First Time Fundraising Tips How To Pick The Right Fundraising Product Event Fundraising Ideas Getting Your Fundraiser Noticed Ways To Motivate Your Group How To Reach Your Financial Goals Direct Sale Products vs. Order Taker Fundraisers How To Choose A Fundraising Company Top Ten Tips For Fundraising Success The Scoop on Cookie Dough Fundraisers Starting A Fundraising Campaign Funding Sources and Prospects: Tapping The Philanthropic Well In Search Of The Elusive Major Giver Rating And Evaluating Prospects: Whom Do You Ask For How Much? Annual Fund Giving & 'Getting' Guidelines Organizing a Campaign: How To Recruit Your Volunteer Fund-Raising Team 12 Things You Should Know About Setting A Capital Campaign Goal For Want Of A Campaign Solicitation Kit A Campaign Was Lost Managing a Campaign: Designing A Communications Plan To Enhance Your Fundraising Campaign The Name Is The Game: Memberships And Named Gifts Asking for the Money: If You Don't Ask You Won't Get Thanks for visiting FundRaisers.com! Share it with other people for their fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising Ideas: Small Town Poker Tour The Small Town Poker Tour raised over $57,000 for the United Way, in Lafayette, LA. This event is a great example for all charities. "If your event contains the proper elements, success will follow. We approach every event like it is the Super Bowl for the charities we work with. What you can raise in one evening with poker, could realistically take many charities six months to raise in a year's time", stated Mark Fracalossi STPT creator. The United Way event also maximized their potential by successfully selling sponsorships and having a great selection of food and beverage which added more funds directly to the bottom line. Sponsorships can range anywhere from $5,000 to $100,000; depending upon how actively you solicit sponsors. There are many possibilities to create sponsorship packages that include all sorts of branded items from custom made table felts with the sponsors design to poker chips. The Chips and felts can then be auctioned off for the charity. The United Way had a unique array of regional food items including jambalaya. You can take this further by having a food partner donate the food or provide staffing and items. The event drew over 550 players who all paid a $60 entrance fee, plus had a chance for unlimited $25 rebuys for the first two hours and a $50 add on after that. A rebuy is when a player's chip count falls below a certain level and the player is allowed to rebuy. Besides the fact that Charity Poker Events are successful, the players experience is what enhances that success. "If you do your homework and concentrate on the player's experience, you will have a very successful event." Fracalossi added. Poker Fundraising Tips You Can Use Great Ways To Incorporate Charity Poker Into Your Next Fundraising Event: Pro Player and Celebrity "Meet & Greets" Poker Training Sessions With Professional Players Hospitality Suites VIP Services Poker Boot Camps Poker Seminars Poker Entertainers Money-making Poker Event Opportunities: Tournament Buy-ins Tournament Re-buys and Add-ons Raffle Sales Silent , Live and Online Auctions Event Programs Sponsorships Poker Satellite Tournaments Photography Food & Beverages Find Out More About Poker Fundraising Events Fundraisers.com has a myriad of ideas and suggestions on our... Poker Resource Page. If you would like more info on Small Town Poker Tour email... poker@fundraisers.com. For more information on United Way of Acadiana, see... www.unitedwayofacadiana.org.

Events Small Town Poker Tour Pulver Enterprises Gambles on a Charity Poker Tournament Grants Pass' Great American Duck Race & Bearfest 2003 Turbo Charging Your Next Fundraiser with Mini Turtles Bling Bling in Boston for Kids with Diabetes Ridgefield Playhouse's Benefit Auction And Concert Auctions Mission Fish: Sell Donated Items At Auction ISOLDit: Charity Auctions Made Easy Products Selling Products For The Cause BJ's Wholesale Club: Earn $5 For Each Membership Sold Lunch Box Comics: A Healthy Fundraising Alternative The Dancing Gourmet Dandy Don's Homemade Ice Cream Resources InsiderPages: Raise Money By Reviewing Local Businesses Volunteer Match: Connect Volunteers With The Cause Grassroots.org: Ideas For Forming A Non-Profit TechSoup: Make Technology Work For Your Cause Lennon Legacy Lives On With a Little Help From Many Friends Marketing Cause Marketing: Partner Your Cause With Business Don't Keep It To Yourself! We're looking for YOUR unique fundraising ideas. Share your success stories with us and we might feature it right here on this page. Send your stories to... idea@fundraisers.com