Safe Toy & Gift Fundraisers

December is Safe Toys and Gifts Awareness Month, which makes the topic a great theme for your upcoming fundraisers. The concept would particularly be fitting if you’re planning an online fundraising for nonprofits, whose cause is related to child welfare or disabilities. Here are some ideas you can try which can be carried out (in one or more ways):

• Solicit toys or gift items that are labelled/proven safe or recommended for certain age groups, and sell them online. For instance, you can limit the donations to items for newborns or for toddlers. Aside from playthings, you can also look for accessories or apparel for children, baby essentials like strollers or diaper bags, etc. Make sure that all items are made of safe materials and designed to be non-hazardous to its users.
• Alternatively, sell appropriate toys or gifts for children with disabilities, such as talking dolls for children with blindness or interactive books and gadgets for children with autism or attention deficit disorders (ADD). Research the items that would truly be beneficial or appreciated by kids with special needs, so you know what you will solicit.
• As another variety to the selling event, let generous individuals or corporations buy these toys and gifts for the beneficiaries of your organization. If you don’t have any yet, partner with orphanages, special education schools, and other institutions to find recipients for the sponsored gifts.

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Simplify Fundraising Process

Fundraisers have many ways of trying to get donors to donate. Some use an emotional approach and try to appeal to donors’ empathy into making a donation. Others take a rational approach, arguing that a donation benefits the greater good and ultimately benefits the donor as well. However, there is a route that is less exploited, but can work remarkably well: simplify the donation process.

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3 Fun and Classy Fundraisers

More often than not, a simple fundraising idea is enough to raise a good amount of money for your preferred charity. There are times, however, when donors look for something with a little more “pizazz.” If you get the feeling that your donors are looking for such a fundraiser, here are a few classy ideas that still keep the “fun” in fundraising:

The Five-star Treatment

Do you have a friend who is a culinary genius? If so, you can raffle off a five-star dinner for two. Have several friends tag along to help create a romantic mood for your lucky winners. Don’t forget to ask your guests if they have any food allergies in advance.

Prom 2.0

Many people dream of having the perfect prom night; however, there are times when things just didn’t go according to plan. Give people a second chance to get things right by organizing a “prom 2.0.” See if a local banquet hall is willing to donate their venue (or at least give you a substantial discount).

Wine and Cheese

See if you can find sponsors willing to donate a variety of wines and fancy cheeses. You can then rent a small section of your local park and have a wine and cheese party. Keep the event elegant by asking people to “dress to impress.”

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How to Use Clothes for a Cause

Are you thinking of ways to raise money and awareness for charity? What you’re wearing might just be the key! By soliciting and selling clothes on our platform, you can get more funds and followers. To give you an idea, here are some trending fundraisers for nonprofits:

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Giving is Good for Your Donors

When campaigning for their fundraising efforts, many fundraisers focus their marketing strategies on showcasing the great benefits going towards the causes they support. However, many forget that while fundraisers do provide a lot for the people at the receiving end of the line, the donors themselves actually benefit greatly, as well. When fundraising, it may be be a good idea to highlight this benefit to donors so that they understand what they are getting in return.

On the immediate, personal level, donating money positively affects people’s psychological and emotional well-being. It makes them feel happy and activates the regions of the brain associated with social connection and trust. This positive feeling is often called the “helper’s high.”

Move a step further from the personal level, and you’ll find that when you help someone, others are also motivated to do the same. This social drive to exercise good will promotes a sense of interdependence and encourages cooperation in the community, which may eventually benefit donors as well in the form of better relations with neighbors.

Along each step of the way, benefits have the potential to trickle back to the donor in some shape or form until the donation finally reaches the end recipient. Even at this point, the donor stands to gain. With charities for the poor, especially, the investment on remedying social ills benefits everyone, the donor included, in the form of better quality of life or a better economy.

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