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CharityMania Church Success Story
How can a CharityMania fundraiser benefit your Church and Youth Group? Read below to find out!
Problem
A Catholic church and school was located in a growing community just outside of Chicago and the youth of their parish were quickly growing out of the portable building that was set up to house their activities. So the church decided it was finally time to build the youth group their own activities center and began researching different fundraising ideas that would help them accomplish their goal.
The Goal
Considering the scale of the project, the church and youth group needed to look for unique and profitable fundraisers that could expand their fundraising reach outside their immediate area. They estimated it would take about $50,000 to begin construction. They would not only need to ask for contributions from their entire Catholic church and school network, but they would need to fundraise within their community as well to raise the money required for the expansion.
Solution
A church parishioner heard they were looking for easy and profitable fundraisers and brought the idea of CharityMania to their attention. They had supported CharityMania fundraisers in the past and thought it would be a great way for their church and youth group to raise money. After the building committee evaluated CharityMania’s FootballMania fundraising idea, they knew this exciting fundraiser, based on professional football, was just what they needed to get their new activities center project underway.
Selecting the right CharityMania fundraiser
The church and youth group ultimately selected the FootballMania fundraiser because it was different from many traditional types of fundraisers they had done in the past. FootballMania was creative, exciting and could provide them with a clear path for fundraising success. They knew upfront exactly how much they would need to sell to hit their fundraising goal…and better yet, they knew it was doable!
Results
With the FootballMania fundraiser, the church and youth group made $14 in profit with each sale. They reached out to their Catholic parishioners, the families within their school, their local businesses and all the restaurants in their area. After promoting the fundraiser, the church was thrilled to have made over 4500 sales. That brought their fundraising grand total to over $63,000 in profit, exceeding their goal by $13,000!
Customer Feedback
“It is great to work with a fundraising company that has been helping churches, Catholic schools and youth groups like us for over 16 years. They were responsive, reliable and our church and youth group were very happy with our fundraising results. Our ticket holders are having a great time playing along with the fundraiser and checking the status of their ticket online each week to see if they are winners. Fundraising with FootballMania allowed our church to quickly break ground on an activities center that will benefit our entire Christian community. We are already looking forward to next year’s fundraising season…and the next phase of our construction project!”
CharityStudio music downloads
Why sell music downloads? Why not just use the sweepstakes game cards?
There is a legal difference between a sweepstakes and a raffle. In a raffle, people pay money for a raffle ticket that gives them a chance to win prizes. Only specific types of organizations can conduct a raffle and states strictly regulate how the raffles can operate. A sweepstakes is not a raffle. A sweepstakes is a promotion that provides extra incentive for people to buy a product or service that you are selling. The sweepstakes must have a ‘no purchase necessary’ method of entry. In a CharityMania fundraiser, the sweepstakes game cards are for promotion only and are not sold directly. Every time someone buys a CharityMania Ticket, they purchase over $20 worth of premium music downloads from our
CharityStudio
. The sweepstakes game card is the promotion that provides a great extra incentive for a person to support your cause.
Our Sweepstakes Game Cards work much like the game pieces in the Monopoly sweepstakes at McDonald’s. You can not buy a Monopoly game piece directly. Instead, you purchase things like hamburgers and drinks and receive the game pieces for free. The Monopoly game pieces are a promotion.
No purchase necessary sweepstakes:
All CharityMania sweepstakes are “no purchase necessary”. If someone wants a free sweepstakes game card, they can come to your organization and fill out a request form (provided by CharityMania) to get a free Game Card. They mail the completed request form to CharityMania along with a self-addressed stamped envelope and then we will mail the person a game card. We do not mail them the access code that allows people to download the digital music (because they are not paying). This process is very standard for all companies that conduct sweepstakes.
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