What To Include In Your Race Kits | Color Fun Run For CharityKids covered from head to toe in colored powder with smiles a mile wide paints a pretty enticing picture for school fundraising! Rainbow runs are great fundraising vehicles because a fun run where you get to get messy gets people involved! Color Fun Run Race Kits For a School FundraiserOne way to add interest to your color fun run for charity is to provide participants with a Race Kit. If you have ever participated in a fun run you are familiar with the typical fun run accessories – usually a t-shirt, maybe lots of coupons for different businesses and perhaps some other goodies thrown in. So what items should you include in a Fun Run race kit? What Should Be In Our Race Kits ? How to Organize a Color Fun RunWe believe it is all about the colors and all about inspiration and smiles. Ours include:
How to Put Together a Fun Run FundraiserSo, how to organize a fun run? We like to keep ours bright and colorful with items you will need for your race as well as just some fun toys. If the fun run accessories are fun, it conveys that the race is going to be fun and it also can be used as an incentive to get people signed up. You can provide a set of fun run gears to the early bird sign ups or you can charge more for the race registration if it includes a race kit. The list of items to add to your own fun run gears are endless but the most important thing to keep in mind is to choose items that are going to appeal to the community. The second most important thing to remember is to choose items that are low cost and/or free so you aren’t increasing the costs too much. Items such as t-shirts will likely be the most costly but a t-shirt also provides great marketing for your event next year. As the participants wear your shirt throughout the year they are providing advertising for you and it keep them looking forward to the next one! Get Locals Involved When You Host a Fun Run | Fundraising IdeasGet Free Stuff! Ask the local business community for donations. The local dollar store may be willing to donate bandannas or candy. The local ice cream store might give you coupons for free ice cream. Maybe the grocery store or sports store would give you granola bars or power bars. Don’t overlook your school community, you never know what connections parents may have. Perhaps someone knows a sports drink rep or a someone who owns a promotional company that would be happy to donate samples. Whether you decide to make your own or use one from our product list, it should definitely be considered to add to your fundraising possibilities. We also supply schools and organizations with their holi color powder needs for Spring Festivals. Whether you’re looking for holi powder, charity event supplies, or anything to do with Vibrant Festive Events, Colored Powder from Color Blaze is most definitely the top choice for you! The post What To Include In Your Race Kits | Color Fun Run For Charity appeared first on Color Blaze Wholesale Color Powder. http://colorblazesupply.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-to-include-in-your-race-kits-color.html Organizing A Fun Run – Earn More With SponsorshipsObtaining sponsorships from local businesses is the key to having a successful fun run fundraising campaign. Event sponsors can give you the resources you need to take your event to the next level. When you are first starting out, the thought of asking for sponsorships can be overwhelming. You aren’t sure who to ask, how to ask and what to offer in return. Here is a quick guide to help you create a plan for obtaining sponsorships for a Color Fun Run. Coordinate Your Requests and Get Organized | Color Fun Run FundraiserPut together a small group to make a list of what types of donated goods, services and monetary donations you will need for their event. Include everything from water bottles to start/finish line banners, to color powder. Be sure to attach a monetary value to goods and services so you know what it is you are asking for. Here is just a partial list of possible goods and services that could be donated:
Create a Targeted MarketNow that you know what you need, mine your organizations personal connections as well as businesses that members of your organization frequent. The old adage “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” definitely comes into play when asking for sponsorships. Make a list of local businesses that members of your fundraising committee have a connection with, your organization has a relationship with or the school or organizations families frequent. These are the best places to start and perhaps where you will have the most success, since odds are they know someone personally who attends your school and/or their customers attend the same school so someone they know will benefit directly from their donation. You can expand your reach from there. Craft a Donation LetterYou will need to write a donation letter outlining what you are asking for. Remember be specific and put your best foot forward. Make sure it is written on the school or organization’s letter head. Introduce yourself and be specific about what you are contacting them for. Explain the organization’s mission, specifically what you are raising for funds for and how much in total you will need. Ask them specifically what you want – would you be interested in sponsoring a XYZ at $$$$. Also give them alternatives – a cash donation, gift cards you can use as prizes, services you may require for the next event, etc., You may have to craft a general outline letter and then tailor it for each business depending upon what you are asking for. Make sure to outline what you are offering in exchange for their sponsorship. Let them know how many students you have and how many local families will see their name. Tell them you will be mentioning them in your social media posts (be sure to tag them), on the website, in flyers, and in the email blasts about the event and you will be encouraging your followers to frequent their business. Find the Right Fit and Make it Easy for Them to Say Yes!Now it is time to divide and conquer. Organize committee members and divide up you list of businesses. If someone has a business or personal relationship with any of the businesses on the list have that person approach the business. Businesses do get bombarded with emails so sometimes it is more effective visit them in person. Make sure to time your visit or phone call at a time that is not busy for the business. Always follow up with an email thanking them for their time – even if they said no – it never hurts to maintain a friendly relationship. Keep Records of Your Donations and Follow UpWhenever you receive a donation, whether it is large or small, an immediate handwritten thank you note goes a long way. Also be sure to follow up with them after the event thanking them again for their generosity and letting them know what an impact their donation made. You could also update them on the success on the campaign, “because of business owners like you, we will be building our new playground in the Spring.” You can also provide them with photos of the event and photos/screenshots of when their logo was used and mentions in email blasts, social media etc. So they know what kind of exposure they received from their sponsorship. Lastly make sure you have a comprehensive list of businesses you contacted – contact name, phone number email and what the end result was, even if it was a no – this will help next year’s group immensely in their fundraising. Sponsorships Affect Your Bottom LineYou are going to get some “No’s” and that’s ok. But keep at it. Obtaining sponsorships and donations from local businesses not only offsets the costs of putting on the event, and hopefully brings in additional cash donations as well that you can put towards your fundraising goal, it also increases the communities awareness of Color Fun Runs and your cause and can add to increase attendance! Make It Happen! Organize a Color Fun Run Fundraiser!If you’re interested in organizing a fun run for your cause, whether is be a school, non-profit, or community cause; a color based event is a great idea! Of the multitude of fundraising event ideas out there, we’ve found that a fun run can be something new, exciting, unique, and lucrative! For more color fun run ideas read our other blogs on a variety of topics. From how to organize a run, to all the fundraising ideas out there, browse our site to get all professional insider tips you need to have a successful event! The post Organizing A Fun Run – Earn More With Sponsorships appeared first on Color Blaze Wholesale Color Powder. http://colorblazesupply.blogspot.com/2018/02/organizing-fun-run-earn-more-with.html |
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