Fundraising Idea of the Month:
Party Plan Sales

Due to the wide variety, you may be able to hold several. Each one you hold will help make the next one easier as your experience grows. Each party should help you decide whether or not to continue. If you decide to continue you will also be able to better judge which party plan products are worth the effort and how often to hold parties. You may decide to just rely on one type of party plan product and hold a party every three to six months.

Contact your local party plan agents, (Amway, Avon etc) to jointly plan a party. Explain that both sides benefit, your organization by collecting a commission on the party proceeds and maybe a percentage of any proceeds of the parties arranged at or as a result of the first, the party plan agents by having access to hopefully a large audience and the prospect that they can organize future parties. Also that they can create much goodwill for future parties if they donate all or most of the profit from the first party and seek their profits at the future parties.

You stand a better chance of be able to attract a larger audience if you can tell members and prospective attendees that all the profits of the party are going to help your organization. Another point to be considered is that you have a chance to appeal to people outside your membership and their friends (and one should always look carefully at such opportunities).

To help with up front costs, you may be able to hold the party at a private residence and hold raffles and other like activities to raise funds. Consider having it in a social atmosphere by incorporating a bar-b-que either beforehand or after, this could also help introducing new members to your organization.



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