Fundraising Packet: 2015-2016
Business Fundraisers
The following list contains local and corporate businesses that offer fundraisers for groups that
wish to raise money for PDM. Fundraising efforts do not have to be limited to these businessesfeel free to reach out to other businesses that offer fundraisers.
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Yankee Candle
o How to start: The form found at the following web link should be filled out by the
organization that wishes to partake in the fundraiserhttps://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/requestinfo.htm
o Time commitment: Filling out the above “request info” form, then a fall/spring
reservation form for the organization will both each take about five minutes. Choosing
candle scents, reaching out to family/friends to partake in the fundraiser, and
coordinating candle shipments will take time as well.
o Flyers: https://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/catalognext.htm
o Average amount raised: Yankee Candle provides a convenient profit calculator, since
fundraising amounts can vary from group to group based on group size/participationhttps://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/profitcalc.htm
o Other information:
 All products offer a 40% profit to the group
 No minimum required for the group
 Fundraising prices are the same as in Yankee Candle retail stores
 Variety of products and pricing starting at $6.00
 An individual website where friends and family can support from across the
country
 Online orders ship quickly, with $5.99 for shipping and free shipping for orders
over $100
 Good and effective fundraiser for the winter holiday season
Five Guys
o How to start: The form found at the following web link should be filled out the
organization that wishes to partake in the fundraiserhttp://betterburgerfundraiser.com/
o Time commitment: Filling out the above “fundraiser request” form will take about five
minutes. Creating flyers, reaching out to family/friends to partake in the fundraiser,
handing out flyers on campus and sharing flyers via Facebook, and attending the actual
event will take time as well.
o Flyers: Flyers should be tailored specifically to your own organization, and should
include the following: name of your organization, information about Pitt Dance
Marathon 2016, Five Guys address (117 S Bouquet Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213), and
date/time of event.
o Average amount raised: Your organization is guaranteed 15% of all sales collected in
Five Guys’ fundraising receipt box during the designated fundraising day. If sales of
receipts collected in the fundraising receipt box exceed $400, your organization will
receive 25% of all sales collected instead of 15%. The amount raised depends on how
many people attend your event!
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Chipotle
o How to start: The form found at the following web link should be filled out by the
organization that wishes to partake in the fundraiser AT LEAST 12 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE
EVENT DATE- http://chipotle.com/email-us#philanthropy
o Time commitment: Filling out the above application will take about five minutes.
Creating flyers, reaching out to family/friends to partake in the fundraiser, handing out
flyers on campus and sharing flyers via Facebook, and attending the actual event will
take time as well.
o Flyers: Flyers should be tailored specifically to your own organization, and should
include the following: name of your organization, information about Pitt Dance
Marathon 2016, Chipotle address (3619 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213), and
date/time of event.
o Average amount raised: 50% of sales during the event go to the organization. The
amount raised depends on how many people attend your event!
o Other information:
 Chipotle participates in Scrip programs, through which your non-profit
organization to raise money outside of Chipotle’s in-restaurant fundraisers.
Through Scrip, supporters can help you earn money by purchasing Chipotle gift
cards. Your organization is able to purchase Chipotle gift cards at a discount,
resell to your supporters, and keep the difference. More information on this
process can be found at this linkhttps://www.shopwithscrip.com/Learn?banneroverride=chpo&refID=chpo
Local coupon book
o How to start: The form found at the following web link should be filled out by the
organization that wishes to partake in the fundraiserhttp://savearound.com/fundraising
o Time commitment: Filling out the above application or calling the number given in the
above application will take about five-ten minutes. Creating flyers, reaching out to
family/friends to partake in the fundraiser, handing out flyers on campus and sharing
flyers via Facebook, and selling/distributing the coupon books (a tabling event may be
necessary) will take time as well.
o Flyers: Flyers should be tailored specifically to your own organization, and should
include the following: name of your organization, information about Pitt Dance
Marathon 2016, information about the local coupon book, and where/when coupon
books can be bought.
o Average amount raised: Up to 50% of coupon book sales go to your organization. The
amount raised depends on how many books are sold!
o Other information:
 A free fundraising kit is offered by this company, which may help supplement
some of this work with flyers and advertisement.
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Jamberry nails
o How to start: The form found at the following web link should be filled out by the
organization that wishes to partake in the fundraiserhttp://www.nomorenailpolish.com/Jamberry-Nails-Fundraisers
o Time commitment: Filling out the above fundraiser request should take about ten
minutes. Creating flyers, reaching out to family/friends to partake in the fundraiser,
distributing flyers, and selling/distributing Jamberry order forms and nail wraps (a
tabling event may be necessary, but an online fundraiser option is available as well) will
all take time.
o Flyers: Flyers should be tailored specifically to your own organization, and should
include the following: name of your organization, information about Pitt Dance
Marathon 2016, information about Jamberry nail wraps, and where/when Jamberry nail
wraps can be ordered.
o Average amount raised: 35% of Jamberry nail wrap sales will go to your organization.
The average amount raised depends on how many nail wraps are sold!
Bruegger’s
o How to start: Call or visit Bruegger’s to speak with a manager and start your fundraising
efforts at: 3714 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213; (412) 682-6360
o Time commitment: Contacting Bruegger’s by phone or by visiting should take about ten
minutes. Choosing a date for the event, distributing flyers, reaching out to
family/friends to partake in the fundraiser, and attending the actual fundraising event
will all take time.
o Flyers: Bruegger’s will provide a flyer to advertise your event
o Average amount raised: Bruegger’s will donate 15% of the event day sales with flyer to
your group. The average amount raised depends on how many people attend your
event!
o Other information:
 Another fundraising option through Bruegger’s is available in selling Bruegger’s
gift cards. Your group can pre-purchase $10 Bruegger’s gift cards at a 10%
discounted rate and then re-sell them at full price, keeping $1 per card to
support your organization. The gift cards can be redeemed at any Bruegger’s
bakery-café. There is a minimum order of 50 gift cards.
