| School will open in weeks and now is the time that | | | | than 2500 potential customers. Plus many families |
| Booster Club organizations everywhere are planning | | | | purchase only 1 program but are read by multiple |
| for the kick off of their respective seasons. With | | | | family members so more than 2500 people will have |
| these trying economic conditions, Booster Clubs will | | | | visibility to their advertisement. So a $200 donation |
| need to become more creative than ever in their | | | | costs less than one cent per view. Those types of |
| fundraising efforts. Local businesses and individual | | | | numbers can be most persuasive as you ask for |
| families may not be able to contribute to your | | | | advertising dollars. |
| budget as they have in seasons past. The monies are | | | | Also, think outside the box on how you can raise |
| just not available so now is the time to look at other | | | | funds for your organization besides straight requests |
| options to fund the requirements of your club. | | | | for donations. In our towns, the student athletes |
| While in the past it may have been easier and monies | | | | actually spend a weekend outside local stores doing a |
| were more readily available to purchase items needed | | | | coin drive. Wearing their uniform jerseys or other |
| for your student athletes, things have changed | | | | identifying apparel, they have cans clearly marked |
| dramatically. There are more and more non-profit | | | | with the booster club name for collection of spare |
| organizations, such as Booster Clubs, competing for | | | | change. They hand out team schedules for receipts. |
| the limited donations available. You need to think | | | | Our musical booster club took it one step further |
| about how your request for financial contributions will | | | | with some members playing an instrument or |
| actually benefit those you are soliciting. For example, | | | | members singing acapella. These “begging for |
| if you ask for ads in a booster club program, you | | | | money” fundraisers could raise over $1000 in one |
| need to be able to tell them how many programs are | | | | weekend and are fun for the kids and painless for |
| purchased throughout the season. If you are asking | | | | the donors. Just make sure you get permission from |
| for $200 for a full-page ad, be prepared to tell the | | | | both your town and the merchants who will be |
| advertiser what the circulation is during an entire | | | | allowing solicitations in front of their businesses.Also |
| season. Your attempts to find donation dollars must | | | | make sure you line up lots of parent volunteers to |
| be treated as a business proposition, no longer a | | | | help oversee this fundraiser. |
| community service expectation. If your football team | | | | There are many other creative ideas for funding your |
| draws 500 fans per game and there are 5 home | | | | booster club budget as well as creating great team |
| games a year, their advertisement is reaching more | | | | spirit at Celebration Ideas Online. |