Getting Started
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‘HAVE YOU RENAISSANCED TODAY’
Sullivan Renaissance Beautification Grants Awarded | Mar. 28, 2008
GREEN IS AN EVOLUTION, NOT A REVOLUTION
Builder ‘demystifies green building’ at seminar | Mar. 25, 2008
‘RURAL LIFE IN THE CATSKILLS’
Forum set for Friday, March 28th at Cooperative Extension | Mar. 21, 2008
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Sullivan Renaissance Grant Program is now in its eighth season
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Fund Raising
< Back to Getting StartedExamples of Material Donations - CIK’s (Contributions In Kind):
Lumber Stone Soil Concrete Trees Plants flowers seeds Mulch Fill Gravel RR ties Baskets/barrels
Rent Meeting facility Publicity Postage-Bulk mailing
Paint Food Bottled water Candy/desserts Note pads Paper office supplies Fuel Banners Gift cards Painted Backdrop/signs Prize money Prize-radio air time
Examples of Labor Donations – In Kind Services:
Masonry Landscaping Carpentry Excavation/grading Tree/stump removal Printing Sign making/building Entertainment Consulting Planning Designing Engineering Supervision
Graphic design Typesetting Drawings Development and Writing of brochures Administration Power point presentation Planting Maintenance Photography Legal services: property transfer filing for 501c3 status
Equipment: (Rental):
Backhoe/grader Trucks Lawn Mowers/weedwacker /brush hog/chipper
Facilitators:
Liberty CDC SC Division of Planning & Community Development
People/Groups who Delivered In Kind Services:
Municipalities County Correctional Facilities Schools Private Labor Catskill Center for C&D
Fire Departments Ladies’ Auxiliaries BOCES DAYTOP Centers Center for Workforce Development
Events:
Community Day Mystery Dinner Theater Seasonal Plant Sales: Mother’s Day Plants Poinsettia Sale Fall Festival Winter Carnival Junk Jam Walk the Walk Scholastic Book Fair Yard Sale O Rama
Flea Market Renaissance T-shirts Auction-silent or live 50/50 and Raffle tickets Bowl-a-thon Celebrity Basket Ball game Penny Socials Pancake Breakfasts/ Spaghetti dinner Sell pavers Advertising and mailings
Note: People are likely to support your fundraising plan if they feel a sense of ownership in it. Ask your group members for suggestions, opinions, insights and feedback. Let them know you truly value their role.
Before launching a fund drive, make sure your idea maximizes your fundraising efficiency. In other words, are you raising money at the lowest cost-per-dollar raised?
Make sure you pick a project that won’t burn out all your volunteers at one event.