Step By Step Fundraising Newsletter
September 2006
In this issue -
- Motorcycle Rally & Harley Raffle
- Raffle Survey
Motorcycle Rally & Harley Raffle
 Last
month a successful Charity Motorcycle Ride was held to benefit Homes
for Our Troops, an organization which helps injured veterans.
This event provides us an excellent model to follow. Not just
for planning the same type of event, but also the strategies that were
used.
Apply these five strategies to your own event planning and your
fundraising will be easier and more profitable!
1. Find a good match between the event theme, the
donor audience and the organization. Motorcycle riders are often
veterans themselves so the cycle ralle was an excellent match for Homes
for Our Troops.
2. Events must provide value.
In addition to the draw of the ride itself, riders attending the event
got a pre-event breakfast, T-shirt and a post-event concert.
3. Maximize earnings. With 350 riders $17,000 was brought
in just on ride registrations. But the group didn't stop there! There
was also the Harley raffle and a 50/50 raffle.
4. Volunteers. There was a planning committee of about
twenty people and people volunteering at event itself. Once the ride
began there was not as much for volunteers to do, except enjoy the event
themselves!
5. Partnerships. Homes partnered with two businesses to
make this event happen, a Harley Davidson dealership and the Texas Roadhouse
restaurant. But these were not just any companies! They were excited
about the cause and participated in the event planning.
Read more about the event:
Motorcycle
Ride Benefits Veterans
Related Articles:
Fundraising
Run Smoothly
Matching
& Maximizing Your Fundraising Efforts
Annual
Fundraising Events Generate Publicity
Quick Raffle Survey
The Harley Davidson was a popular prize for the Homes
for Our Troops raffle. Not only did it bring in more funds, but it generated
publicity for the ride itself too.
Raffles are great as add-on fundraisers or can be a stand alone
fundraiser. In fact I get a lot of questions about raffles. I created
a raffle faq
page earlier this year, but it's far from complete. Now it's time
to really hear all of those questions and get some answers!
Click
here to enter your raffle question
To Your Continued Fundraising Success,
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