports fundraising needs is the scratch off ticket. It's different and it's affordable to take advantage of and easier to sell than the usual candy and pizza drive.
Parents find these scratch-off tickets easy to sell because it works more like a lottery game. You scratch off the ticket and see what you've won, like an instant game. Your team can come up with a set of prizes and one of the scratch-offs can be the "grand prize winner".
Another great idea one youth team used for their sports fundraising needs was the scratch-off tickets combined with movie night for kids. What an outcome!
Parents held movie night at a local school, advertising a previously shown movie that was approved by the school board.
"Winners Announced at Friday's Movie Night"
This is where they would announce the biggest winners of the scratch off tickets. There was no charge for the admission, of course, but they sold hot dogs, popcorn, candy, chips and beverages. The sports team made a few hundred dollars that night combined with the money made from the scratch off tickets. It all began with a unique sports fundraising idea of scratch off tickets that were combined with a movie night to bring in the most funds!
There are so many clever ways to use these scratch off tickets and believe me, people appreciate buying something quick and fun instead of the same old candy. You can also focus your scratch offs around specific holidays like Valentines or Easter.
Another great way your sports fundraising initiative can be utilized is by securing a sponsorship. Ask local vendors to sponsor your team for a certain amount of money then discuss with them a way to market their sponsorship with the scratch offs. For example, if you garner a sponsorship from a local gas station for $500 you could use the scratch-offs for "free gas" prizes. Definitely a big seller!
Or perhaps you get a small sponsorship from a local restaurant. You could offer a lunch or dinner worth X amount of dollars and one lucky scratch off winner would be the lucky prize holder.
Scratch offs are nothing new and many businesses use them from car dealerships to bingo halls and your sports fundraising program could become a successful endeavor with a few new clever ideas.
No matter how much its needed parents dread the time fundraising rolls around; not that we're not into the whole team spirit but between all the similar youth fundraising needs, like school and church you really run out of people to hit up for more money. To keep the sales drive fun you have to switch up the routine, not to mention the items you're promoting. I mean who wants to continuously buy chocolate year round?
A quick promotable item to use for your sports fundraising needs is the scratch off ticket. It's different and it's affordable to take advantage of and easier to sell than the usual candy and pizza drive.
Parents find these scratch-off tickets easy to sell because it works more like a lottery game. You scratch off the ticket and see what you've won, like an instant game. Your team can come up with a set of prizes and one of the scratch-offs can be the "grand prize winner".
Another great idea one youth team used for their sports fundraising needs was the scratch-off tickets combined with movie night for kids. What an outcome!
Parents held movie night at a local school, advertising a previously shown movie that was approved by the school board.
"Winners Announced at Friday's Movie Night"
This is where they would announce the biggest winners of the scratch off tickets. There was no charge for the admission, of course, but they sold hot dogs, popcorn, candy, chips and beverages. The sports team made a few hundred dollars that night combined with the money made from the scratch off tickets. It all began with a unique sports fundraising idea of scratch off tickets that were combined with a movie night to bring in the most funds!
There are so many clever ways to use these scratch off tickets and believe me, people appreciate buying something quick and fun instead of the same old candy. You can also focus your scratch offs around specific holidays like Valentines or Easter.
Another great way your sports fundraising initiative can be utilized is by securing a sponsorship. Ask local vendors to sponsor your team for a certain amount of money then discuss with them a way to market their sponsorship with the scratch offs. For example, if you garner a sponsorship from a local gas station for $500 you could use the scratch-offs for "free gas" prizes. Definitely a big seller!
Or perhaps you get a small sponsorship from a local restaurant. You could offer a lunch or dinner worth X amount of dollars and one lucky scratch off winner would be the lucky prize holder.
Scratch offs are nothing new and many businesses use them from car dealerships to bingo halls and your sports fundraising program could become a successful endeavor with a few new clever ideas.
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