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Post by rystaylo on Feb 5, 2015 7:38:07 GMT -6
I want to do a liftathon this spring. We usually do cookie dough or something like that in the spring and we probably will continue doing that.
I have a good sheet for the liftathon and we're asking every kid to earn 30 dollars. My HCs worry is that it will take away from the cookie dough. But my reasoning to him was that with this they only need a couple of dollars donations/sponsorships instead of 10-20 like with the cookie dough.
thoughts?
I just think its a really easy fundraiser and we keep all the money.
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Post by tmccullo on Feb 5, 2015 7:44:13 GMT -6
We usually have the kids get pledges, for example $0.10 for every pound the kid ends up lifting.
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Post by coachgtiller on Feb 5, 2015 7:52:12 GMT -6
We do one every year at the end of the summer, kind of a finale to our summer weights and conditioning. Players are given a pledge sheet and informational sheets to hand out to donors. They can get a flat donation, $20, or so much per pound. Most just do the flat donation. We ask each kid to raise $100 (I'd say about 70% do just to get the reward.) And they get rewarded for their efforts to get donations.Usually $100 gets a hoody, $150 hoody and sweats, $200 hoody, sweats, and spats. And the kid that raises the most gets a steak dinner.
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Post by coach2013 on Feb 5, 2015 7:53:53 GMT -6
we do a penny per pound. That's the min, people can pledge more and most do.
we never set a minimum but if a kid is a 900 lb club total kid, he can find one pledge to get him 9 bucks...we tell every kid he has to try and get ten sponsors.
we usually make around 5k for small school liftathon.
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Post by rystaylo on Feb 5, 2015 7:55:43 GMT -6
yes, they will have sponsorships or a flat donation on the sheet. we do gold cards at the end of the summer.
I was just hoping to do this too.
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Post by veerman on Feb 5, 2015 8:45:55 GMT -6
We combined ours with a district weight competition we would hold. We charged schools and sold concessions. People liked it cause we did it in gym so everyone could watch their kids lift. Ours liked it cause they knew exactly how much Jonny lifted.
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Post by coache67 on Feb 5, 2015 8:50:48 GMT -6
Exactly what veerman said - make it a big deal. Even if you are a one school town put it in the gym for everyone to see.
How much do you guys clear with the cookie dough sales? Convince your coach to try it for a year and see what the results are. I'm willing to bet you guys do better with the lift-a-thon.
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Post by rystaylo on Feb 5, 2015 9:17:11 GMT -6
we cleared like 4,000 on cookie dough.
I'm hoping to do this maybe first week of april. then cookie dough will be done in may during spring ball.
I just think that they are pretty different, since one is pennies per pound. and mayble 2 or 3 dollars total from that sponsor, while cookie dough you actually get something back for it in the cookie dough.
I'm just going to sell it that i think its an easy $1,000 or more. i think we;ll have about 45 participate.
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Post by coach2013 on Feb 6, 2015 7:03:01 GMT -6
We combined ours with a district weight competition we would hold. We charged schools and sold concessions. People liked it cause we did it in gym so everyone could watch their kids lift. Ours liked it cause they knew exactly how much Jonny lifted. How do you guys protect your gym floor?
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Post by coach2013 on Feb 6, 2015 7:03:49 GMT -6
we cleared like 4,000 on cookie dough. I'm hoping to do this maybe first week of april. then cookie dough will be done in may during spring ball. I just think that they are pretty different, since one is pennies per pound. and mayble 2 or 3 dollars total from that sponsor, while cookie dough you actually get something back for it in the cookie dough. I'm just going to sell it that i think its an easy $1,000 or more. i think we;ll have about 45 participate. who buys most of the cookie dough?
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Post by rystaylo on Feb 6, 2015 7:18:36 GMT -6
usually people at parents work or neighborhood.
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Post by tmccullo on Feb 6, 2015 9:50:11 GMT -6
How do you guys protect your gym floor? We had our school district bring over some plywood and then put rubber mats over it.
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Post by coachb5806 on Feb 6, 2015 11:40:03 GMT -6
We do one every July. It is the end of our offseason program that starts the prior November or December and is a nice little kickoff for the season. It is on the Saturday night the week before the start of two a days. Kids collect pledges as others have described. We tell kids we want each one to bring in at least 100 bucks. First year we made about 1700, second year 2300, and last year we were using it to pay to build a new locker room, kids really pushed and brought in just over 4,900. Kids love it. They only get to complete in one lift of their choosing, and it is a competition. We give out nice awards for heaviest and best pound for pound in each lift, bench, squat, hang clean and dl.
We do it in either our main or auxiliary gym. We also do our pre season parent meeting immediately after. Works well because they are all there to watch the lifting. We move in two power racks and use our weight room mats to protect the floor.
