Women of Fishing Families’ Mustachio Basio!
Karen Murdoch of Women of Fishing Families (W.O.F.F.) sent me this message: “I love your idea of FUNraising - I could not agree with you more! Fun AND fundraising should go hand in hand - and that is a huge part of who we are as a group - having a great time while raising funds for a great cause!” Her team held a … um … hairy FUNraiser, the Mustachio Basio! The tagline is, “It ain’t scary bein’ hairy.”
Here’s how it works: There is a $20 entry fee, and the first 25 entries receive a free Mustachio Bashio T-shirt.
- Must be CLEAN SHAVEN for Mustachio Mug Shot. Mustache Mug Shot must be taken by a WOFF Mustachio Professional on Thursday or Friday Night.
- $10 for women's t-shirts
- Wear your Mustachio Bashio t-shirt the night of the event and get your name entered into a raffle for a RED NUN Gift Card!
- Ladies - join in the fun by voting for your favorite Mustache Man throughout the mustache-growing month at the Red Nun. If your mustache man wins, YOU win a Gift Card to the Red Nun!
Judging is held on (date and time) at the Red Nun Bar and Grill.
Categories include:
Overall winner
Most Creative
Crowd Favorite
Judge's Choice
Saddest Attempt
Marketing tag line: “Don't be a Dip! Show us your upper lip!”
For more info on this event or W.O.F.F., visit their website ~ www.womenoffishingfamilies.org
If your organization has a great FUNraising idea, please share it with us. The nonprofits on Cape Cod are all here to help all of us. Sharing great ideas will help expand the fundraising pie.
Corporate FUNraising
Here's a great idea for corporate FUNraising ~
BackOffice Associates of South Harwich raised $15,720 recently in donations for the Lower Cape Outreach Council. Company co-founders Tom and Trish Kennedy created an incentivized employee donation program to accomplish their fundraising.
The Kennedys have Red Sox game season tickets. Knowing they couldn’t get to all 81 games, employees were offered tickets to home games if they made a donation to the Lower Cape Outreach Council.
The Kennedys hope that this donation inspires other local businesses to give back to the community.
[Thanks to the Cape Commerce column of the Cape Cod Times, Feb. 18, 2010.]
I hope that the Lower Cape Outreach Council finds a way to "give back" to BackOffice, too. As I always say, this is a small spit of sand, and the nonprofits also have to support the for-profit companies so that we all can thrive. It's that triangle I talk about on my "How Vantage Works" page. Click and scroll down: http://www.vantagecapecod.com/?page_id=24.
Send in your ideas for corporate FUNraising!
Create Standout Events ~ Get Your Event Committee on the FUN Track!
Your cause is serious. But your events need not be.
Event committees – bless them – confront a mountain of details, not to mention marketing tickets in a depressed economy. Face it: the pull for people here to support many nonprofits and the people they serve is especially strong in this economy.
So how do we create events that are irresistible? One way is to make sure FUN is a key ingredient of every event your organization hosts.
- Make sure your event committee has diversity of tastes and personalities. If it is a Board subcommittee, it’s a good idea to add community members, too.
- Planning: Go around the table and ask each person what some of their favorite pastimes and fun activities are. If committee members have fun doing these things, so will others.
- Have a fun theme for your event. If it’s near a holiday, create a fun theme around that holiday. For example: one organization last year created an UN-Halloween party (costumes optional) that may become an annual event.
- Find a fun place for your event. If your supporters enjoy going to a wine bar, host a party there. If they enjoy theater, host a party at a local nonprofit theater. The possibilities are endless.
- Tailor the idea to YOUR audience. If your supporters are unlikely to be golfers, then a golf tournament is a no-go for your organization. The same for an auction, silent or not.
Avoid an event that supporters feel duty-bound to attend. Choose one they will bound out the door to attend instead. You’ll attract more new friends for your cause, and dollars. And if you keep up the fun, you’ll have long-term, loyal donors.