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You’ve identified potential donors, contacted them, and made your pitch. You’ve presented yourself and your charity in such glowing terms that the donor could not help but be impressed with your dedication and your cause.
If you have taken all the right steps, you should find yourself the recipient of many pledges for fabulous prizes. To ensure that all goes according to plan, you must the immediately take steps to collect those prizes. Don’t rest on your laurels! Once your benefactor has agreed to donate, make arrangements.
Most likely, you will need to produce some paperwork for tax purposes. Your charity’s business office should be able to help. If the donation is a large one (physically large), you may need to arrange special transport. (If you know a lorry driver, this might help!) If your organization does not have sufficient storage space, you will have to find some secure facility. The last thing you want is for your precious prizes to be lost, stolen, or damaged.
Once you are in possession of your prizes, you are ready to print your raffle tickets! Consider carefully. How will you present your group in print? Do you have your own recognizable logo? Choose a raffle ticket that allows you to upload that image. Or, if you would rather provide one of your donors with that publicity, obtain their logo for the ticket.
If there are to be many prizes, consider which ones you want to promote. Which is most valuable? Which is most desirable? Three prizes might be mentioned on the ticket, but you may have more than three. In fact, the more opportunities to win, the more tickets you are likely to sell.
It’s not as complicated as it may appear. You simply want to cover every possibility to guard against trouble. Next time, we’ll walk through creating our ticket!
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