Support School Fundraisers Even Though There May Seem To Be Many Of Them
School fundraisers are necessary even though many people and
parents complain that the local school is always fund raising.
The money raised through school fundraisers goes into such
things as field trips and equipment that the school cannot
afford to purchase on its own.
Schools are always trying to find different fund raising ideas
so that they have fundraising events that offer something unique
and make people want to attend. Bake sales and car washes are
old-fashioned fund raising ideas that people are getting tired
of. While school fund raisers are necessary, neither the
administration nor the parents want to have the children always
going door to door selling different items.
Some of the popular fund raising events that draw a crowd to the
school fund raisers are those that offer an opportunity for the
whole family to have fun and win prizes. A carnival day or a
supper is one fund raising idea that brings in a lot of money if
you can get some of the businesses in the area to donate the
prizes. No matter how much money you raise when everything is
donated, you don’t have any expenses.
School fund raisers often involve selling cookies, candy or
calendars. One of the fund raising events that is always popular
around Christmas is a flea market. This doesn’t even seem like a
fund raiser because those who want to sell any used items or
crafts for Christmas pay a fee to set up a table. At the same
time the school can operate a canteen or sell hotdogs to add to
the money being raised.
Another popular fund raising idea is to sell discount cards or
coupon booklets. The discount cards can offer a percentage off
common items that parents buy for themselves or school supplies
for the children. The cost of the booklet of discount coupons is
substantially less than the amount of money that you save. For
this event the school simple has to announce that it is having a
fund raising event and send home booklets with each student. If
the parents do not wish to purchase them, they simply send them
back. More often than not though, the students come back looking
for more booklets to sell to their relatives. Family members are
good supporters of school fund raisers.
School fundraisers are common, but necessary.
Peter Crump
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Jump Start Your Ideas To Raise Money For Charity
Before you start thinking of ideas to raise money for charity, there are some factors that needed to be considered first. The most essential factor is that you should ask yourself why should this charitable fund raising events exist or who would volunteer or help you run the fund raising session. Your ideas to raise money for charity must have a clear concept of what the fund raising will be utilized for and where the fund raising program will occur. Once you have considered these factors, your ideas to come up money for charity will surely succeed.
You can come up with lots of ideas to gather funds for charity, but before you start commencing your fund raising ideas, there are also some aspects that also are needed to be considered, aspects such as who would lead and guide your fund raising day.
If you are not confident on your leadership skills, you and the people that will help you in the cash raising event must select the person that you and your group think will lead and guide the fund gathering event. This person that you will choose must be someone who is used to coordinating and is not hesitant in telling people their respective responsibilities in the fund gathering place. Also band together individuals who have experiences in the certain aspects of a fund raising event (such as money handling, promoting goods, clean up, etc.) to volunteer. Remember, make them volunteer for the fund raising event, and not force them to volunteer.
If you open your thoughts you can surely come up with lots of ideas to raise money for charity. There are lots of simple ideas to raise money for charity, the easiest to put into action is as simple as selling candies or coordinate a car wash. Or if you want to have an more extensive fund raising event that requires more involvement (such as coordinating a trade fair or a fun night on the community. Make sure that your ideas to raise money for charity must be interesting enough for the people in your community to be interested. And also, do not be hesitant to let children become involved in the fund raising event. Most people are more charitable once they have observed that children are involved on the fund raising event.
A good idea on how to raise money for charity is to sell goods by having a garage sale or rummage sale. Ask your local community (or the people that the volunteers of the fundraising event are acquainted with) to donate things and stuff that they no longer use. It will make the donor have a warm feeling because they are aware that the revenue of the fund raising event will be used for a good cause.
Joann Cheong
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/jump-start-your-ideas-to-raise-money-for-charity-82612.html
Private Label Bottled Water And School Fund Raising
Like most organizations, schools in the United States are subject to constant budget stress. Important athletic and scholastic programs are subject to budget cuts as demographics change and taxpayers become increasingly budget aware.
As a result, schools include fund raising resources in their planning for programs.
Education should rank high on the list of tax payer funding. With exception of defense, it is hard to imagine a governmental effort that is more important to our country than good education.
Education and schools focus on our future leaders and it is in the schools where lessons in character are coupled with the development of skills required for success in a modern society.
Fund Raising and Healthy Products
Schools, both public and private, have turned to fund raising to help fund sporting and educational events. Where large number of people have gathered, schools, through sports teams, booster clubs and scholastic societies have raised funds by selling products for a profit at events or by using team members to sell products to friends and family..
Historically a number of products were sold that generated revenue and these were mainly food products like carbonated soft drinks, cookies, pizza and candy. As a group these products were not considered healthy by many.
Recently, for example, an agreement was finalized to discontinue the sale of carbonated soft drinks in schools and this is a landmark effort to help reduce obesity and create a healthy lifestyle for students.
Many schools are now exploring fund raising with healthier products. As a result private label water is becoming increasingly popular as a healthy alternative method to raise funds.
