Saturday, December 18, 2010

Fundraising Ideas For Different Times Of The Year

Fundraising Ideas For Different Times Of The Year

            Some elementary schools, charity foundations, sports teams, and organizations just seem to never run out of expenses and projects to deal with. These groups need to have a steady supply of fundraising ideas in order for them to let their operations run afloat. If your group is in a similar situation, you can grab the ideas and tips that I  will be presenting in this article so that you can have a steady supply, which you can immediately turn to whenever you need to raise money.

            For the late days of the fall season, selling citrus fruits and poinsettias is among the best fundraising ideas that you can try out. This works as an order taker fundraiser campaign for different fresh citrus fruits and holiday flowers. Potted holiday plants such as poinsettias can offer large profit margins. Even though this may not be true for citrus fruits, the large orders that you’ll be able to get from these products will still allow you to cash in big in the end. To help you get some extra profit, it would be best for you to save on your freight by using a full truckload order and by purchasing poinsettias from reputable wholesale nurseries.

            For Valentine’s Day, roses will surely be a huge hit. The season of hearts is well known as a time when people show their appreciation for their loved ones and what better way to do this is through giving roses, which is why holding a product fundraiser that offers roses will be a great idea to carry out during this time of the year. Aside from selling roses, you can also offer your customers boxes of chocolate, gourmet candy, and stuffed toys. To give your customers a lot to choose from, choose to offer roses that have different colors. Before the start of your product fundraiser, make sure that you contact a wholesaler that offers affordable supplies, which will allow you to increase your net profit at the end of your campaign. If your supplier has sales brochures for their products, it would be good for you to ask for supplies of those as well so that you can show your clients pictures of the actual flowers that they’ll be getting after all of the orders are finalized.

            For the season of spring, you can try selling out flower bulbs. Getting suppliers for the products of this fundraiser campaign is really easy and most of them provide preorder sales brochures, which you can equip your sales volunteers with so that they can easily convince their customers to give them a purchase. To help you bag in some extra profit, you can try convincing your customers to make large orders by offering discounts to people who take orders that are worth more than $50. People love the thought of getting discounts so this sales tip will surely work for you. Aside from spring flower bulbs, you can also do deliveries of pine straw and mulch. In addition to these, you can also offer flowering shrubs, decorative trees, as well as other kinds of home and garden supplies.



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