Comments on: Donations needed for silent auction and Family Fun Walk? http://solutionsa2z.com/donations-needed-for-silent-auction-and-family-fun-walk/ Family Solutions For All Of Us... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kyle W http://solutionsa2z.com/donations-needed-for-silent-auction-and-family-fun-walk/#comment-1056 Kyle W Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:08:35 +0000 http://solutionsa2z.com/donations-needed-for-silent-auction-and-family-fun-walk/#comment-1056 I do lots of charity work and fundraising while also doing two real jobs. It just takes time management. E-mail helps a lot, too. Maybe instead of a Silent Auction, consider a Chinese (aka Teacup) Auction. That's where people buy tickets for $1/each (6/$5) and can put their tickets in various canisters and win those prizes. For those, I do get some donations but also buy some items. For example, I usually buy a new men's 10-speed bike at Toys R Us for about $70 and that usually gets 300 tickets. I do lots of charity work and fundraising while also doing two real jobs. It just takes time management. E-mail helps a lot, too.

Maybe instead of a Silent Auction, consider a Chinese (aka Teacup) Auction. That’s where people buy tickets for $1/each (6/$5) and can put their tickets in various canisters and win those prizes.

For those, I do get some donations but also buy some items. For example, I usually buy a new men’s 10-speed bike at Toys R Us for about $70 and that usually gets 300 tickets.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://solutionsa2z.com/donations-needed-for-silent-auction-and-family-fun-walk/#comment-1055 Elizabeth Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:17:32 +0000 http://solutionsa2z.com/donations-needed-for-silent-auction-and-family-fun-walk/#comment-1055 Start using your lunch hour. Call around to local businesses and ask them to donate items for your event and sponsorships for the walk. Make sure to have your organization's tax ID so that they can claim their donations as deductions. You are going to have to become quite the salesperson. Good luck - running a nonprofit while working a separate full time job won't be easy. Start using your lunch hour.

Call around to local businesses and ask them to donate items for your event and sponsorships for the walk. Make sure to have your organization’s tax ID so that they can claim their donations as deductions.

You are going to have to become quite the salesperson. Good luck - running a nonprofit while working a separate full time job won’t be easy.

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