Easy Fundraising Tips from the experts
“As an organization, UGA Miracle wants to raise as much money as possible For The Kids!” –Captain Obvious
Captain Obvious is right, the more money we raise, the more we can help kids. As a whole, fundraising is more than raising your total and being done with it. We always strive to go above and beyond the requirements with fun ways to raise money every week! Helping us raise money is easier than you think, not to mention entertaining. Check out the tips and tricks as well as all the pictures of us raising money for the kids!
Stegeman Concessions: When you work at the Stegeman Coliseum during basketball games, Miracle gets a percentage of all sales. In turn, you get a fraction of that money towards your total depending on how many other people are working that night.
Canning: In addition to working at Stegeman, you can also join us downtown on Tuesday and Thursday nights every week of the year where we ask for donations from downtowners.
eLetter Writing Campaign: This year, we are going to make everyone’s lives a little easier by doing our Letter Writing Campaign online! In years past, this is the main way that people reach their totals and we expect even more donations this year with an easier way to donate! You can personalize the template below in any way you want and send it out to your relatives, friends, family friends, neighbors, and parents’ co-workers via email. All you have to do is include the link to your personal donor page on DonorDrive that you received when you signed up for Miracle and send them out. Of course some potential donors out there don’t have e-mail addresses (such as grandparents) but don’t worry! All you have to do is print out the template and send that out the old fashioned way. Better yet, try sending out a handwritten note!
Buckets: Another easy way to raise money is to set out buckets in your own workplace and businesses where you know the management. This is a very simple way to first tell customers about the ugaMiracle organization and then encourage them to donate money. Anything helps, even loose change!
Captain Obvious is right, the more money we raise, the more we can help kids. As a whole, fundraising is more than raising your total and being done with it. We always strive to go above and beyond the requirements with fun ways to raise money every week! Helping us raise money is easier than you think, not to mention entertaining. Check out the tips and tricks as well as all the pictures of us raising money for the kids!
Stegeman Concessions: When you work at the Stegeman Coliseum during basketball games, Miracle gets a percentage of all sales. In turn, you get a fraction of that money towards your total depending on how many other people are working that night.
Canning: In addition to working at Stegeman, you can also join us downtown on Tuesday and Thursday nights every week of the year where we ask for donations from downtowners.
eLetter Writing Campaign: This year, we are going to make everyone’s lives a little easier by doing our Letter Writing Campaign online! In years past, this is the main way that people reach their totals and we expect even more donations this year with an easier way to donate! You can personalize the template below in any way you want and send it out to your relatives, friends, family friends, neighbors, and parents’ co-workers via email. All you have to do is include the link to your personal donor page on DonorDrive that you received when you signed up for Miracle and send them out. Of course some potential donors out there don’t have e-mail addresses (such as grandparents) but don’t worry! All you have to do is print out the template and send that out the old fashioned way. Better yet, try sending out a handwritten note!
Buckets: Another easy way to raise money is to set out buckets in your own workplace and businesses where you know the management. This is a very simple way to first tell customers about the ugaMiracle organization and then encourage them to donate money. Anything helps, even loose change!
How have you raised your total?
I think that the most important thing that team members can do is write handwritten notes. The power of personalized letters is greatly underestimated these days. I also have been very fortunate to have a large family base that knows how important this organization is to me. Additionally, I know that some people hesitate when they hear ten letters is required, but when I sat down and thought through my relationships, I had a list of 30 different families addresses. It requires some thinking about friends, family friends, family members, and acquaintances, but this year 'the more the better' has worked in my favor. Not only did more people contribute to my total than last year, but each contribution was usually for a higher amount, and I think handwriting may have had something to do with that because I did not do that last year.
-Margaret Sikes
1) Don't be afraid to ask ANYONE for a donation. I reached out to my parent's friends, people from camp, friends from high school, friends on my Ultimate Frisbee team, etc. I was not ashamed to share this goal because I have seen and met where the money goes, and I know that the people who support me would support this cause.
2) Be persistent and personal. I wrote a long, heartfelt email about my experience as a Morale member last year, and about the friends I have made through Miracle. I wrote about what this Philanthropy does for Children's Miracle Network, and about how it affects the campus spirit on UGA's campus. I put in a few jokes and ended by saying, "I really don't care if you donate a dollar or a hundred dollars. Every. Dollar. Counts." That got many friends donating, even if they donated as little as 5 or 10 dollars.
3) FTK. Every email, every letter, every phone call to a friend or nagging facebook message, is for. the. kids. If they can sacrifice their time to treatment and time spent in hospitals, I can sacrifice my time to helping them.
-Margie Quinn
-Margaret Sikes
1) Don't be afraid to ask ANYONE for a donation. I reached out to my parent's friends, people from camp, friends from high school, friends on my Ultimate Frisbee team, etc. I was not ashamed to share this goal because I have seen and met where the money goes, and I know that the people who support me would support this cause.
2) Be persistent and personal. I wrote a long, heartfelt email about my experience as a Morale member last year, and about the friends I have made through Miracle. I wrote about what this Philanthropy does for Children's Miracle Network, and about how it affects the campus spirit on UGA's campus. I put in a few jokes and ended by saying, "I really don't care if you donate a dollar or a hundred dollars. Every. Dollar. Counts." That got many friends donating, even if they donated as little as 5 or 10 dollars.
3) FTK. Every email, every letter, every phone call to a friend or nagging facebook message, is for. the. kids. If they can sacrifice their time to treatment and time spent in hospitals, I can sacrifice my time to helping them.
-Margie Quinn
