FundRaising Committee

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Fund-Raising Committee
Be encouraged! The sponsorship
for our Women Build project is out
there!
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Fund-raising CommitteeIt takes a coordinated
campaign to avoid using resources the affiliate
may already have designated for other projects.
When devising a list of potential donors, work
closely with affiliate members responsible for
fund raising. This will help you avoid targeting
the same ones.

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• DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• - Be clear about what you are going to request
  in either cash or product donations. Work with
  construction
• staff/volunteers to establish a list of
  materials. If you are planning a blitz build, is
  this committee also going to
• seek donations for meals, tents, etc? Or will
  this be left to the Food Service committee? If
  the Food Service
• committee is going to solicit donations, make
  sure the two committees dont approach the same
  potential
• donors with two requests. You will only annoy
  the donors and most likely fail in securing any
  donation from
• them.
• - Decide on what you will pay for. If there is
  a women-owned business you would like to see
  involved in the
• project, but that is not in a position to
  donate at this time, dont alienate the owners by
  pushing for a donation.
• They will appreciate the opportunity to work
  on the project and will be more inclined to
  donate at a later
• stage.
• - Dont compromise the project by asking for
  too little. A Women Build project has tremendous
  fund-raising
• potential.
• - Encourage larger donors to give over a period
  of time. This will keep your donors connected for
  future projects

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Establish donor levels early on. Develop a
system that records and thanks donors without
offending the large or the small donor.
Recognize donors according to the level of
their donation.

• An example of this is
• Golden Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  10,000 and up
• Name and logo on main site sign, display
  banner at the house, name on T-shirts, x number
  of
• guaranteed volunteer places on house,
  photo opportunity with celebrity, recognition in
  affiliate
• newsletter, etc.
• Silver Hammer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  5,0009,999
• Name on main site sign, x number of
  guaranteed volunteer places on house, display
  small banner at the house during construction,
  recognition in affiliate newsletter, etc.
• Master Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  1,0004,999
• Name on main site sign, recognition in
  affiliate newsletter, etc.

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  Locate
  organizations, universities or businesses that
  are run by women.
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  Target sororities and
  womens organizations like the Frederick County
• 
  Commission for Women.
  Once a list of potential donors has been
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  established (and it has
  been verified that the affiliate is not
  approaching
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  any of these), divide
  the list and assign to different members.
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  Remember, if a
  committee member knows a potential donor
  personally,
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  she is likely to have a
  higher rate of success in obtaining a positive
• 
  response.
• Start early! Once you have defined your goal,
  your build dates and a list of the materials and
  cash donations to
• solicitgo to it! Raising funds will always take
  longer than anticipated.
• Identify people who can introduce committee
  members to potential donors. Prioritize. Whom do
  you want to contact
• first?
• Decide on how you will approach each donorin
  writing, with a phone call or through a personal
  contact. If you
• choose to approach a potential donor in writing,
  describe what Habitat is/what your affiliate has
  accomplished within
• the community/what your particular goal/project
  is and be clear in your request. Direct the
  letter to a particular person.
• A letter sent addressed to whom it may
  concern is apt to go unanswered. Follow the
  letter with a phone call a

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Fund-raising SuggestionsTO DATE Lowes 50k
grant applied for award determination by 10/31.
Following is a list of fund-raising ideas to
consider and expand upon

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• "Build a fund-raiser" -- Some affiliates have
  raised money by building -- and auctioning off
  a garden shed or playhouse. In the building
  designs, affiliates have incorporated as many
  construction techniques as possible. This also
  gives volunteers practical building experience
  before construction begins on the actual Habitat
  house. Seek as many donations of the building
  materials as possible. Once construction is
  completed, you can raffle the shed or playhouse
  off. One womens group raised 17,000 with their
  large, luxury playhouse. Each raffle ticket cost
  10 and they received excellent publicity as they
  moved it to various sites to display it.
• Take advantage of a special day, such as Mothers
  Day or Thanksgiving. Ask people to donate in
  honor, or in memory, of a woman who has made a
  significant contribution in their lives. You will
  need to check with the affiliate to see if you
  can send a mailing to their database entries. If
  that is possible, it would be a good place to
  start this campaign.
• HFH New Haven womens build members found a way
  their spouses and other men could contribute.
  They established a mens auxiliary which held a
  bake sale the day before Valentines Day. More
  than 85 men, including New Havens mayor, raffled
  off their homemade baked goods - the bake sale
  brought in 7,500.

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Fund-raising suggestions

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  - Glamour Magic sell Glamour Magic
  certificated for 9.95 which includes
• professional make-over, photo shoot,
  wardrobe selection and free 8X10.
• 
  HFH WB keeps 5 per certificate.
  Sell 100 and receive 100 profit.
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  - Involve Colleges and other
  clubs/organizations raffles, Spring Fling,
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  concession sales (Grove stadium),
  sports tournaments.
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• - Prom Boutique feature donated prom dresses
  and evening gowns at bargain-basement prices
  (20-50) advertise at
• area schools and keep 100 profit.
• - Involve youth clubs/organizations to build
  birdhouses/flower and/or tool boxes for resale at
  HFH events, i.e. county fair
• - Kintera Power of 10 website online tool
  used to raise funds for the Catoctin Challenge
• - Call to Action fund-raiser add link from
  the HFH WB website to the Call to Action donation
  page
• - Create a Habitat for Humanity of Frederick
  County cook book

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Fund-raising Suggestions

• Baseball marathon
• Motorcycle ride/poker run fund-raiser
• Casino night found by affiliates to be one of
  the largest and successful fund-raising event.
• Parking lot yard sale as done at Grove
  Stadium a few weeks ago
• Order-takers/Justfundraising.com) - christmas
  collectibles, wreaths, cards, gift wrap, candles,
  frames, etc.
• 0 money up front for HFH WB earn up
  to 56 profit by purchasing items wholesale and
• reselling inventory not required.
• Murder Mystery dinner have local Thespians (the
  MET?) perform
• Other ideas??
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