I have my very first fundraiser in the works and I'm really excited to help raise funds. :thumbup: Here's the situation:
It is a new school to serve indigent youth who are at risk of dropping out of school. It's main purpose is to serve/educate the youth as well as the parents who may slip thru the current social services/court system. They are planning on opening in the fall. The executive director has a huge celebration event planned at the end of this month at a large local church to thank corporate sponsors and to help introduce the school to the community. I will have a booth set up there and have the fundraiser set up on my website. The problem is how can I get more participation? The ED is basically a one-woman show at this point trying to secure more corporate sponsors for scholarships. I know she has a board of directors and I have asked her to contact all of them to contact ALL of their contacts and send the link to the website.
It seems my biggest problem is that there is not enough people to really rally around/promote the PC fundraiser, as in right now she (ED) is running around trying to finalize grants, staff, building issues etc.
Any suggestions? TIA!
It is a new school to serve indigent youth who are at risk of dropping out of school. It's main purpose is to serve/educate the youth as well as the parents who may slip thru the current social services/court system. They are planning on opening in the fall. The executive director has a huge celebration event planned at the end of this month at a large local church to thank corporate sponsors and to help introduce the school to the community. I will have a booth set up there and have the fundraiser set up on my website. The problem is how can I get more participation? The ED is basically a one-woman show at this point trying to secure more corporate sponsors for scholarships. I know she has a board of directors and I have asked her to contact all of them to contact ALL of their contacts and send the link to the website.
It seems my biggest problem is that there is not enough people to really rally around/promote the PC fundraiser, as in right now she (ED) is running around trying to finalize grants, staff, building issues etc.
Any suggestions? TIA!