Private Label Drinking Water
Private label drinking water is an effective and healthy way to raise funds for a number of reasons:
? If the water is purified, it represents a wholesome addition to a healthy lifestyle.
? Creation of a private label is an effective form of advertising that adds value to the water and the event. This additional value is reflected in a higher price, greater revenue and more profit.
? Private label water is consumable advertising that is often carried from the event and serves as a reminder to participants and others.
? The label design offers flexibility that allows schedules and scores to be listed and updated.
? Private label water is ideal for outdoor events and is very cost effective. The cost decreases as volume increases.
? Private label water can easily establish a brand identity for the school or team.
? The design of one label can be used for many school events.
Two Avenues of Fund Raising
Private label water is a versatile tool for fund raising. It can be sold directly at school events and players and participants can resell private label water to friends and family to raise revenue. Either avenue is an effective fund raising device.
Both avenues are available to schools most of the calendar year and provide consistent fund raising opportunities.
Student Participation
Students are both the beneficiaries and the key assets of fundraising. They can control the quality of their own athletic and scholastic programs by actively participating in the event and friends and family fund raising activities. Gaining a student “buy in” for programs will guarantee success.
What to Look for in a Private Label Water Supplier
There are a number of private label water suppliers but they vary widely in the quality of their product offerings. There are three areas to investigate when choosing a supplier:
Quality of Water
Events with a large number of participants require proper hydration with water of the highest quality. High quality water in terms of health and taste is also critical for the acceptance of the theme and event message. If the water is low quality or tastes bad then the message will fail.
The best quality water on the market today is purified using a distillation/ filtration/ oxygenation process that removes all impurities, including all bacteria, and creates a light, refreshing taste.
Quality of Label Design and Production
The label is the message part of the product and poor-quality labels send a poor-quality message. Production of a poor-quality label is a waste of money and adversely affects the message and theme.
It is very important to know that the vast majority (almost all) of the private label opportunities in this country come from water resellers (not bottlers) with desktop-model “thermal” (or “thermal wax”) printing devices with a quality level that cannot compare well to even consumer-grade inkjet printing devices widely available for less than $200 at your local electronics store.
These label printers are very cheap in both quality and cost, typically ranging from $10-20k depending on configuration, and are widely used throughout the private label water industry because of their low cost.
In sharp contrast, a quality label, i.e., one that looks like a top-shelf brand that you might find in your local gourmet grocery store, needs to be produced with professional-quality equipment using professional-grade printing equipment. There are three types of printing equipment that can produce a high-quality label.
1. Rotary offset lithography;
2. Flexography; and
3. High-quality digital presses.
For most smaller runs (under about 10,000 units), digital equipment offered by Heidelberg or HP is the most cost effective solution, but instead of $10-20k, the minimum equipment costs for these professional solutions range from $750k to $1.25M per station.
These facts are very important to understand when choosing a private label bottler – because those who sell low-quality labels would have you believe that nothing better is available because of the short runs required by private label customers. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In order to succeed, your label must be professionally designed and produced with high-quality materials using a printing process that renders a high-quality result. Waterproof lamination is also required for long lasting labels. This is easily achieved for an affordable unit cost using the right equipment for the job.
Quality of Customer Service
The design and production of private labeled drinking water is complex and requires intense interaction between the customer and supplier. Communication and a culture of customer service excellence is a prerequisite to the creation of an effective theme message and a successful event. Without a significant commitment to customer service on the part of the supplier, the impact of the theme message will fail.
A supplier with a fully interactive e-commerce site is an ideal way to create a high quality label, modify the label to reflect event changes and to order more water as demand changes.
A supplier that is experienced in fund raising and is willing to commit management resources to support a school fund raising program is a definite asset to individual schools.
Choose a quality supplier to help develop and communicate your message and to create success for the school fundraising event.
Marcus Stout
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/private-label-bottled-water-and-school-fund-raising-124807.html
A Recipe for Healthy Finances and a Healthy Church
God’s way of financing His kingdom on the earth is through tithing – the giving of the first tenth of your increase and income. This ten percent is to be given to the Storehouse – the place where you are fed spiritually.
By giving your tithe, you are allowing your pastor, his staff, and the church to run effectively. God never intended His kingdom to be financed by bake sales, rummage sales, and the like. He has set a principle in motion that not only assures us financial protection and blessing but also that there will be meat in the house of God.
You can participate in a miracle! The giving of your tithe allows the miracle of increase and favor to come upon you. After tithing, the remaining 90 percent goes farther and produces more than anything you could have done with the initial 100 percent of your income.
Only God know all the trouble and damage He’s kept away from you because you trust Him with your tithe.
By tithing, you allow your spiritual leaders to focus on ministry instead of raising money and stressing over bills. Ministers are free to minister, pray, study and seek God for the direction on the Church body or ministry.
If a pastor has been working a secular job all week, raising a family, running a church (because there is no money for staff) and trying to pastor – it is likely that by Sunday there won’t be a whole lot of meat in the house for you.
