Title: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: jadegrniiz on December 06, 2002, 09:29:36 pm
Our United Way fundraiser last year was a total flop. Listening to the campaign meeting was like going to the Dentist.... and Total pledges and donations were barely $3000.
This year, I spearheaded the campaign myself, added some fun events over the few weeks leading up to the meeting... and we more than TRIPLED what we made last year! We are now over the $11,000 mark, and still have a bunch of outstanding pledge cards yet to be submitted!
Jadegrniiz
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This year, I spearheaded the campaign myself, added some fun events over the few weeks leading up to the meeting... and we more than TRIPLED what we made last year! We are now over the $11,000 mark, and still have a bunch of outstanding pledge cards yet to be submitted!
Jadegrniiz
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: countrigal on December 06, 2002, 09:50:04 pm
Congratulations! Way to go!!!
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: superninjaadmin on December 07, 2002, 12:28:16 am
That's excellent! Congrats.
SNA
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: chevygirl55 on December 07, 2002, 08:56:03 pm
Great Job!!
chevygirl55
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: dedlered on December 07, 2002, 11:59:39 pm
Woo Hoo!!
Fantastic
Laura
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Fantastic
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: donnap99 on December 09, 2002, 04:53:50 pm
Having worked for 9 years for a non-profit organization, in the fundraising department, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to you!!! It's not an easy task to persuade most folks to part with some of their hard-earned money!
DonnaP99
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Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: venim102 on December 18, 2002, 11:40:35 pm
Congratulations!
We do that fundraiser also and it does not go too well. Can you share with us what activities you did to boost the response?
I am on our Activity Committee and could use some ideas!
venim102
We do that fundraiser also and it does not go too well. Can you share with us what activities you did to boost the response?
I am on our Activity Committee and could use some ideas!
venim102
Title: Re: Just have to toot my own horn!
Post by: jadegrniiz on December 19, 2002, 01:06:35 am
*ABSOLUTELY!* will I share :)
Like I said before.... last year's United Way Campaign was like going to the dentist.... dreadful, had everyone bored to tears, looking at watches and feeling pressure to donate for the sole purpose of donating. Personally, I don't think employees should donate because of peer pressure, but because they *feel* it in their hearts as the thing to do.
We made our campaign fun. Our employees got something out of their donation - not just information to make a GOOD decision to donate, but some good-ole'-fashioned fun.
We did a "Kiss the Pig for United Way" contest. We set up tubs around the office, one for every director, and $=votes. The more votes a director had, the better the chance that director had to Kiss a pot-bellied pig that actually belonged to one of our employees. From this contest, we raised $700 in "pocket change". The winning director had nearly $400 in her bin alone.
The best thing about this contest was informing our staff about United Way, which in turn opened their hearts and wallets. Last year's pledges were $3000 or so, and this year's pledges exceeded $10k. We have a staff of 180, BTW. Our grand total to United Way this year was $11,780.00. (That amounts to around $64 per staff member).
I have a TON of promotional and informational flyers, all in MS Publisher... and if you were to decide to do such a thing, I'd be happy to email you the files.
Good Luck with your campaign!
Jadegrniiz
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Like I said before.... last year's United Way Campaign was like going to the dentist.... dreadful, had everyone bored to tears, looking at watches and feeling pressure to donate for the sole purpose of donating. Personally, I don't think employees should donate because of peer pressure, but because they *feel* it in their hearts as the thing to do.
We made our campaign fun. Our employees got something out of their donation - not just information to make a GOOD decision to donate, but some good-ole'-fashioned fun.
We did a "Kiss the Pig for United Way" contest. We set up tubs around the office, one for every director, and $=votes. The more votes a director had, the better the chance that director had to Kiss a pot-bellied pig that actually belonged to one of our employees. From this contest, we raised $700 in "pocket change". The winning director had nearly $400 in her bin alone.
The best thing about this contest was informing our staff about United Way, which in turn opened their hearts and wallets. Last year's pledges were $3000 or so, and this year's pledges exceeded $10k. We have a staff of 180, BTW. Our grand total to United Way this year was $11,780.00. (That amounts to around $64 per staff member).
I have a TON of promotional and informational flyers, all in MS Publisher... and if you were to decide to do such a thing, I'd be happy to email you the files.
Good Luck with your campaign!
Jadegrniiz
Peer Moderator