ARTCATZ is looking at fundraising from two different perspectives this year.
Because our season is longer this year, we have the chance to let the girls participate in reducing overall club fees as well as working on their own individual fees.
The fundraising opportunities for the girls this year, a hourly rate or % will go to help defer the costs of tournaments, club fees, traveling expenses.
Econo Foods Receipt Program
We can earn 1% of all the receipts we collect throughout the year. Econo will cut a check twice a year for what we have collected. Because there are Econo Foods stores in a few different UP cities, most of the girls should be able to collect receipts and turn them in at practices. I will be sure to have a collection box located at each practice. Tell all of your family members to collect as well and the totals really do add up quickly.
Receipts can be turned in the
First Friday of each Month
Grocery Bagging day
In conjunction with the receipts program we are looking to set up a grocery bagging day or two in the MQT store. We are hoping to set that up grocery bagging days in other stores as well, with help from the Area Parent Rep. The girls will bag groceries for customers for tips of cash and/or the customers’ receipts! If your local area doesn't have an Econo store, maybe your local grocer would allow the girls to bag groceries for tips on a Saturday morning.
Grocery Bagging dates:
Econo Marquette
(please make sure that you can be available)
- more information will follow with email from Amber Bell (amber1605@hotmail.com)
My Sports Dream Fundraising Campaign
We are lucky to be able utilize the nation's leading sports fundraising company helping us continue the goal of allowing young girls to have the opportunity to participate in the Articatz Club Program. We want to reach out to people who have a rooting interest in your (the players) success as a volleyball player and person and the success of the program.
The Articatz Volleyball Clud is not just a sports club, it is a place where the girls of our area grow as individuals
and by helping the Articatz Club Program you help preserve the program for future young girls!
Your fans (relatives and close friends) will receive an important letter from our team.
The letter will update them on our progress and goals.
This program has "3 Easy Steps"
1.) Require athletes to complete their worksheets handed out at practice
2.) --- Prospect list due
2.) The worksheets with addressed due back on ---
3.) Launch Meeting ---
* we will be filling out the envolopes and writing our note on our mailer
4.) Coaches supervise the Launch Meeting
*Coach will mail the letters
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Area Can drives
We are also looking at holding can drives in each area. We need to have the Area Parent Rep to step up and take on this task. We can set them up for just about anytime that works for the girls in your location. Most radio stations etc will make the announcement that your girls are going to be collecting and what date and times. Ideally we would like all the collection dates for the different areas to be the same, but that is not necessarily set in stone. If you are a larger area, like Marquette, maybe two collections, dividing the girls in half might be an option. Or having different areas of the city being picked up on the same day by dividing the girls into two groups. These are all details we can work out as the season starts.
Poster ~you will need to put in some information
Door Messages ~you will need to enter pick up date (for leaving in doors if no-one is home)
Raffle
Normally we raffle off a 4 wheeler. A great prize! This year again we want to try and make it even easier for the girls to sell tickets by adding additional items for raffle and selling for a longer period of time this year.
Any donations we can get for merchandise or gift certificates would be great.
We are requiring that each girl obtain one prize from their area to add to the raffle prizes.
Talk to your local business people and see what kind of donations we can get.
Because we are so widespread, it would be great to have items donated for each area, this helps in selling tickets in your location.
Each girl is required to sell a pre-determined amount of tickets. Every ticket sold above and beyond the required amount is a 50/50 split between the club and player. We have had several girls make LARGE dents in their club/tournament fees with this project. With the addition of the extra prizes this year, we will have even more girls be able to use this opportunity to help them out. We will be setting up selling opportunities with local merchants in the area to give all the girls a chance to get out with a group and sell.
Raffle Ticket Sales at the West Wood Mall
TICKETS DUE BEFORE OR ON
RAFFLE DRAWING
Business Sponsorship Program
Another opportunity for the girls to defer the costs of their club fees is by getting people to become ARTICATZ sponsors or having them become Articatz Booster member.
Tracy will provide the girls with sponsorship forms. The girls can try and get family, friends, and local businesses to become a ARTICATZ sponsor at several different levels and the sponsorship amount goes directly to the individual girls club fees.
A third option for working toward their club fees is by working ARTICATZ events. When an event comes up, workers are often needed for help at those events, such as working concession stands, etc. These events occur mostly in the off season (such as the Varsity and JV Tournaments held at the W). We send out emails before these events, so it is very important that we have an email address for all the girls, so everyone gets the opportunity to help out.
If you are interested it being an AREA PARENT REP or part of the fundraising commity this year please click below
(Amber Bell ~ amber1607@hotmail.com )
We look forward to a productive FUNDRAISING YEAR!
Thank you – Amber Bell (Fundraising Coordinator)
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