Fundraising Events
The following list contains ideas for fundraising events that your organization could set up in efforts to
raise money for PDM. This list includes both easy to execute fundraisers (labeled “easy”), and
fundraisers that require more effort but may have greater benefits/raise more funds (labeled “stretch”).
These ideas are just suggestions and starting points- please feel free to get creative!
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Hot chocolate sale (during winter months)
 Venue: Reserve a table in Towers lobby/WPU lower level/Nordy’s place/Posvar
 Purpose: Sell hot chocolate ($1/cup) to raise money for your organization’s PDM
funds
 Supplies needed: hot water, hot chocolate packets, marshmallows, Styrofoam
cups
 Volunteers from organization needed to run table (hour shifts) and buy supplies
Bake sale
 Venue: Reserve a table in Towers lobby/WPU lower level/Nordy’s place/Posvar
 Purpose: Sell baked goods ($1/baked good) to raise money for your
organization’s PDM funds
 Supplies needed: baked goods (homemade or donated from a local business),
saran wrap or cellophane bags with twist ties (to individually wrap the baked
goods)
 Volunteers from organization needed to run table (hour shifts), and volunteers
needed to bake goods
Goldfish sale
 Venue: Reserve a table in Towers lobby/WPU lower level/Nordy’s place/Posvar
 Purpose: Sell goldfish ($5-$10/goldfish and goldfish supplies) to raise money for
your organization’s PDM funds
 Supplies needed: goldfish, glass bowls, fish food
 Volunteers from organization needed to run table (hour shifts) and get supplies
Lemonade sale
 Venue: Set up a table outside in an area where many students pass during the
day (weather permitting), or reserve a table in Towers lobby/WPU lower
level/Nordy’s place/Posvar
 Purpose: Sell lemonade ($1/cup) to raise money for your organization’s PDM
funds
 Supplies needed: Lemonade mix, ice, cups
 Volunteers from organization needed to run table (hour shifts) and get supplies
Pizza/pasta party
 Venue: WPU ballroom
 Purpose: Throw a pasta or pizza party and sell tickets for $3-$10 to raise money
for your organization’s PDM funds
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Tickets can be sold ahead of time (tabling may be necessary) so you
know how much food to prepare. Creating a flyer for this event may be
helpful.
 May be more expensive if you decide it is a buffet style event, and if you
choose to serve side dishes or not
Supplies needed: Folding tables, folding chairs, plastic utensils, paper napkins,
paper plates, plastic cups, pizza or pasta, desired side dishes (popcorn machine
and cotton candy machine can be obtained from SORC in the WPU), desired
toppings, drinks
Stretch
o Frisbee tournament (this plan could also work for a soccer tournament, basketball
tournament, etc.)
 Venue: Schenley park/Pete lawn/Cost center
 Purpose: Hold a Frisbee tournament to raise money for PDM
 Event details: A bracket system can be used to plan which teams compete
against each other and to determine the winner. To enter the tournament we
could charge $10/team. At the event, we could sell lemonade for $1/cup and
PDM apparel and merchandise. The winning team could win a prize donated
from a local business or corporation (gift card, food, etc), a specific item
purchased as a prize for the event, or special recognition as a group during
PDM/extra sitting minutes/first in line to get food/etc; the prize for the winning
team can be discussed further if we decide to organize a Frisbee tournament
 Supplies needed: Frisbees, poster board to display bracket
 Volunteers needed to make and distribute flyers, collect money/record team
entries from participating organizations, sell lemonade and PDM merchandise at
the tournament, get supplies, and maintain the bracket
o Winter card sales
 Venue: Reserve a table in Towers lobby/WPU lower level/Nordy’s place/Posvar
 Purpose: Sell holiday cards ($1-$2/card) to raise money for PDM
 Event details: The creativity director, or anyone else interested in doing so,
could design a card to sell during the winter holiday season. The card could be
Pittsburgh themed, and on the back of the card there could be a message about
PDM and how donations can be made. As well as selling cards, while tabling we
could set up a station where people could write a holiday card to a child at The
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh during the holiday season.
 Supplies needed: Cardstock, color printer/photocopier, envelopes. If decide to
have a card writing station we will need colorful paper (could get from SORC in
the WPU), markers, envelopes.
 A volunteer is needed to design, print and photocopy the holiday cards.
Volunteers are also needed to run the table (hourly shifts) and get supplies
o Trivia tournament
 Venue: WPU ballroom
 Purpose: Hold a trivia tournament to raise money for PDM
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Event details: Organizations can enter five person teams for $15/team. An
organization can enter more than one team, as long as each team has exactly 5
members. Trivia questions would be displayed and each team would have 30
seconds to come up with an answer to the trivia. The team will write their
answer down on a whiteboard and each team will hold up their whiteboard
when time is up. One point will be awarded for every correctly answered trivia
question. The winning team could win a prize donated from a local business or
corporation (gift card, food, etc.), a specific item purchased as a prize for the
event, or special recognition as a group during PDM/extra sitting minutes/first
in line to get food/etc.; the prize for the winning team can be discussed further
if we decide to organize a Trivia tournament. At the event, we could sell PDM
apparel and merchandise
Supplies: Folding tables, folding chairs, projector, small whiteboards,
whiteboard markers, whiteboard erasers
Volunteers needed to make and distribute flyers, collect money/record team
entries from participating organizations, sell PDM merchandise at the
tournament, get supplies, and maintain the scoreboard