Fundraising 101 OR

THIS CAN BE FUN!

• Where to start? • Assess your chapter’s talents and interests

• Survey your members.

• Make it anonymous if you think it will elicit more responses.

• Let the chapter know what the results are and if there is any consensus.

• Discuss the results.

• If there is a feeling of fundraising burn-out, talk about ways to combat it.

• What next?

• Explore who has talents and interests, hidden and known, your chapter can use for organizing and engaging sisters.

• Is there a member who is willing to be your fundraising chief of operations?

Our Fundraising Chief of Operations

As great as a committee chair may be, success is

dependent upon participation.

Easier said than done!

How do we combat fundraising burn-out?

New Ideas May Help

• New ideas for fundraisers

• Alternate fundraisers from one year to the next.

• Join with another chapter to take on a bigger challenge for a fundraiser.

• Make it a joint function of social and fundraising.

Types of Fundraisers

• Money raised from within a chapter or from other chapters.

• Money raised from the General Public

• Also known as OPM - Other People’s Money.

Money From Within the Chapter or Other Chapters

• Brag bucks

• Used book sales at meetings

• Raffles at meetings

• Not wearing your pin charge

• Sell items at reciprocity events (permission needed from the state board)

• Lunch/Dessert provided with a donation from members

Shop ’Til You Drop!

Support Our Host Chapters

OPM • Purchase or make items to sell

• Silent Auctions with friends invited

• Bed & Breakfast

• Yard Sales

• Event Labor

• Concessions for sporting events, work bingo for sports teams, work a craft bazaar

• Sponsor an event to benefit one particular project

• Collect pledges for a walk-a-thon, golf tournament, or 5k run/walk

• 3rd Party Fundraisers (think Pampered Chef)

• These fundraisers come with specific requirements

Get The Word Out! • Possible Contacts

• Family and Neighbors

• Work

• Church

• Sports

• Scouts

• Book Clubs

• Alumni Organizations Sign posted at yard sale for upcoming event

• Reciprocity

• Advertise

• Craig’s List, local newspapers, neighborhood websites

Our efforts do make a difference

These are a few of the women we

have helped reach their

academic goals

Courtney Hale - ELF

MariaFe Quidgley - PCE

Kelly El-Yacoubi - ELF & PCE

Juliette Mann - STAR

Who Else Does It Help? Us

Through our efforts we introduce our families, friends, and communities to P.E.O.

By working together we strengthen our sisterhood

and our friendships.

Together We “R”P.E.O.