Are you tired of the same-old ineffective and exhausting band fundraising ideas and want some innovative measures to raise money for making music? Fund-Team.com offers a fully web-based platform for hosting online donation drives for a safer and more lucrative fundraising experience.
High School Band Fundraising
The band at most schools has expenses related to marching band, orchestral band, jazz band, color guard, and more. Funding competitions, travel, camp, instruments, uniforms, sheet music, and other expenses commonly outweigh the budget allocated to the organization. Fundraising is the solution.
Establish a successful fundraising campaign by selecting the right avenues for your band and its members and then rallying the troops for participation.
Ideas For Band Fundraising - Traditional and Innovative
Today's fundraising efforts can range from the traditional raffle or bake sale to innovative digital sales or donation campaigns.
Online Donation Drive
Team-Fund.com allows students to input the email addresses of family members and friends all over the country, post a link for donations on their social media pages, and wait for donations to come in without having to deal with sales, products, cash, or door knocking.
The team itself will also have a link to post on its social media page.
Not only do we charge a small 5% commission as opposed to 30%+ from our competitors, but we also provide donation notifications and prompts for the participants to send thank you messages to donors.
The email messages that family members and friends receive come from the student themself and include a headshot of the student to reassure potential donors that the campaign is not a scam. This reassurance is essential considering the online environment as a whole.
March-A-Thon or Play-A-Thon
Another fundraiser option for bands would be to hold a march-a-thon or play-a-thon. Band members would acquire pledges from community members for a certain amount for the amount of distance marched or the number of tunes played. Students will perform their best on a predetermined day with an established course or set of music. Then, they'll collect the pledged amounts from family members and friends. This fundraising event will encourage the band to practice marching and playing and draw attention to the organization within the community.
Hold a Fundraising Event
The band's fundraising event can be as simple as a spaghetti supper or fish fry to a Battle of the Bands competition. Tie-ins that raise money on the side are fairly obvious; hold a raffle, sell concessions, have a souvenir or photo booth, and play requests for a fee. Keep the event fun and light, advertise online and throughout the community, and welcome participation from all band members and boosters.
Fundraising Sales Campaigns
Candy bars, wreaths, cutlery, wrapping paper, fruit boxes, and countless other products are sold as fundraisers. These sales can be successful for organizations, even becoming an anticipated part of the holiday season. However, many family members prefer to simply give a donation since they don't need the items sold at marked-up prices.
Band fundraiser ideas run the gamut from simple to complicated. An online donation campaign with Fund-Team.com is so easy and profitable that it should clearly be part of your overarching fundraising plans for the year.
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