Fundraising

Here's a few tips from list members on that eternal problem.

Date:         Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:44:25 -0500
From: brownlee 
Subject:      Re: Fund Raisers

At 18:36 11.01.1997 -0500, you wrote:
>Nearby to our fields (45 minutes away) is the tourist town of Branson,
>Missouri, filled with theaters owned by (and nightly field by) such as Andy
>Williams, Roy Clark, the Osmond Brothers, Mel Tillis, Wayne Newton, Willie
>Nelson, Johnny Cash and so forth.
>
>Traffic is a nightmare. So, the Twin Lakes Soccer Club in nearby Mountain
>Home, Ark., has a successful annual fundraiser in which they raffle off a
>night on the town (dinner and a show of your choice) complete with a
>limosine. It is a great hit. The driver picks you up at your door, drives you
>to town, and waits to take you home.

Raffles, particularly with fairly significant ticket prices, are probably
one of the most efficient fund raisers available.  Two years ago at the
Soccer America Tournament Expo in Charlotte NC,  a speaker gave a
well-attended (packed) talk on successful fund raisers.  Some of his points
1) be positive and keep going
2) ask for goods and services if cash isn't possible - something in kind
3) don't be afraid to ask for a lot where appropriate
4) have a compelling story to tell

bruce

Date:         Mon, 14 Apr 1997 07:28:55 -0400
From: BNX@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: [COACH] Raising funds

I had a parent suggest this one to me and we are going to try it out in a
couple of weeks....

It's really simple and quite profitable.

Bag groceries at Cub Foods for tips.  The parent who suggested it said
her daughter's church group made $400.00 on a Saturday afternoon!  Can
you imagine what a bunch of cute 9 year olds in soccer uniforms will
bring?  Obviously Dads and Moms will have to help as the kids would throw
the can of beans on top of the bread and eggs.

Brad Niedert
Panther S. C.
Oswego, IL

Date:         Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:53:01 -0600
From: wrldscan 
Subject:      [COACH] Freshmen on Varsity-followup

Thanks for all the opinions. Selected my varsity team yesterday.
Ended up easier selection than expected. Put 2 freshmen on the
team. Outstanding players and mature enough to go one on one with
the seniors, can't wait till the first game.

Had an excellent fund raiser this past week. A free 2 day, 2 hours
per day soccer camp for U8 and U10 given by the High School players,
both boys and girls, under the direction of the coaches. We had over
100 kids show up and put them in groups of 8-14 with 3 High School
players in each group. Our players received $10 towards their program
for every little one that showed up. Great experience for both parties.
By the way it cost every player this year $140 to play High School
soccer plus the cost of shorts and socks.

Hans

Date:         Wed, 13 May 1998 10:24:06 -0700
From: Joe McNallan 
Subject:      Re: [COACH] team costs

Since the subject came up I just thought I'd share a fund-raising idea.
        We just raised a little over $3600 (for 32 players) with a spaghetti
dinner on Monday.  In our case, we worked with a restaurant owner who is
normally closed on Mondays(his donation). We pay his chef and our girls
provide the labor force, set up, serve and clean up. We serve on paper
plates and provide our own beverage (lemonade or ice tea in paper cups).
We run three seatings of about 80 each, 5:15, 6:00 and 6:45, the girls
show up to work at 4:45 and are home by 8:00. Dinner tickets sold for $8
for adults and $5 for kids, all you can eat.  Prior to the dinner date
we solicit donations for raffle and auction items which go on
continuously during the dinner. The goal was for each girl to provide
two raffle items and one auction item. We ended up with considerably
more than that, almost every business we contacted had something they
were happy to donate, either an object or a service. Small items were
raffled, tickets go for a $1 apiece.
        Using a restaurant was nice because it's built for dinning. A school
cafeteria will work fine with a little more adult work (like the
cooking) but also more profit.
        Is this coaching related?   If money is a team problem it is.

Joe McNallan