Fundraiser Ideas - Help needed!
jkaplow
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Hello fellow HR colleagues - I am a new Chairperson for my local SHRM chapter and am trying to drum up some fundraising ideas. I was considering a 'Spring Clean-Up' garage sale and possibly a Casino Night later in the year. Would anyone care to share what they've done in the past? What worked, what was a total disaster? Any ideas or insight would be greatly appreciated. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Thanks! [:D]
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Garage sales are a lot of work. Make sure you have a large committee, because you will need a lot of people to sort, price, sell, and clean up (you may want to break up the committees like this).
Ask SHRM members for a place to drop off and store the donations and/or a high-traffic venue to have the sale (preferably one that has its own tables and racks).
Renting the games for Casino Night can be pricey. Some restaurants will do a wine tasting with you getting part of the ticket price and any sale of wine by the distributors.
You can also see if a local movie theater will rent you a screening room for an HR-related film, where you can also have a 50/50 raffle.
[quote user="jkaplow"] Hello fellow HR colleagues - I am a new Chairperson for my local SHRM chapter and am trying to drum up some fundraising ideas. I was considering a 'Spring Clean-Up' garage sale and possibly a Casino Night later in the year. Would anyone care to share what they've done in the past? What worked, what was a total disaster? Any ideas or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! [:D][/quote]
Got any sponsors or advertisers yet? Service providers like background check businesses will pay to advertise. If you don't have an e-newsletter or a website, get those rolling so you can sell space on them.
People can speak at monthly functions for a fee and hawk their services at full price, or they can speak for free and provide substantial benefits to your clients. Some may choose the former.
We've used a Silent Auction for several fundraising events - participants donate an item or a service (car wash, walk the dog). When we've held an auction in-house, PTO days go for big dollars! Local vendors (restaurants, spa) have donated gift certificates to the cause for auction. Most are willing when you have a worthy cause.
Good luck!