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The Journey
A newsletter for chapter advisors, chapter officers, and
regional officers.
December 2001
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Sure-Fire Fundraisers
By Tracy
Thomas-Wade
Chapters around the
Society are planning and participating in fundraisers. If your chapter
has ever wondered how the successful chapters “grab the cash,” wonder
no more. Here are a few examples of ideas that have put Phi Theta Kappa
chapters on the money train!
Project: Academic
Art Calendar
College: El Paso Community College, Texas
Members involved in project: 7 members
Time it took to complete: 5 months
Money raised: Over $4,000
Project Basics: Members first collected art students’ permission
to use their art works in an academic calendar. Art students signed a
permission sheet, and members asked the college if they could create an
academic calendar for the upcoming school year. After permission was granted,
members sold ads for the calendar. Ad fees covered the initial cost of
printing the calendars (700 at $1 each). After calendars were completed,
members sold them for $6. All monies received from sales equaled pure
profit.
Project: Beef
Raffle
College: Lincoln Land Community College, Illinois
Members involved in project: 30 members
Time it took to complete: 6 weeks
Money raised: Over $1,500 last year
Project Basics: For the last 6 years, the chapter has raffled off
a side of beef purchased and processed wholesale by an alumni member.
The meat cost the chapter approximately $300 after discounts. Chapter
members sold raffle tickets for $1 each. This year in an attempt to boost
profits even more, members plan to sell tickets at wholesale locations
in order to reach customers with larger freezers.
Project: Painted
Parking Lot
College: Coffeyville Community College, Kansas
Members involved in project: 11 members
Time it took to complete: 3 weeks
Money raised: $1,000
Project Basics: Over the summer, the chapter’s college had an overabundance
of maintenance projects. The college planned to hire outside contractors
to complete the work before the beginning of the school year. One of the
projects was to paint the school parking lot. After a vote was taken,
the chapter decided to put in a bid for the project at $1,000, underbidding
the competition by several hundred dollars. The chapter helped to fund
their yearly traveling expenses and saved the college money. By creating
more awareness on campus, the chapter now has larger support for all projects.
Project: Trivia
Night
College: St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley Campus,
Missouri Members involved in project: 19 members
Time it took to complete: 4 months prep work, 3 hours for the event
Money raised: Over $1,600
Project Basics: The chapter first solicited prizes and gift certificates
from local businesses and then began selling tickets to those who wanted
to participate. The cost was $10 per person. Several teams emerged from
the student body as well as faculty and staff. Each team consisted of
8 to 10 people who competed in 10 rounds.Teams
decorated their own tables and the best-decorated table won a prize. This
helped to reduce the chapter’s decoration budget significantly. The chapter
awarded $1,000 in donated goods and gift certificates as door prizes to
the audience and provided free refreshments. In addition, the chapter
put several of the prizes and gift certificates together into “prize packages”
and awarded them to first, second, third, and last place teams.
Ideas
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