Fundraising Success is Measured in More Ways Than One

Fundraising goes beyond catalogues and order forms, so measuring the success of your efforts shouldn't be based solely on the amount of money raised. When starting your fundraiser, consider the success and types of past fundraising efforts, incoming generations of students, your community and socio economic environment and the user-friendliness of your fundraiser. These factors combined will help you determine how successful your efforts are and will also help you identify areas of improvement for future initiatives.

A Learning Experience
Although a fundraising event may not be profitable the first year, it doesn’t mean that it was not successful at all. Perhaps you tried a different strategy and it wasn’t as successful as your first. Making a profit is a learning experience. You have to find the knacks that work for you and your team along the way. Through experimenting with different types of fundraisers, you will be able to determine the preferences of your audience.

Incoming Grades
The culture of incoming grades can determine the success of an event. They can either “make or break” a fundraising event. It is evident how different cultures’ grades can be - some have involved young minds ready to participate in all schools events while others struggle to get students involved. The key idea is to make your students want to be involved. The more inclined they are to support a cause they are passionate about, the more successful your event will be.

Community Involvement
The socio-economic status of community members around you can play a role. Students rely on the support of their community to fundraise for schools. You must find a cause that a majority of people will want to support. You will find that most groups are unable to discover which fundraisers work best without first deciding which packages intrigue supporters.

Make sure to investigate the timeliness of your event. If other fundraising activities are happening in town at the same time, it can be detrimental to the success of a fundraiser. Most people are only able to support so much at a time, so make your event the one they want to support.

User-friendly = Supporter-friendly
Was the ease of the program you chose user-friendly? Most companies sell the packages and assign you to complete everything else. You need to find a company that cares about your success. One that has a sales representative that strives to make your event as successful as you dreamed it would be.

Meadow Farms Fundraising offers an exceptional staff to help make your event successful. We are here to provide an easier, yet rewarding experience. Meadow Farms offers nine fundraising event packages - something for everyone. When you choose Meadow Farms Fundraising, you can rest assured that your campaign is being supported by an elite team of professionals, dedicated to providing you with the best service in our industry.

Skills Learned from Brochure Based Fundraisers

When launching a sales fundraiser, you already have a good idea of how it will benefit the school. But have you thought about how the fundraiser could end up benefiting the students and even enhancing their education?

While profits from the fundraiser will pay for, enrichment programs, technology upgrades and fund fieldtrips, which all help to enhance your child’s education, have you considered that brochure based fundraisers can help teach your child life lessons that can help them grow as individuals?

Lessons that will benefit your child in other aspects of their lives include:

•  Communicating with customers
•  Tracking orders 
•  Collecting and adding money
•  Delivering products 

From these lessons children will gain:

• Interpersonal skills
• Responsibility
• Math and financial skills 
• Confidence

Customer Service Skills
Fundraising is fun and easy for kids! Smiling, making eye contact, and speaking clearly are all skills that will help develop their success in future jobs and school activities. Fundraisers teach your child the significance of presentation, setting and reaching a goal, and having that personal responsibility.

Goal Setting
Goal setting is a great opportunity for kids to work together to make a positive contribution to their school. When they see their rewards from the fundraiser being used at their school they are going to feel a wonderful sense of accomplishment and ownership.

Brochure based fundraisers provide an opportunity for students to get involved, make a difference, and learn new things about themselves. With Meadow Farms we can help our youth in fundraising!