creative fund raising ideas?
Hi everyone,
I signed up for my first charity ride ever, Climate Ride California, taking place this fall. I've started fund raising and have been doing relatively well for this early in the game, I think. However, I'm afraid I may be reaching the point where I have to get more creative with my fund raising ideas. (To date, I've just been asking people directly, and have raffled off one item; working on acquiring more items to raffle off, but turns out this may be a slow process, as a couple businesses have said that requests for gift card, etc. donations have to go through their corporate offices.)
Has anyone done a fund raiser they really liked and thought was cost- and time-efficient? Or do you know of any websites with particularly good tips? (A couple I've used as references have been the one for Bike MS and the AIDS/LifeCycle--which pages actually contain a lot of the same tips.)
Also, when it comes to emailing people about one's fund raising event, at how frequent of intervals would you recommend following up with people?
Thanks! (and if you're interested, my donations URL is here. :-) )