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Fundraising Tips & Tools

Read how to be more successful with your fundraising campaigns

  • Successful Steps for a Profitable Fundraiser
    • We strive to provide all the tools and information necessary to ensure your fundraising success and make your financial goals.  Here are some tips in holding a successful and profitable fundraiser event:  

Select a fundraising products and incentive program from Best In Class Fundraisers
Hold a planning session - Set financial goals,a  fundraising time frame (we recommend 2 weeks for a fundraiser), student incentives and other details.
Alert the community about the fundraiser.
Promote the fundraiser through parent letters, posters, community announcements, etc.
Hold a "Kick-off" assembly / rally, which will educate the participants on the fundraiser program & incentives and build enthusiasm to reach the fundraising goals
Start the fundraiser. Make sure all participants receive the fundraising materials.
Monitor progress and provide encouragement and incentives to keep the participants motivated.
Once the fundraiser sell time is complete, collect the order forms and the money.
Tally the results.
Email or fax the order forms (or Tally Sheet) to Best In Class Fundraisers.  (FedEx may be used for bigger orders, please call Best In Class if you have more than 50 order forms).  Keep your profit and mail a payment to Best In Class fundraisers for our portion of the fundraiser.
Schedule a delivery date for the fundraising products with Best In Class Fundraisers
Set a time and place for participants and parents to meet an pick up the delivered products.  Have some parents or participants volunteer to help distribute the products in an orderly fashion.
Check for damaged products and any mis-orders and make the necessary arrangements with Best In Class for replacements.
Have the participants deliver their products that they sold.  A personal thank you note from the participant won't hurt.
Enjoy the fruits of your labor and start thinking of  ways to improve your next fundraiser.

  • Tips on Promoting a Fundraising Campaign
As anyone who has ever run a fundraiser can tell you, the most important factor in determining the success of a fundraiser, is how well the fundraiser is promoted.  Everything else can be executed perfectly, but if the fundraiser is not promoted properly, then the chances of success are slim.  Fundraising organizers must use every resource available to them to get the word out to the entire community about the fundraiser.  Click here for some essential tools for successful fundraising promotions.

  • How to Run a Safe Fundraiser 
We take child safety in fundraising very seriously.   We strongly encourage all participants to follow  the rules.  The safety of our children come first.  Click here to learn about fundraising safety.

  • Parent Letters Tips & Examples for School Fundraisers
Keeping parents and participants informed about your school or group's  fundraising activities is a must.  There are many opportunities for a school or groups to communicate with parents throughout the year:  parent-teacher conferences, school events, morning and afternoon pickup, etc.  One of the most effective ways to communicate the specifics of a fundraiser (reason, uses of the money, selling dates, pick up dates, product details, etc) is through the use of a fundraising parent letter.  Click here to learn more about fundraising parent letters.

  • Fundraising - A Handbook on how to succeed, presented by the Association of Fund-Raising Distributors and Suppliers (AFRDS).
AFRDS and it's members are dedicated to promoting professionalism and integrity in product fundraising.  Have you been assigned the new fundraising Chair?  Check out the Fundraising Handbook, a how to guide and the perfect primer on running a successful fundraising sale.  Click here to download the Fundraising Handbook as a .PDF file.

  • Fundraising Report Card - A Tool for Evaluating Fund Raising Companies,  presented by the Association of Fund-Raising Distributors and Suppliers (AFRDS).
You need a superior fundraising company to Make It Happen. With today's wide variety of programs, products and services available in fundraising, it's difficult to determine which company to use. Download and print copies of this Report Card to use as a tool in making an informed decision on which fundraising company will best meet your group's goals.  Click here to download the Fundraising Report Card as a .PDF file.


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