Showing posts with label family reunion fundraising ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family reunion fundraising ideas. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

5 Reunion Fundraising Ideas



So your family reunion event is a few months away and your reunion money box shrinking. The trick to growing your funds is to use those few dollars to make more funds  How? Two words. Yard sale. 

Yard Sale Ideas

Start at home. Collect items you may have stored away that are good as new and likely to stir the interest of friends, family and neighbors. Ask local family members to donate yard sale items - proceeds toward the family reunion.

Family Auction And Lease

Need more funds? Consider having a family auction. Most family members have something to donate to that other family members would like to own or lease. The beauty of a lease auction is that you can always get the item back after a few months of possession.

Online Fund Raiser

One of the most time-effcient and cost-effective ways to raise funds is to promote a fundraiser to all family members via your google+ or facebook page. You can do this easily using your FRP Social Interface. Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social features great fundraiser ideas which I will discuss later in this article.

Fund Raiser Web App

Another way to hold an online fundraiser is using a standalone application and pre-built webpage devoted to the fundraiser. The MyEvent folks have been online for over a decade and know how to prepare a fully functional fundraising web application for your next online fundraiser. Take a tour at Myevent.com

Rallying Support For The Fund Raising Event

Send out flyers, emails, text messages and invitations at least three weeks in advance that includes all items going up for sale. List items in categories to make desired items easy to find on your list. Have attendees share in organizing and managing some aspect of the event to ensure that they will be present to participate.

Remember, the objective of your fundraiser is to raise reunion funds, not to spend reunion funds. That said, make sure that all who attend bring a dish, drinks, and supplies to equalize the expense and prevent having to dip into the reunion account.

For more ideas to get your fundraiser off and running consult Fimark's award winning Family Reunion Planner Social web app. What, don't have FRP Social web app yet? 

For more information about the family reunion planning app click on the link found on this blog page or go to profiles. access Fimarks's Family Reunion Planning guide book.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Free Fundraising Ideas

Fundraisers are the ideal way to get that family reunion funded and enjoy the moment without worrying about the cost. But raising funds can be a challenge and costly without the right tools and fundraising ideas. Let's talk about how to raise funds without having to spend a dime. 

Free Online Fund Raising Ideas


One of the most time efficient and cost effective ways to raise funds is to promote a fundraiser to all family members via your google+ or facebook page. Just send a family-wide message to contribute $5 to the reunion treasury. Need some incentives. To those who contribute, send a link to a list of freebies and prizes like free books, websites, and product samples. 


Fundraising Web Apps

Another way to raise funds without spending upfront money is using a standalone fundraising application. MyEvent.com has been online for over 12 years and offers a free fully functional fundraising web app that messages all family members and invites them to fund your event with a credit or debit card. Take a tour at Myevent.com


Fundraising T-shirts

Another great way to raise funds is selling family reunion t-shirts.  When priced right they encourage contributing to the cause. It's amazing how easy it is to design and promote t-shirt sales online.  A great place to go to do this is at Zazzle. Check out these pre-designed family reunion shirts ideal for fundraisers.
Just select the design. Add family reunion event info and send it to your family members via text or email. 


Food Fundraisers

Finally, there is that food thing that is always a great fundraising success. Do a potluck bake sale that features wholesome home-made goodness. Contact all the best cooks in the family, friends, coworkers and neighbors. And while you're at it have a bake sale on one side of the yard and a yard sale on the other.


Heirloom Fundraisers

Have a few family heirlooms. Why not offer them for lease so they can circulate to the highest bidders over a set period of time. Don't have a family heirloom or keepsake. Make one using Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Keepsake and Guidebook. It comes complete with a signature page, journal, family recipe compiler, family tree and other genealogy presentation worksheets. Just complete the book and put it up for circulation during the fundraiser. The highest bidder gets to keep and use the book for the year allowing other family members to add to its keepsake content each year.

Looking for more fundraising ideas, family reunion activities, and creative family reunion themes? We wrote the book on family reunion planning. Get Fimark's Family Reunion Planner book and be inspired! 


Tags: #FamilyReunionFundraising, #FamilyReunionPlanning #FamilyReunionCrowdFunding, 

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