Originally Posted by
B.Alive
Great ideas folks!
I'm an outside salesman, so I actually have a lot of folks I could ask for a donation. However, this opens the door up for tickets for baseball teams, school fundraisers, candy, cookies, fire department raffles... I could go broke with the 100 or so people I deal with on a professional basis.
I think I may try a raffle at both of the offices I work with on a weekly basis. Maybe I'll try to get a package together that might spark interest... like a spring gardening basket, a gift certificate for dinner and a movie? I could sell $5 tickets for the raffle. It would only take 35 people for me to raise the last $175. I could ask at a few of the local places if they would be willing to donate something, or give me a discount, so I can build the raffles. I could even give them a MS receipt for their charity.
Reminds me of another avenue. If you are the creative sort, you can make something and raffle it off. For last year's City-to-Shore (the second biggest MS ride in the country), a woman made a quilt commemorating the event's 30th Anniversay and raffled it off. It was really nice.
If I remember correctly, individual tickets were $1 or you could buy a stip of tickets as long as your arm for $5. I thought that was a great marketing strategy. It certainly worked on me.