I did the coffee fundraiser with Surefire Coffee and it was by far the best thing I have offered to my supporters.  I ran the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco in October with a group of friends who also sold surefire coffee.  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.   My family and friends are still asking me for more because they liked it so much.  I am continuously selling it to raise money for my upcoming events.

For every $10 bag of coffee you sell you make $4 towards your fundraising goal! And the TNT logo was on every bag.  If you think about it, $10 is two cups at Starbucks!

We are in tough economic times and everyone is looking to save money somehow.  This is a profitable way to get people to donate in a realistic way.

We were able to walk into big companies and sell them the coffee since they already buy coffee for their employees.  They liked the TNT logo on the bags because it shows that they are supporting a good cause.  A lot of my supporters thanked me for offering them something in return for their donations.  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.

The company ( http://www.surefirecoffee.com ) was very helpful if I needed any help and they ship everything for free.  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.  You can pre-sell the coffee or buy some to sell at popular places like a supermarket or ball field.  I pre-sold the coffee and placed an order every few weeks, that way I could sell more coffee to the same people.  Some of my supporters bought coffee throughout my whole training session - and donated more to me than they would have using a regular pledge.  And they loved the coffee!  It was definitely a win-win situation.

You have to try this one out - it made fundraising sooo much easier.