Fundraiser Raffle

Sunnycorle · ‎03-09-2010

Hello ladies,

Any answers are welcome. I have a family member that has a tramatic brain injury. Friends of the Father is throwing a fundraiser with a go fund me page etc. I have been asked to help with a raffle. I have been to fundraisers with a table of "baskets" with various items in them. You buy tickets, say a arms length for $20 or 20 tickets for $20.

How much should each basket be valued at? I just gathered a great deal of my backup beauty items and Its probably $300-$400 of stuff. i don't want to over fill a basket and not get a good price for these items. I want attention for items and get excitment. Anyone familiar with raffles that can advise?

Peaches McPhee · ‎04-19-2010

An organization I belong to does this at the annual dinner. They have a variety of items and a variety of prices. I'd say anywhere in the $50-$500 range, which is a really big range, but that's the fun of it Someone really into makeup/skin care will really love your basket.

-- pro-aging --

Rochester, New York

threecees · ‎09-22-2017

Ask for donations for gift cards for restuarants, online stores, etc. Then you won't

have to wrap as many large baskets.

Maybe 10 tickets for $15 or $20 dollars.

I love going to these basket fundraisers and I wish you luck with yours.

Forbidden Fruit · ‎09-04-2014

First of all, I'm sorry this situation happened to your family. My prayers and heart go out to all involved.

Now to your question, can you group certain items together to create several "theme" related baskets, such as bath/facials/eye shadow/foot?

I have been to many fundraisers-both raffles and silent auctions-- and if there was a higher valued item/basket, there was always a special raffle tickets that were higher-say $50 or more or open to a silent auction. Most people try to be a generous as they can be in these type of situations.

My best advice is to try to create baskets/offer items that cover a wide range of income so all can participate. People will want to help. And don't forget--just take straight donations. Some items won't appeal to anyone but people will still want to donate to the cause. Good luck with everything and thaki you for being kind and generous with your donation.

Oh another thing, hate to mention it, but make sure someone is watching the $/items, we had friends who were raising $ for their kid with cancer and someone came in and stole some things. There are low lifes everywhere.

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

The price of the raffle tickets can vary with the value of the baskets. Our church has baskets valued between $100-200 at our annual fundraiser. Each raffle ticket is $1. A list of items & value of each is clearly printed for each basket. We used to have some larger baskets that were $5 a ticket but they didn’t sell as well. It really depends on the popularity of the items with the people attending.

I hope your fundraiser is successful. Sending best wishes to your family member.

Daisy Sunflower · ‎10-26-2010

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

We did baskets for fund raising at my daughter's old school every year. Each class had to come up with an idea/theme, donate the items and put it together. Some ideas are: Family Game Night (assortment of board games and the like), Let's Go Camping (sleeping bags, small outdoor grill, stuff to make smores, etc.), A small tree with attached gift cards to various places in the area like restaurants and grocery stores, a basket full of "green" cleaning items and a one time use gift card for a "green" cleaning service, a beauty basket of all sorts of beauty items including gifts cards for manicures/pedicures or a facial. The baskets were always a big hit and a huge money maker.

Sunnycorle · ‎03-09-2010

I knew I could count on my Beauties!!!! All good info. I am taking the box of items to my sisters house to figure out what is what and get this moving along. I will be back online later today so please keep the good info coming. one of the items is the too faced Chocolate bar palette so we could do a basket just for that and add various chocolates! I like the theme idea alot!

Sunnycorle · ‎03-09-2010

@ScrapHappy wrote:
We did baskets for fund raising at my daughter's old school every year. Each class had to come up with an idea/theme, donate the items and put it together. Some ideas are: Family Game Night (assortment of board games and the like), Let's Go Camping (sleeping bags, small outdoor grill, stuff to make smores, etc.), A small tree with attached gift cards to various places in the area like restaurants and grocery stores, a basket full of "green" cleaning items and a one time use gift card for a "green" cleaning service, a beauty basket of all sorts of beauty items including gifts cards for manicures/pedicures or a facial. The baskets were always a big hit and a huge money maker.

question how do people win the baskets in this case? Is it tickets in a container and then a ticket is picked?

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

@Sunnycorle wrote:
@ScrapHappy wrote:
We did baskets for fund raising at my daughter's old school every year. Each class had to come up with an idea/theme, donate the items and put it together. Some ideas are: Family Game Night (assortment of board games and the like), Let's Go Camping (sleeping bags, small outdoor grill, stuff to make smores, etc.), A small tree with attached gift cards to various places in the area like restaurants and grocery stores, a basket full of "green" cleaning items and a one time use gift card for a "green" cleaning service, a beauty basket of all sorts of beauty items including gifts cards for manicures/pedicures or a facial. The baskets were always a big hit and a huge money maker.
question how do people win the baskets in this case? Is it tickets in a container and then a ticket is picked?

There was a clipboard by each basket. You would write your bid, say $100. But another person, if they also wanted it, had to bid higher (like $110). It would just continue like that till time was up. The highest bid won.