I’ve had conversations with people talking about doing ‘daring’ things. I must agree nothing is more apprehensive and paralyzing than the thought of doing something you’ve never done before; yet there is the tinge of excitement and wonder.
Nothing could be more exciting than having others join in on your adventure.
This adventure is one of the chapters from our nonprofit organization The Helpful Hands Foundation. One of the focus of the foundation is helping youths via sports and young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Community Youth Development Association we reach out and support our youth.
The Golf Tournament is a means to support youth activity.
What I’ve learned while putting together this event.
THHF 2010 Golf Classic was our first fundraiser of this magnitude… what could we have done better for the next one? More volunteers, more time!!
If you would like to create Golf Tournament Fund Raiser (A great warm-weather fund raising event) here are some tips:
-Promote with quality posters at golf stores, high-traffic, high-visibility locations. Use newsletter and email lists, and online social networks to get the word out.
-Distribute a press release about your golf fundraiser to all your local media outlets.
-Most golf courses will give you a substantial discount for a large group, you can charge the regular price and do quite well.
-Contact local businesses and ask them to sponsor a hole. Show a mock-up of the signs that will be placed for each sponsor and your event program where you’ll list all your sponsors.
-Contact corporations and ask them to sponsor your event.
-Have a sponsorship request on your letterhead and offer: prominent signage at the event, corporate logo golf balls for all golfers, newspaper coverage, etc.
-Player sponsors, ask each player to raise at least $100 in pledges.
-Silent auction: Solicit items from local businesses.
-Hold a raffle: Increase sales, sell tickets to the general public and not just to your group of supporters. You can even set up a sales table at high-traffic locations like shopping centers – this will get your event more recognition.
-Cater lunch: Offer a boxed lunch of sandwich, chips, and a cookie. Depending on what you’re offering, markup your costs by $3 to $5 per person and you’ll do well.
Daisy Says: Step out of comfort and into excitement.
