Hey, I'm Joe with Funds2Orgs.
Now that you've started the fundraising process, you're probably wondering, okay, how can I
get the kids around me involved?
Maybe it's for your elementary school class, or maybe a preschool, or maybe just an organization
in your community.
Well, in this video I'm going to give you three ways on how you can get the children
around you involved in the fundraising process.
Let's get started.
Now, with everything I do, even as an adult, I have to make everything into a game in order
to get it done.
Now, that's the absolute first tip that I'm going to give you.
Turn it into a game.
So, if you're doing fundraising for the students in your class one thing that has worked for
some of our past shoe drive partners is turning the fundraiser into a game.
So, maybe for each student that collects a bag of 25 pairs of gently worn, used and new
shoes they get, you know 5 extra minutes of recess time, or something.
You have to present it into a game in order for them to want to actually participate.
So, make it into a game.
Find some fun game.
Maybe make like a shoe map and have them all come in and place shoes along until it's filled
up with 25 pairs and then you start the bagging process.
So, you just have to make it into a game because kids absolutely love participating if they
know that it's a game.
Now, kids love knowing that something that they're doing is going to help somebody else.
So, talk to them about the difference that they will make with the fundraiser.
For example, if you're doing a shoe drive fundraiser with Funds2Orgs what you can tell
them is the shoes that they collect they stay out of landfills because shoes thrown into
landfiills they usually take years to kind of decompose and break-down.
And, there's harmful chemicals that produce toxins that go into the air.
So talk to them about that aspect.
Or, you also have the other aspect of how these shoes help micro-entrepreneurs in developing
nations start their own businesses and make a living for themselves.
So, talk to them about the difference that they're going to make not only in the environment,
but also in somebody else's life, and even in your own community with the fundraiser
that you're doing.
Now, our third tip is a little like how you do at home, if you have kids and they want
to start working.
But, you know, obviously, kids can't have jobs so you give them an allowance for maybe
taking out the garbage, doing the dishes, doing something to help around the house.
So, out third tip is showing them what work actually means.
And, this also implements the reward system of doing a task and then getting a reward
at the end of it.
So, this is very important.
I think this is probably the most important tip that you will be able to utilize for your
fundraiser or your shoe drive fundraiser because kids, at this early age, they love to learn.
They love to learn the process of things and teaching them about work early on, it instills
it into their heads.
And, this actually benefits you because well, you get the kids involved in the fundraiser
and it makes them excited to help and then you're on your way to fundraising success.
I hope these tips help you find success with your fundraiser.
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I'm Joe with Funds2Orgs, thanks for watching.