PTA Fundraising Ideas

Here are key words associated with School PTA fundraising and why they are the words you should focus on during your planning stages:

Business: Treat your PTA fundraiser the same way you would treat your business. Bottom line thinking, giving the right people responsibility, offering products your target market will be attracted to. Those are business thoughts that apply to PTA fundraising.

Choose: Choose the right products to sell and that offer the profit potential needed. Choose the best company to provide them to you. And choose the best time to hold your fundraiser.

If your school is considering different PTA fund raising ideas, here are a few suggestions to help free your mind and get you started:

• Read-a-thons (NEW PTA/PTO Fundraising Idea!)
• Discount Card Fundraising - Highest Profit!
• Cookie Dough Fund Raisers (All time favorite PTA Fundraiser)
• Seasonal Shopper Fundraisers
• Candy Fund Raising

Company: All PTA fundraising groups need to work with a qualified fundraising company. Look for one that has a broad based product line, years of experience in working with schools, and the financial resources to be there when you need them. They should also provide a toll free number and have the staff resources to answer your groups questions and be helpful long after they have colleted the money!

Earn: You are holding your event because you need to make a profit and earn money. No one would hold a fundraiser if not for the need to earn that money. Start with the end in mind. How much do we need to earn? What is the profit potential for each fundraiser being considered?

Order: A great fundraising word. Most people think about placing their order for fundraising products. That is important. You need to choose a company that makes placing your order simple. But, the more important thing to think about when thinking about the word order is the order in which you go about planning your fundraiser. Some of the best advice we can give you is to list, in order, the steps necessary to hold a successful fundraiser.

Organization: It takes a great deal of organization to hold a PTA fund raiser. The most successful fundraisers are held by the PTA's that have a well defined organizational structure. In those groups responsibility is clear allowing people to run their events properly.

Service: Every successful school PTA fundraising idea requires great customer service on all levels. While most PTA boards require great customer service from their fundraising company, they should also require that great customer service is provided by the PTA to the people buying their fundraising product. Great customer service at all levels is essential to getting your desired results.

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