http://community.lls.org/blogs A syndication feed of all the blogs on this system Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:35:17 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-01-09T21:35:17Z http://community.lls.org/people/jilliankunofsky/blog/2009/01/09/the-perfect-fundraiser-for-this-economy <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:06d02461-d4ae-47f9-b2a6-20fa452b7ca9] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>I did the coffee fundraiser with Surefire Coffee and it was by far the best thing I have offered to my supporters.&nbsp; I ran the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco in October with a group of friends who also sold surefire coffee.&nbsp; Our group raised over $20,000 for LLS and more than half came from the Surefire Coffee fundraiser - I actually made more than my minimum goal.&nbsp;&nbsp; My family and friends are still asking me for more because they liked it so much.&nbsp; I am continuously selling it to raise money for my upcoming events.</p><p> </p><p>For every $10 bag of coffee you sell you make $4 towards your fundraising goal! And the TNT logo was on every bag.&nbsp; If you think about it, $10 is two cups at Starbucks!</p><p>We are in tough economic times and everyone is looking to save money somehow.&nbsp; This is a profitable way to get people to donate in a realistic way.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>We were able to walk into big companies and sell them the coffee since they already buy coffee for their employees.&nbsp; They liked the TNT logo on the bags because it shows that they are supporting a good cause.&nbsp; A lot of my supporters thanked me for offering them something in return for their donations.&nbsp; In this economy, they agreed that coffee was the perfect fundraising product because everyone is still drinking coffee, and they don’t want to buy stuff they don’t need.</p><p> </p><p>The company (www.surefirecoffee.com) was very helpful if I needed any help and they ship everything for free.&nbsp; It doesn't cost volunteers anything, and they send you the forms, and TNT Coffee fundraising flyer with the logo and picture of the bag.&nbsp; You can pre-sell the coffee or buy some to sell at popular places like a supermarket or ball field.&nbsp; I pre-sold the coffee and placed an order every few weeks, that way I could sell more coffee to the same people.&nbsp; Some of my supporters bought coffee throughout my whole training session - and donated more to me than they would have using a regular pledge.&nbsp; And they loved the coffee!&nbsp; It was definitely a win-win situation. </p><p> </p><p>You have to try this one out - it made fundraising sooo much easier.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:06d02461-d4ae-47f9-b2a6-20fa452b7ca9] --> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:35:17 GMT jilliankunofsky http://community.lls.org/people/jilliankunofsky/blog/2009/01/09/the-perfect-fundraiser-for-this-economy 2009-01-09T21:35:17Z http://community.lls.org/people/jilliankunofsky/blog/comment/the-perfect-fundraiser-for-this-economy http://community.lls.org/people/jilliankunofsky/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1256