Comments on: GIVEAWAY #2: Blood Into Wine AND Chef In the Vineyard

By: Christa

Christa — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:27:46 +0000

E-fundraising works… been there, seen that. A couple of small things that may help that are convenience based:
Create a paypal account so that people can use credit/ debit cards to help and it is low committment for them.
Create a facebook event to generate awareness and knowledge and link.

Rather than a wine tasting, throw a shindig with admission being wine bottles (combined with donotations from the industry folk out there). Charge a flate $10 for bottles, some being a steal of a deal others being just at value.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:21 +0000

Of course my first thought was a wine tasting, but I see on the site that you’ve been there and done that. Two nickel and dime methods that may add up in time: Kroger Community Rewards or Paper Retriever recycling.

http://www.kroger.com/mykroger/016/Documents/community_rewards/FAQ.pdf

http://www.paperretriever.com/

By: Kate Ohlander

Kate Ohlander — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:37:38 +0000

Got your message, and I see your problem. And, yes, Nick did get the postcards…he was very happy.

I like the efundraising.com option. Great suggestion, Tracy!

What about something as simple as donation boxes left at a business counter? Maybe some of the wine store friends might be willing to leave a donation jar? Certain restaurants might, and it would be easy to have a jar or two set up at the school, too. Would at least one family member be willing to go around once a week to collect the funds?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:56:17 +0000

Have you considered efundraising.com ? I have looked at several options through their site for Lindsey’s campaign. I doubt any one program would net what you need before the deadline, but you may consider multiple programs. We had great success with the magazine drive and it literally took just a few minutes to manage. The restaurant card program (I think online avoids cash up front issues)would likely do well this time of year too. Good luck!

By: Kate Ohlander

Kate Ohlander — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:52:09 +0000

My first thought was a car wash, but it’s too cold for that now. With the holiday season fast approaching, maybe everyone could help by volunteering time at a gift wrap station, pictures with Santa, or something along those lines where the pay goes into the scholarship fund. I had also thought about a pancake breakfast at the school, but that might take too much time to organize.

By: Seagal

Seagal — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:57:26 +0000

I don’t know if these will be useful at all but here are a few things we do at our fundraisers. You might need an event to gather people for these to work but it’s a shot:

Raffle off services. For example, a chef friend of mine was raffled off to go to someone’s house and cook or teach them how to cook.

Ask industry friend for donations to sell (I could probably get a basket donated).

Split the pot. Ok, you really need an event to gather people and have this work but it’s so easy to manage and everyone likes to win money back.

They probably won’t be very helpful but I will think on it further.