Fund Raisers-Out of Season

[zgeezy8]

Coaches,

Do you guys run any fund raisers out of season to help pay for stuff like coaching clinics, banquets, etc?

What are some fund raiser ideas?

[eaglemountie]

Lift-a-thons have always seemed to raise some money while actually contribute to the physical development of your players. Two birds one stone I guess...

[bluboy]

We have a lift-a-thon at the end of February (during the dead time between winter and spring sports). In June we have a big golf outing.

[coachbdud]

Our yearly calendar looks like this

Crab feed in December 7-10k
Sell BBQ sandwiches at this art show/fair hosted at our school every may 1k
Liftathon every spring ball 6-8k
Car washes in summer (for transportation fee ) 5-6k
My camp in summer 8-10k
Good cards in August 2k

Working on putting together a golf tourney this spring or summer that we will do along with baseball (I teach with baseball coach and he's a good friend)

Another easy thing is to set up a team store
Fans and kids can get link and buy apparel
They pay online
Ships to them
You get a % or whatever you've marked up each item

[zgeezy8]

Dec 17, 2014 19:36:38 GMT -6 coachbdud said:

Our yearly calendar looks like this

Crab feed in December 7-10k
Sell BBQ sandwiches at this art show/fair hosted at our school every may 1k
Liftathon every spring ball 6-8k
Car washes in summer (for transportation fee ) 5-6k
My camp in summer 8-10k
Good cards in August 2k

Working on putting together a golf tourney this spring or summer that we will do along with baseball (I teach with baseball coach and he's a good friend)

Another easy thing is to set up a team store
Fans and kids can get link and buy apparel
They pay online
Ships to them
You get a % or whatever you've marked up each item

I have heard of the store thing. What website do you use?

[coachbdud]

Dec 17, 2014 20:35:44 GMT -6 zgeezy8 said:

Dec 17, 2014 19:36:38 GMT -6 coachbdud said:

Our yearly calendar looks like this

Crab feed in December 7-10k
Sell BBQ sandwiches at this art show/fair hosted at our school every may 1k
Liftathon every spring ball 6-8k
Car washes in summer (for transportation fee ) 5-6k
My camp in summer 8-10k
Good cards in August 2k

Working on putting together a golf tourney this spring or summer that we will do along with baseball (I teach with baseball coach and he's a good friend)

Another easy thing is to set up a team store
Fans and kids can get link and buy apparel
They pay online
Ships to them
You get a % or whatever you've marked up each item

I have heard of the store thing. What website do you use?

We did ours through Sports Chalet

you pick the items you want (they suggest around 12 because a minimum number of each item has to be ordered or theyll cancel that item and refund )
you give them your logo
you choose how much you want to sell everything for, and the start and end date of your online store

usually between 1-2 weeks because they dont start making the clothes and shipping it until the online store closes.

We did it 2x during this season. Took me no more effort than a few emails, cost us nothing.

We marked up every single item by $5.
So for every item sold, we made $5 for the program.

They send a check at the end of it all.

I had a mix of cheap no name brand stuff for people wanted to save, and a few nike things because I have a Nike obsession.

They also give you a flyer with the store website on it.

I sent the link out to our parent/player email list
the all school staff list
and to each student through our schoolLoop

I ordered a ton of stuff on there, looks good
was great because people could get some things we would NEVER bulk order and sell like our usual spirit pack stuff and apparel we sell at games

bags, beanies, socks, stadium seats... kinds of stuff that is a gamble to order in bulk then sell... easily done through the site.

There are plenty of other companies that do this type of stuff, and I am sure some local ones do it.
I know Nike has team store options.

I just think it is win win. A few emails for the coach
parents, kids, and fans can order whatever they want, whatever size they want, shipped to their house... you make a little bit of money... even if you only get a few hundred bucks back from it... it cost you the time it takes to send a few emails

[smfreeman]

I had to fundraise all year at my last school (not much support for admin).

Sell sponsorships all year ( we sold signs and premium sponsorships)
Concessions (I always looked to run concessions at different school events)
Community Nights (Had a couple a month set up at different restaurants we normally get 15% - 20%)
Discount Cards
Sell Gatorade (we sell the kids during weight room gatorades)
3 on 3 basketball tournaments (these are big in our area)

All of these led to making over 25K in two seasons for a program that had nothing before I got there. Also I was in a bad area to raise money.

[WTR]

Pepsi fundraiser.

[highball007]

WTR,

What is the PEPSI fundraiser???

[hsrose]

thekesterfamily.com/Football/Links.html

Look for the file '420 Fundraisers.docx', its in the lower right.