Friday, January 26, 2007

Raffle Ideas For Your Nonprofit Organization

By Chris Brisson



Ok, so you want to find some great raffle ideas. Well, in this article I'm going to show you some really good raffle ideas that you can use for your church fundraiser, school fundraiser, or other form of fundraiser.

There are many prizes you can choose for a raffle. For instance, you can have items donated to your charity from local and sometimes national companies.

Raffle Idea #1: Gift Certificates

You can easily get coupons and gift certificates donated to your charity from local restaurants, theaters, and many other establishments. First, what you want to do is pick up the telephone book or go to Yahoo! YellowPages and seek out local businesses that would be great raffle items.

Some examples are: restaurant gift certificates, electronic store gift certificates, and quilts to name a few. These are the most common gift certificates that can be used as raffle prizes for your cause.

Simply, call these businesses and ask them if they would be willing to offer a gift certificate for your raffle fundraiser. You can send these businesses a letter with your organization letterhead asking for a donation.

Raffle Idea #2: Car Raffle

A car raffle can bring in a large amount of funds for your charity organization. There are many ways to get a car donated to your organization such as reaching out within your group and through your network of people's friends, family, and colleagues to possibly receive a car donation.

If you have a person you know works at a dealership, you can always ask him to get you in the front door of the dealership to propose your donation and why they should donate a car to your organization.

Raffle Idea #3: Home Raffle

This is a big idea that is possible and do work extremely well. On the internet you will find many nonprofit organizations conducting amazing home raffles. There are many ways to have a home donated to your organization. You can speak to realtors and the chamber of commerce about possibly joining together for your cause and your raffle.

For marketing your home raffle, you can team up with radio stations and news papers to get free advertising that would otherwise cost you thousands of dollars. Approach the largest radio stations with an option to become a sponsor for your raffle fundraiser.

These are just some raffle ideas that you can use to raise funds for your organization.



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