[QUOTE=ri_us;5166932]I raise money for Columbia and we also get the monetary value of a cup to p!$$ in from school.
We mark up our jerseys and shorts by $45 each when we sell them to Alums and raised a lot of money that way last year.
We also made up a sponsorship package that we mail out to a load of companies each year and then call to follow up. It's hard work. We mailed out a few hundred and heard back from around 20. You've got to come up with a better list of benefits to the sponsor. Ours includes our website, list of alums, and other positioning. Don't forget the cobranding value with your school.
This year we started a club for alumni and friends to join. We'll see how that goes.
Good luck. The cost of gas and hotels have gone up a lot and will probably keep going up this year. We have a lot of work to do.[/QUOTE]
Use campgrounds instead of paying for hotel rooms.