Friday, November 19, 2010

Thanking The Supporters Of Your Team Fundraisers

Thanking The Supporters Of Your Team Fundraisers

 

            When you decide to carry out team fundraisers, you will surely need to get help from people either through asking donations from them or by asking sales from them especially if you are pushing through with a product fundraiser. Either way, you need to know the importance of thanking people. Saying thank is a very basic thing but will go a really long way when it comes to building up your list of supporters.

 

By saying thank you to the people who have helped you out during the process of your team fundraisers, you will be able to give them a good reason to support you again. Even though if people are not asking for anything in return, it still feels good to know that what you have given out has been appreciated. Saying thank you does not only work through the use of words or by saying this statement literally. You can also show your gratitude to your supporters by informing of the different details of what you were able to achieve with the help that they have provided you with. For instance, if you planned on raising money to buy different school supplies, which you will be handing out to the students in a certain public school, it would be a great idea for you to give the people that have helped you out the different details of what you were able to do with the amount of money that you gathered. You can tell them the different school supplies that you were able to buy; the number amount of each type of school supply; and the number of students that you were able to provide school supplies to. If you make people aware of the fact that their donations were able to do a lot of help to other people, they will be eager to support you the next time you need to search for funds. Moreover, this will also let them realize that even though they only provided you with one sale, you greatly appreciate what they did.

 

On the other hand, this will also let you give the people who were not able to give you the help that you need that they can do a big change even with a single dollar bill or by buying a single item from you and your sales volunteers. In this way, they will be more motivated to support you the next time around. You can spread the good news about the things you were able to do with the funds that you got to raise during your fundraisers through a press release and by making posts in your website or blog site. On the other hand, you can also try sending out thank you postcards to your supporters. Lastly, when you send out your thanks to people, be sure to include your volunteers as well because they helped you make things happen by sweating out for you and your cause.



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