Take A Look At Some Fund Raising Ideas
It may be useful to consider some of the ways that non-profit organizations can raise money for their programs:
•Lotteries and raffles: Ticket sales for games of chance are quite high and many non-profits are finding that people are willing to pay large amounts of money for the chance to win a fabulous prize. Many larger non-profits routinely raise money in the millions of dollars by having companies donate prizes such as cars and homes and then having donors pay one hundred dollars or more per ticket.
Donors like the fact that these raffles and prizes often have good odds and great prizes. However, many states have laws about lotteries and gambling, so before pursuing this idea be sure to check the laws in your area.
•Sales. Selling products is easy and inexpensive to set up. You can easily organize sales by asking people to donate things and then selling these at a profit. You will need a space to store donated items, volunteers to sort and sell items, and a place to sell the items.
Sales are a good way to generate fundraising money for a short-term project, although some groups have success in hosting regular sales that contribute plenty of money continuously. If you are able to find a location that will allow you to make sales regularly, you can often host sales each week. One advantage of sales is that there are many types that your group can organize:
•Gardening Sales: If your group has a green thumb or a green theme, you can sell seedlings, seeds, bulbs, or other items for people’s gardens at an outside sale. In many cases, volunteers can raise plants on their own or get plants donated from gardening centers or other people’s gardens. This is a popular sale theme in spring and early summer, when many people are starting to work on their gardens and are looking for plants.
•Craft sales: If members of your group like creating crafts - knitting, sewing, wood crafting, then creating a craft sale to sell small created items is often a good way to raise money. Craft sales tend to do especially well in tourist areas during the summer and in all locations before the holidays (when people are looking for items to buy others). Many small craft items can be made quite quickly, and it is often best to try to make lots of smaller items for such a sale along with a few larger items (such as quilts).
•Children’s Sales: Selling items specifically for children - such as toys. Children’s clothes, and children’s books - can be a good way to draw people and donors for a children or family-related non-profit. These sales are often quite popular because many people like to buy things for their children without spending a lot of money. In many cases, items can be donated by stores or donated by volunteers. Volunteers will need to check carefully to make sure that all items are in good condition, however.
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Using Company Provided Websites To Build Your Business
We are in a terrible economy. The unemployment rate is trending up. The stock market has taken almost every bit of security a retirement account ever provided. So what is a person to do to try to make it financially in these trying times? You can start a home based business to either replace their job or supplement their existing income. There are a hundred things that go into starting a home based business, but I want to focus on one that really needs to be at the top of your list in today’s world of internet based communication and interaction. A personal website provided by the company you work with is what I am talking about.
The old way of selling products door to door is a way of the past. There are many reasons for this. First, almost everybody hates being interrupted and pressured into a sale or an offer of “free” information. When I see somebody at my door that I don’t know, I just cringe and wonder if they will just go away if I don’t answer the door. Second, it may not be safe to go door to door in many areas. If you happen to be selling things and carry money, you could be mugged or have your products stolen. One last reason to avoid door to door selling is that it is extremely inefficient. You have to give your sales pitch over and over again and hope that somebody listens and actually buys. There just isn’t enough time in the day for you to see everybody. You really need a way to increase the number of people that see your product and make it easy for them to do that when they are ready, not when they are interrupted.
A good website can really wow your potential customers. You can send people to your website and they can look at it when they are ready to consider buying. Even if they aren’t interested right now, they may be interested later or they may know somebody who is interested. If you are able to give a person your business card with your website on it or a flyer with your website on it, they may order from you months after you originally talked to them. You may also get orders from their friends. If you knock on doors to make sales, it is likely that neither of these things will happen. Now there is still one problem. Most people don’t know a thing about making a website and if they do, they do not have the ability to make a professional looking site that will impress people when they get there. You know what they say, image is everything and the first impression is the lasting impression so you better have a good site when people show up. The best way to avoid this problem is to make sure that whatever business you get into comes with a company provided website. If you don’t have a parent company you are working with, you should consider hiring a professional to make your website.
To close, I have a couple examples of what you can expect from a good company provided website. These examples come from my personal business. Call me at 888-240-5801 if you want more information. Ok, enough of the self promotion. Here are the sample websites. I was provided with a website to sign up Ambit Energy customers. This is where I send all the people who may want to be electricity or natural gas customers. They also provided me with a website to share the multi level network marketing business opportunity with others. If you really want to do your own thing on the internet, you can do like I did and create a supplement to the company provided website. I created a site and one specific page gives further details about the Ambit Energy business opportunity that wasn’t included in the company provided websites.
With company provided websites, you can really give your potential customers a good feeling about purchasing from you and do it in a way that is more efficient and safer than going door to door. Good luck in your business endeavors!
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Filed under Kids and Teens | Comment (0)Stun Guns Are A Perfect Solution For Keeping Your Safe
So what the heck are these stun gun things?? Well, first of it doesn’t shoot any bullets . A Stun Gun is a device that uses a high voltage with low amperage shock. By Touching it to an attack for a few seconds it will take them to the ground
Stun guns come in many different sizes from as low as 50,000 volts all the way to 1 million volts . The higher the voltage gets the faster it will take down an attacker .
The low amperage of the device is how it can pack such a punch without killing someone. 1 amp can be fatal to a human. Most stun guns only use 2-5 milliamps and very high voltage . By using the combination of high voltage and low amps best stun gun self defense products will temporarily override the central nervous system and disable the attacker but will not cause permanent damage.
Stun guns are used by press the metal prongs into you attacker . An electrical charge will then pass into the body of your attacker and bring them to their knees.
The electrical current will use up the blood sugar your muscles need for energy . The best part is that it does not matter where you touch your attacker the current will spread all through the body. This will give you enough time to get away and find help .
The severity of the effects are determined by the amount of time the attacker is in contact with the stun gun. If you give them a quick zap it will only give them a small shock. If you hold it to them for 3 or more seconds it will cause complete loss of control of their body and mental confusion. These effects can last for as long as 15 minutes .
A big benefit of Stun Guns compared to pepper spray is that it can be used over and over again. You may have to replace the batteries from time to time but it will not just run out like mace pepper spray.
There is a vast verity of stun guns out there . Some can be hidden in the palm of your hand, some have a curve, some straight and other look like flashlights or cell phones. Most use a safety switch or button to keep you from shocking yourself.
Over all stun guns are a smart choice for keeping your self safe and they pack more than enough punch to take down even the biggest bad guy. So if you need some serious protection than stun guns are for you.
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