Stress-Free Fundraising Tips

Schools, churchs, PTOs, PTAs, cheerleaders, sports teams, bands, choirs, chambers of commerce, business associations and other non-profit groups will find many easy-to-implement ideas here to help you achieve your fundraising goals.

Stress-Free Tips for Kids

1. Sell to family members first
2. Make a list of your friends, parents’ friends, places your parents shop a lot, and approach them for their support
3. Explain the purpose of your fundraiser
4. Be positive
5. Go with a friend
6. Don’t enter homes of people you or your parent’s don’t know and wouldn’t approve of
7. Be polite!  Say “Thank you”… even if they don’t buy

Stress-Free Sales Tips

Create an introduction. 

1.        Don’t start with "Would you like to buy..?"  The standard answer is NO!

2.        Introduce yourself, your group and their goal emphasizing the goal.  What's the money going to for?  Communicate your organization's purpose, and you will make more sales. 

Set Specific Goals & Firm Deadlines
Starting is the hard part, and bringing everything in on time is next hardest.  If it is not clear when the fundraiser ends, you will have things dribble in and never get momentum working in your favor.  Make sure everyone is perfectly clear on the start and stop dates.  You can also have “First Week” incentives… a prize to whomever brings in the most sales the first week.  That will get “Mo” (momentum) working in your favor!

 
Don’t be a Copy Cat!