FRG Fundraiser Ideas and Tips: How to Engage a Military Unit of 150+ Members

[smilesarepriceless]

Today, on a totally different subject I had a meeting with the FRG leaders of my husband's unit. By the end of the meeting, they wanted to do a Fundraiser with me for the unit....( of course i had my pampered chef stuff with me and sticking out of my bag..)

Tomorrow night the key leaders will vote, on whether to do it, or not...( i would normally be there, but I already have plans tomorrow)..so they want me to email them some word documents kind of showing them a visual of how we'd do it...

Then of course the unit supervisors will give approval..

But does anyone here have a suggestion on how they ran an FRG Fundraiser..

i suppose in my mind it is different than a typcial fundraisre, b/c it is a huge group ( 150+ people..many of which are men)...and trying to get them excited...about doing this.

I also wasn't sure if i should do the cookbook angle, or just keep it wide open..

ANY documents you may have to share, i would love to see

 

[JaimeQ]

What is FRG?

 

[smilesarepriceless]

Family Readiness Group..

 

[abrahamlaur]

heather ... right now i am doing a cookbook fundraiser with my frg. i have to admit two things though .. i've never done a fundraiser before and my frg leader is so busy with so many different things that i doubt this will be a hit. all she wanted to do was send out an email ...

i would HIGHLY suggest doing a cooking show kickoff .. hopefully alot of people from the frg will be there. (our frg meetings only have about 10 women go to them when its not mandatory for the soldiers) .. i would also suggest you have them print off the forms (i just used the ones found on the cookbook fundraiser forum) and give them to each person, then you can email them or snail mail them to people that didnt come.

oh and if you are doing the cookbook one ... just have your website listed for if they want to purchase more, that way you dont have to have catalogs for everyone.

i think the most important thing is to get yoru frg leaders EXICTED about it so they will make a great effort at getting the sales. unfortunately i dont think my frg leader will do anything but email the list with the forms .. i wrote the letter, i sent the attachments. all she did was forward it on .. she didnt even make it appear like it was cool or anything .. so good luck! hopefully you will do better than i probably will!

 

[JTNT8704]

Hey Heather- Unfortunately, a PC fundraiser is way against the FRG/MWR policies. Im sure once your BN Commander gets this for approval, you will hear that. Technically, an FRG can only raise funds that are DONATED to them. IE- Bake Sales, Car Washes, Gift Wrap Booths... And the fact that there is a third party profiting from it is a big no no (either you yourself, or PC). I asked this question about 4 months ago- and they reviewed in with JAG here, who said absolutely no way. You may want to have your FRG key leaders review the policies and procedures for fundraising.Laurie, Im curious how you got yours off the ground and running?I myself am an FRG key leader spouse- and our FRG weighs very heavily on these kind of decisions, because if Garrison Command gets word that you are doing something that is against policy... well, it is the army.Heather- if you want more info on the policies- I can pass the reg's on to you. Email me if you are interested.An idea we threw around was a PC bake sale... All recipes being from the PC dessert cookbook. Then if someone asks you about a recipe- you can mention PC, and get a potential customer... FRGs have to all be about donations though, so thats the only way I can think it would work to incorporate PC.

 

[littlebeans]

Wish they actually had an FRG in ANY of the places we have been stationed. It's been purely hard since marrying my husband and immediately (me having no military background whatso ever) sent overseas for four years, to end up here two years ago where there is none either. I know its off the topic, but I just want to say way to go for having one and being involved!!

 

[abrahamlaur]

thats so wierd kimberly, no frg in texas?? even over seas .. thats where you need them the most since there is no other family there to help support you.

jtnt ... wow thats nuts! i had no idea. my frg leader is actually the capt. wife too so she or he should at least know that! anyways, during the last deployment they did a pc fundraiser and i knew about that. so when i asked the current frg leader if she wante dto do it, she said she would check on it, and i told her that we did one before ... so she said okay. shes the type of person that will just play dumb though if asked a bout it. she does that alot! if you dont mind, could i get a copy of those policies?

i really like your idea of the bake sale using all pc recipes .. thats realy cool!