With Fundraising continually on my mind as a way to bring in more money to support my advertising and team building efforts, I decided to do a Fundraising Blitz in our Diocese. Knowing several contacts in the Diocese that work with Youth, was where I started my inquiry.
After receiving about 140 contact names I began to compile my mailing envelopes. I knew I wanted to keep it simple and to the point but still grab their attention. Doing some brainstorming with Art we knew that too many papers were not good. Looking back to the many years of fundraising we did with our Youth Group. Too much information never got read at our home unless is grabbed our attention.
So I put a heading of “Cut Your Fundraising Efforts in Half at the top to the page and compiled a two page handout to a one page. Made an introduction page and sent my fundraising 1,2,3 steps along with a Fundraising Postcard and a scent sample. With my contact on each page.
I do have fundraisers that happen each year because of my first initial efforts I made when I first joined the company. These fundraisers return to me each year with a simple call to the organizer. They have also had better returns each and every year.
Watch our next newsletter to find out how my mailings and follow ups went.

Dawn Rohlik, MN
http://www.GoGetMoreInfo.com