Fund Raising Tips
- Get excited about the trip. If you don't it is likely your donors won't.
- Make a list of all the people you know. i.e. friends, relatives, doctor, lawyer, dentist, teacher, neighbors, parents co-workers etc.
- Write a Fund Raising letter no longer than one page. Send them out as quickly as possible.
- Follow-up call on your newsletters two weeks after they are sent out.
- Get a part time job. i.e. baby-sitting, restaurant etc.
- Put coin cans in public places. Wal-Mart for example is always willing to support mission work.
- Sell chocolate or other fund raising products.
- Organize a garage sale every other week. Collect all the junk from uncles, aunts and grandmas.
- Let your family and friends join you in Saturday morning car wash.
- Save! Save!! Save!!! You may have to give up the daily soda quarter and the Big Mac for a while. Put the money in the piggy bank.
- Set a monthly goal. i.e. if you have 4 months to raise $800, set a goal to raise $200 each month until you realize your goal. Some people find it much easier to raise funds this way than a lump sum which can be intimidating.
- Don't wait until the last minute to raise the fund. Start now.
- Write down all the pledges and never be afraid to remind them.
- Buy souvenirs and gifts for your donors while on the mission trip.
- Have a family/friends thank you barbecue. (They all bring dishes so it won't cost you a dime).
- Pray! Pray!! Pray!!!