This means that the church’s vision could veer or wane; the word in due season that should have been preached may not come; or miracle you needed may not be yielded to because of weariness by the pastor.
A Healthy Church
Your tithe allows you to get the most out of your pastor – and that keeps your church healthy. You will be blessed, your church will be blessed and your church will be free to reach out to a lost and hurting world all because you (and your tithe) allow them to be doing the work of the Church.
In Genesis 14, we see Abram just back from a victorious campaign.
Gen 14:18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
Bread and wine was a customary refreshment of that day but let’s look at it in light of our New Testament covenant. Melchizedek, a representation of Jesus, brings out the elements of communion – representing our covenant with God. In that covenant, all He has is ours – and all we have is His.
Gen 14:19-20 and he blessed Abram saying, Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand. Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
When we bless God, we acknowledge that God is the source of all-good. The word blessing is derived from spring, meaning that God is like a never-ending spring, that provides a constant flow of blessings to His creatures.
By tithing, Abram sets up a trust fund. He is saying, God, I trust You. I honor You as my source so I am giving the first ten percent to You.
Gen 14:21-24 The king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself. But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, I made Abram rich. I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me–to Aner, Eshcol and Mamre. Let them have their share.
Are We Trusting God?
Abram turned away from the world’s system of success and was not willing that any man get God’s deserved glory. Are we willing to turn away from a little slight of integrity here and the Big Deal (even if it is a little shady) there in order to trust God?
Today, it may look more appetizing to not uphold integrity in finances because of the economy but if you will stay true to God and His system – you will win. And if you look at the news, you will see that the hidden things are being revealed anyway.
Many have the ability to amass great wealth from the world’s ways but it has no guarantee. We are God’s covenanted people. We are to show forth His praises and glory in the earth. We want people to look at us and say, I can see that no man has made you rich but that the blessings and favor of God is upon you. Please, introduce me to your God.
Gen 15:1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.
Abram’s hand was open to God; therefore his heart was open to hear the word of the Lord. Because Abram tithed – put his money in God’s trust fund – God had an awesome promise for Him – do not be afraid.
By not accepting the men and goods that Abram rightly could have had, he was not allowing himself to grow in power thus leaving him vulnerable to another attack by other kings. God reassures him that because he chose to live by the principle of tithing that he would not have to fear.
Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. This promise lines up exactly with Malachi 3:
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
(Mal 3:10-12)
God’s benefits to the one that tithes:
* Healthy Church: there may be meat in mine house.
* Blessed to be a blessing: I will…open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing.
* Healthy finances: I will rebuke the devourer
* Show forth God’s goodness: all nations shall call you blessed.
No matter what happens in this economy, you can have a place in God where you do not have to fear and are protected from the devourer!
Make a commitment to a lifestyle of tithing then God can open the windows of heaven for a healthy church and healthy finances.
Sandra Hughes
http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/a-recipe-for-healthy-finances-and-a-healthy-church-110729.html
Training Volunteers for charity works and fund raising
Once a while you will receive volunteers who wants to work with
you. So how do you induct or even train them?
When you have volunteers who are willing to help you with your
fundraising, you will need to explain to them what you expect
from them and your current working group. Some volunteers have
little or no work experience while others are professionals in
their field. Some volunteers did it for finding purpose in their
lives while some are just for the purpose of academic
requirements(you’ll be surprised!). In any case, you will have
to let them know how you want things to be done at your
non-profit group.
In order to train your volunteers, you need to set aside some
time to show your new volunteers around the area or workspace of
your non-profit (if you have such a space). Tell them what the
group does and how the group got started. Allow your new
volunteers to ask questions and be sure to give them your
fundraising plan so that they can see how they fit into your
working group’s effort. Also, show them any specific tasks that
need to be done (operating a cash register, for example, or
writing out a tax receipt properly) in order for them to do
their volunteer work well. It is OK to go into details or if it
takes up a chunk of your time on their first day: It does help
in the long-run.
One thing to NOTE: YOUR VOLUNTEERS ARE LIKE YOUR DONORS – they
are people who offer their services to you at no charge. It is
insensitive and often ineffective to treat them as employees:
They are NOT PAID by you, in fact they “pay” you with their
time. You should be happy that there are people willing to help
you with no money as a reward. Of course, we may get volunteers
who have attitude problems but appreciate them because they
offer their help.
You should also try to give your volunteers some value for their
experience – either by offering them work experience or a truly
friendly atmosphere or some other perk. You should, once a
while, show your apprieciation to the volunteers and your
working group.
Remember: To many, time is MORE valuable than even money. Your
volunteers are offering you a valuable resource by offering you
their time. DO NOT squander this gift or take it for granted.
Above all, keep lines of communication with your volunteers
open. A team attitude can go a long way. If your workers feel
comfortable talking to you, they will be happy to let you know
what you need to know in order to organize your work force most
efficiently.
Joseph Then
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/training-volunteers-for-charity-works-and-fund-raising-181.html
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