How can I make my fundraiser for a dog shelter a success?

[TheFreddiesCook]

I am going to have a table at a shelter open house and it will be a fundraiser for them... They'll get a % of the orders on that day, and then if anyone books a show they get $3 per show, right?

Ideas and tips to get people to place orders and maybe book shows?
Thanks!

 

[Tropicalburstqt2]

Maybe you could make a list of how much a bag of dog food costs, cat food, litter, toys, etc & then you could show them that if they bought $50 in stuff, they provided the shelter with 2 bags of food. Hope that makes sense & helps.

 

[kam]

How invested in the group are you? Is this group a cause of yours?

I only ask as it may change what you personally decide to offer.

There are threads on here (and it is in the Policy Guide) what PC officially offers for a FR. There is a difference between FR shows and Cooking shows. Definitely read that section in the Policy Guide.

But, I did a FR for a cat shelter that I volunteer at - so I actually donated my entire commission from the show. I did it as a cooking show - not a "FR" (for various other reasons) but everyone knew that atleast a certain % was being donated to the cat shelter. This helped drive sales, I think. As I totaled up each order I calculated the amount that was being donated and told them the amount.

To get bookings, I told everyone that if they booked a show, I would donate 10% of sales (half my commision) from those booked shows. And they could still hold their show as a cooking show and reap all the benefits.

Also, I had a bunch of stuff that I have accumulated over the past few years (outlet stuff, SB, door prizes, etc) and I donated those items and made a small gift basket for a drawing. $1/chance or $5 for 6 chances. I think we raised over $100 just from the small raffle alone. All proceeds went to the cat shelter.

I did it as a cooking show so we could get the free product. We made up a gift basket from a portion of the free product and raffled it off at a yard sale the gal was holding a month later. That raised a bunch of money, too.

Good luck and I hope you raise a lot of money for the doggies!