Online Fundraising Beats Getting Fat Selling Candy Bars!

Are you tired of selling candy bars or cookie dough door to door for your school, youth or sports team? Stop eating your fundraising profits and start raising more money fundraising online. Are you a parent that is tired of writing checks for all of the items you son or daughter didn't sell?

Online fundraising is an awesome and profitable alternative.

Some of the benefits include:

There is no product to sell
There are no upfront costs
There is no money to collect
There are no orders to tally
There is no delivery day

Now, if all that sounds too good to be true, think again. This is how most national non-profit organizations set up their volunteers to raise money.

Volunteers are encouraged to use online fundraising, often gaining access to easy-to-use website templates. With some simple personalization, their fundraising pages look professional and ready to send out to family, friends and co-workers.

In fact, I bet you have contributed to someone's efforts this way. Maybe they were running a marathon or a 5K and sent you a link to their donation page. It's fun to see their fundraising thermometer grow with each donation!

Let's face it, millions of dollars are raised every year this way. And it's great, because all the donations are made typically using a secure source like PayPal. Most people can give a little bit more money if they can use their credit or debit card. If your like most people, you probably rarely carry cash or checks any more. And who wants the hassle of having to go back and deliver product and collect money?

Think about it...have you ever seen a professional fundraiser selling candy bars?

Probably not!

You can imagine how pleased I was to find that I can help my son's band and my daughter's photography club, raise money online, for free, just like the national charities do!

All we had to do was add a photo of our group, information about our fundraiser and why it is important to raise this money.

Hint: People don't want to know you need the money, rather, they want to know why you need the money.

Make sure the information you include on your personalized online fundraising website includes how their donation will impact the groups education, experience or potential to impact others in a meaningful way.

So, stop raising your money one dollar at a time with candy bar fundraisers and help your kids raise money like the professionals.

Your school, club or group will thank you for it, and so will your waistline!

Selling Chocolate Bars As a Fund Raising Activity

When the club is unable to get the necessary funds from the school in order to go on a camping trip, the group has to learn to improvise. An effective way of doing this will be to sell something very appealing to people of all ages such as cookies or candy.

No one in the group may be able to make this. It is a good thing that candy manufacturers can make a deal by offering this at discounted prices as long as the members are able to order a huge quantity. Another way to get a good supply of candy will be by negotiating with some candy storeowners or even try to find a cheaper supplier online.

What kind of candy should the club sell? One of the most popular choices, which never goes out of style are chocolate bars. This is because no one can argue about the flavor and its rich taste.

When a supplier has been found, all the club has to do is work on the price; the quantity and mode of payment even if most prefer the customer to pay up front or pay half of the amount now and then give the rest when the goods have been delivered.

After the boxes have arrived, it is now up to the group to sell the merchandise. Some people can offer this outside the supermarket while others can offer this house to house. It will be a good idea if a signage is placed or a leaflet is given thus encouraging the customers to buy more and help support a good cause.

An effective way to help get rid of the inventory will also be coming up with the promo for those who offer to buy one bar. A good gimmick could be a buy one take one or buy a few and get one free.

The one in charge of the club will have to figure out proper pricing to be able to make a profit to recover from the said investment and have enough to continue on with the camping trip.

If the fundraiser was successful, the group can do the same thing in the months ahead or in the following year when organizing another activity. This can be used by the club to get new uniforms, equipment and other things that are needed which will avoid asking for money from mom or dad for future trips.