Should Parents Receive Incentives for a Children's Fundraiser?

[Debbieskk]

Hi - I'm setting up my very first fundraiser for a high school baseball team - does anyone have a form that they would send home with all the players explaining the rules - also, the organizer wanted some ideas for incentives - for BOTH kids and their parents, because she seems to feel that the parents do all the work. Also - what are some opinion about offering an incentive to parents for a children's fundraiser????

Thanks!

Debbie

 

[Christ Follower]

Just bumping for you......(and I have my first fundraiser in March). There are some ideas as far as forms go if you look in the files section under fundraiers.

 

[chefann]

When I did a school FR a couple years ago (for a fifth grade class trip), I just said that top sellers (over $150 orders) would receive a prize. I ended up getting clear cello treat bags from the dollar store, and filling them with a little shredded tissue, a bag of microwave popcorn, a pack of gum, and a couple other small candies. The 3 students who got them were thrilled.

I think that HS students would be just as happy with a bag of treats like that, and you can toss in a $5 Blockbuster card for the top seller.

The letter I gave the chairperson is attached. The top sellers list is a little out of date, since the FR was a couple of years ago. But I think it helped boost sales, because people could find something to order without looking through the entire catalog. I gave the chairperson a catalog, 2 order forms and the letter (on bright paper) for each student.

 

[fikibiff]

fundraisersHere are a bunch that I have found here. I may have changed them a little.

 

[Debbieskk]

Thanks everyone - can anyone give me their opinion on this - the person coordinating the fundraiser feels that the parents do most of the work, so wants to offer an incentive to the parents (in the way of a PC product). This is for a baseball team - ages 15-16. What do you think of this idea??? It seems just a little bit off to me - so i'd love to hear some other opinions.

 

[RebelChef]

I've never done a fundraiser with PC but in the ones I've done for Cub Scouts, the kids got the incentives, not the parents. And I can guarantee you the parents did most of the work for those. I know I hated popcorn for a long while when I stopped being a leader. lol

For yours, there's no reason 15-16 year olds need their parents to do the work for them. It's their team so if they want to raise money, they need to do it. If it was a car wash, would the parents be washing the cars for them? I don't think so. If it were me, I wouldn't agree to a parent incentive.

Although, if it were a really good incentive, maybe the parents would compete with each other and really raise big money.