If you have attended school in the last 50 years, you are well acquainted with the word fundraiser. It would seem in this age of corporate sponsorship, advertising, and community involvement, fundraising would not be the difficult process that it is. But this is not so. Fundraising is big business, and requires much skill on the part of the organizer. Occasionally, you are involved with a fundraising event, and everything seems to flow as if it were an everyday occurrence. Then, you have the more normal situation of Murphys Law: if it can go wrong, it will. The event that went off without a hitch, I can almost guarantee was a success. The one with problems, more than likely did not achieve the goal. There are a few simple rules to implement when participating in a fundraising event that will ensure the success of the venture. Im going to discuss those ground rules, here in brief. If, after reading these ground rules, you need further information, there are many websites that offer more insight, a more detailed explanation, and even real assistance with planning your fundraiser. At slight cost to you.
The first building block of the successful fundraising event is known...