Here is the link to the highlights from the event this past summer. the actual Night of Champions begins about 3:40
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Post by coachb5806 on Feb 6, 2015 11:50:27 GMT -6
The maxes in the video above, the ones done in the weight room, are for total purposes and our 1000 lb club. Every kid maxes all four lifts, they only collect pledges and compete in the one that they choose to do for the NOC
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Post by veerman on Feb 6, 2015 13:48:35 GMT -6
We triple up rubber mats, we basically use every mat we have to protect. Then make sure floor is cleaned spotless when done.
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Post by onelooneyzeta on Apr 16, 2015 10:25:46 GMT -6
coachb,
for your liftathon you guys only do 1 lift?
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 16, 2015 12:43:36 GMT -6
coachb, for your liftathon you guys only do 1 lift? Not him, but our guys only do bench.
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Post by fbs on Apr 16, 2015 12:50:28 GMT -6
best fundraiser I've ever been a part of was basically a telethon. kids were responsible for getting 10 email addresses and their coach put them into the computer. we then printed out pledge sheets with their emails and contact info and gave it back to the kid. then we got all the kids into the cafeteria and they called their contacts and asked if they were still interested in donating. If they were then we hit a button and sent them an email with a link to the donation site (run by a fundraising company)and they sent us a check after they totaled up the money. we made like 14,000 in about an hour. this allowed us to gather funds from relatives and friends from out of town and state that wanted to contribute. it was a huge success, and the company didn't charge a lot.
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Post by coachb5806 on Apr 17, 2015 11:55:47 GMT -6
coachb, for your liftathon you guys only do 1 lift? For the actual competition and fundraising portion, yes. They max bench, squat, hang clean, and deadlift. They pick their favorite/best/most competitive lift for the Night of Champions competition. The reason we do it this way is because, honestly, the fundraising element of this is secondary to the event's purpose. The event is a culmination of our strength program that basically started 51 weeks prior. It is about one last measure of improvement before the season and reinforcing the weight room as the foundation of everything we do. That being said, I only let them do one lift because I want as many guys competing as possible. I have one guy that is our heaviest in bench, squat and dead lift. I would rather recognize three different guys that have worked equally as hard than just him. We had 36 guys on our roster this past season, and 30 competed in the event. Also, I think people are gonna give what they are gonna give. If they want to give $100, they are going to pledge accordingly regardless of the number of lifts being done. Hope that helps.
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Post by onelooneyzeta on Apr 18, 2015 11:13:09 GMT -6
thanks coach
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Post by jackedup on Apr 18, 2015 13:50:57 GMT -6
Our liftathon is in 2 weeks. We do flat donations and pledges from 1 cent to 25 cents. We only use Bench and Squat... I tell them that every dollar raised over $50 will go towards their spirit pack. Hopefully that give them or their parents some incentive to get pledges/donations.
We feed them after and make as much noise as possible. It usually is a big event!
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Post by shocktroop34 on Apr 20, 2015 10:22:22 GMT -6
One of the best things that I did was invite a team from the area to compete against us. It was GREAT. Parents,girlfriends, fans came from all over. You want to improve your revenue? Think about it. The kids have an extra selling point by telling the neighbors, teachers, community members, etc. that "we're going against - X high school, and we want to whoop their tail." I did it with a lower achieving team. The result was that they won the lift-a-thon and developed a lot of confidence going into the summer and fall. I kept it simple (as I try to do most things): A kid brought in his $ total, and combined it with his lift total. We only did one lift: squat. I wanted them to buy into the squat. Period. The team with the highest total won. I had two tables set up for each school to collect money. People could even donate up until the last lift was done. There was a line... The concept was this: Johnny Pee Pants is only 135 and can't squat very much. However, Johnny is a well liked kid with a big family/following/rich uncle/whatever, and can raise $750. Now, he feels like he's contributed a great deal to his team's success. That happened on more than a few instances. I bought a huge trophy (it looked like the Conn Smythe Award in Hockey). I kept the trophy in our main office for one week and the next week at our opponents school, to raise the hype. They brought it with them when they arrived (but they didn't leave with it ). It may be too late for some to organize this for this spring, but just something to consider in the future.
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Post by onelooneyzeta on Apr 20, 2015 17:37:44 GMT -6
thats a great idea coach!
how did you decide winner?
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Post by shocktroop34 on Apr 21, 2015 7:23:00 GMT -6
thats a great idea coach! how did you decide winner? Again, I kept it simple. It was based on most overall points: Example: Squat Funds Tim 325 400 = 725 Joe 225 200 = 425 Brian 400 425 = 825
1,975
Once the last lift was in, we just went down the lists and added up the numbers. We had a couple Mom's man the tables. They had to count the money to confirm what was on paper. Once the totals were in, we would bring both teams together and read the totals and announce the winner.
It was a great time and the community really got behind it. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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