As all good things come to an end… an new school year that started is now in midcourse. Christmas break is over and Spring break is eagerly anticipated.
Many schools did their school fundraiser this past Fall and are relieved that it is now behind them. Others, for whatever reason, had to put their fundraising plans off till Spring or did not make enough money on their fall fundraising program to meet their goals. Either way, all is not lost to having a very successful and profitable fundraiser.
I have run many schools that actually did better on their Spring fundraiser than their Fall one. It seems strange, but it is not really all that hard to do if you do a couple of things different than what you are used to doing.
At AIM Fundraising, we pride ourselves in the fact that we don’t just help schools run fundraisers. We try to teach and coach our sponsors in the finer art of “program management.” What that means is that how well your school fundraiser turns out is only partly due to the product you choose to sell. Actually, how you run your sale is THE most important part.
Simply passing out brochures with a “jinky” prize program is the “normal” way that most go about it. It certainly gets results, but perhaps if that is all your school has been doing, you don’t know what you have in store for you by making some changes.
Anyway, if you would like to find out more about “Program Management” and what it can do for your school, take a look at the opening page of the AIM Fundraising’s School Fundraising website and you’ll likely be shocked at the results.
