We are blocking at day at our local bowling alley and have a bunch of ideas for the bowling fundraiser. My question is this--If anyone has already done a bowling fundraiser-did they open it up to the public or have it just for Relay teams and their friends/family. We having some concern about the actual 'logistics and accounting' of something like this. Did your bowling form ask WHO they wanted the donation to go to.. ie: a RFL team or RFL indiv?? How does the banking/acct work with it? Also-if you ask for a per pin donation.. then you have a lag time to collect the donations.. would be great to have everything turned in at the event... pros..cons??? we thought about having a silent auction going on in the party room for the parents who come...
any comments would be great. thnx
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We have had good luck with this particular fundraiser. Our bowling center donates two bowling balls as prizes, we also collect donated items from various other businesses. Each bowler is issued a ticket when they bring in their money to the registration table. These tickets are then used in the doorprize drawings. We use one bowling ball as a prize for the individual who raises the most money and one goes in the doorprizes. We allow each participating Relay team to add their donations to their individual team, but we also have one team volunteer to be in charge of the event. They of course get to "claim" all non team donations for their team. We mention the business names every time we announce a winning ticket. We do open it up to the public (you'll get a lot of bowlers by talking to the league sanctioned people who bowl there frequently). We limit the teams to 4 people per team so the bowling goes pretty fast. We divide into age groups for the little folks to have their own competition. You can also save a prize for the highest scorer, etc. Good luck with your event!
In the past I've seen issues with separating raised funds for teams and individuals. I recommend to our Team Captains that each individual gets credit for the work they do. For example, if you're hosting a pancake breakfast for which tickets are sold in advance, each team member gets credit for the tickets they sell. Any 'at the door' ticket sales are credited to the entire team.
We don't have a bowling alley so we haven't encountered your specific problem. Maybe you sell tickets for games of bowling instead of per pin? That way you can collect the majority of the funds up front. I would definitely open it up to the general public unless you have a huge number of teams/families that would take up the whole bowling alley.
Good luck and happy bowling!
If "we" above is a team, collect the day's proceeds and credit to the team. If it's an Event event, so to speak, post it to the Event. Examples in our Relay: Team-hosted pancake breakfasts, golf tournament, car washes... proceeds all get booked as one team donation. Keeps it simple.
/Rick

Joined: 2007-10-16