2013 FEDERATION AFUSA
ANNUAL MEETING
Fundraising for
Smaller AF Chapters
GROUND RULES
• Mission Statement
• Programs and Accomplishments
• Contributions to the community
Program selection
• WHAT: Significance and history
• HOW: Details on how the funds
will be used
• WHO: Personalize it
Community partners
• Win-win situation
• Restaurants, wine shops, bakeries,
creperies, delicatessens, shops &
boutiques, hair and nail salons, movie
theaters
• Film groups, book groups, museums,
music/choral groups, travel agencies,
other cultural organizations, YMCA,
your AF members
EVENTS AND THEMES
• Fundraising banner: “Adopt a Classroom”
(AFPR), “Ooh La Library”, “La Petite
Ecole”, Scholarship Fund
• Major Events: Mardi Gras, 14 Juillet,
Beaujolais Nouveau
• Event Series: Food and wine, art, fashion,
film
DÉgustations
• Wine and cheese: Dégustations, pairings
• “Well RED”, “Think PINK”, “Tomorrow is a
CHARDONNAY”
• Wine shop
• Special evening discount
• Add $10 to wine shop charges
• Private home
• Ask host to provide hors d’oeuvres
• Bring a bottle and $20 donation
• Vocabulary list: “Répétez après moi!”
Quelques mots sur
le vin
desserts
• Bakery, créperie, coffee shops
• Add donation to each dessert
• “Let Them Eat Cake”
• “Café: La joie de Vivre”
• Cooking Demonstrations
• Crêpes, madeleines, croissants, etc.
• Proceeds from sales of baked goods for AF
• Don’t forget the vocabulary list
Le club de dÎner
• French restaurant or French-themed menu
• Quarterly dinner series
• Special prix fixe menus
• No Host or BYOB
• Extra $10 per meal
• Tables françaises
Lecture series
• Cocktail dînatoire in a private home
• Ask host/hostess to donate champage for toast
• BYOB
• Fashion (Coco Chanel), art (Toulouse Lautrec),
literature (Proust), cuisine (history of the Cordon
Bleu, etiquette française), travel
• University/college professors, local chefs, art
historian from a local museum, travel agent
divers
• Ciné Club
• Museum docent tour in French
• Scarf tying demo at a local boutique
• French Waiters’ Race
• ________________________________
• ________________________________
Les Fêtes
traditionelles
• Check for competing events
• Early bird registration
Mardi gras
• Mardi Gras: Un Bal Masqué
• Mask/costume contest
• Prize: AF membership, bottle of
champagne
• Make-up bar: make-overs donated by a
local salon
• Advanced reservations at registration
• $25.00
• Partner with another culture organization
14 juillet
• Soirée
• Champagne toasts
• Lyrics to national anthems
• Local dignitaries and officials
• Silent Auction
• Gift certificates from restaurant/hotel,
wine donations from members, dinner
in a member’s home, lunch with the
mayor, French manicures
Beaujolais nouveau
• Cocktail dînatoire in private home
• Guests donate a bottle of wine for
Silent Auction
• Presentation on the history of
Beaujolais Nouveau
outils
• Flyer for newsletter, email blast, website
• Community calendar, Public Service Announcements
• Online resources: Jotform, PayPal, Google Drive
• Registration list: contact info including opt out
• Go paperless -> email acknowledgements only
• Sponsor logos on newsletter, program, website
• Set deadline 2 days before actual
flyer
for every event
• Membership forms
• Newsletters
• Donation acknowledgement with tax deductible
amounts. List single/multiple registrations and circle
appropriate amount.
• Pins, tote bags, all logo merchandise for sale
• Goodie bags/packets with sponsor info and AF
membership form
• Two-tiered pricing structure: member/non-member
Donation
acknowledgement
18 novembre 2010
Alliance Francaise of Hawaii EIN Number : 99-6008824
The Alliance Francaise of Hawaii is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Please
accept this form as verification of your contribution to the Alliance Francaise of
Hawaii for Federal and State income tax purposes.
Beaujolais Nouveau Fundraiser
Monetary Value
Dinner and wine tasting
$45.00 $90.00 $135.00 $180.00
All proceeds in excess of $20.00 per person are tax deductible.
18 novembre 2010
Alliance Francaise of Hawaii EIN Number : 99-6008824
The Alliance Francaise of Hawaii is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Please
accept this form as verification of your contribution to the Alliance Francaise of
Hawaii for Federal and State income tax purposes.
Beaujolais Nouveau Fundraiser
Monetary Value
Dinner and wine tasting
$45.00 $90.00 $135.00 $180.00
All proceeds in excess of $20.00 per person are tax deductible.
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