Fundraising for Women's Group Events: How to Get Started

[Chozengirl]

Our church has a women's group that wants to start up doing events once a month.
Well, we need some start up funds, and so we thought of possibly having a PC Fundraiser.
How would I do this?

 

[Chef susan]

I would choose a nite and show some products and bring in some appetizers already made--or do a small demo-ask around the room peoples favorite products to take up some time--I always do a door prize drawing--it asks if they would do a catalog or inhome show YES NO OR MAYBE--and that this fundrasier gets$$ for each booking-let them eat and order and send catalogs home with some ladies to get outside orders or to give to some relatives to get orders--if u have a website mention to them about sending their buddy list to ur website and putting in the group name as the fundraiser--they get credit--thruout the evening I pull a doorprize slip and give an SB cookbook or something I have already

this is a condensed version--but you probably can take it from there with this info

just an idea

good luck

 

[scottcooks]

Church Fundraiser I didAttached is info for a fundraiser I did for a church Youth Group - my suggestions:

1 - meet in person with coordinators. All of them. This is important, to get buy-in. I just had a Girl Scout fundraiser die because the vice-president nixed the idea to the president based on some paperwork, without understanding the whole plan...I had met with the president only, before that.

2 - give the group catalogs and leave them at the church office, advertise in the bulletin or annoucment place.

3 - **Most Important** Definitely do a demo, as a show to wrap everything up. This is how I got a 3300 show; did the chocolate turtle fudge skillet cake, had like 28 total orders. Was awesome!

4 - make personal contact with each person that buys. Talk to them, or meet them personally. Do a customer care call live with them...this is how you'll book future business from it. (Show drawing slips were quite a bit less effective, because it was such a different environment. I'd stil DO them, but give a little more TLC to the customer contact end to make these contacts work.) And they have brought some strong business!

Good luck to you! Let us know how it goes.

 

[Chozengirl]

Thanks Scott!
Now for a check to be sent out, what would the church need to do?
Would it be able to be just written out to the church?
I think that's how it works!?

 

[scottcooks]

They do nothing - just when you enter the host into PPartner, put "XYZ Church" as the organization, and be sure to scroll to Fundraiser under Kitchen Show type. PC cuts them a check (VERY fast) for the $ amount. Most often they get the $ before the products.