By
even modest estimates, there are currently over 4 million children
playing youth soccer in the United States. Chances are either
your children have played on an organized soccer team, or you
know children who have.
There is no denying the rising popularity of soccer
with our schools and families over the past twenty years.
There are a variety of easy fundraisers that your
soccer team can do that will support. Top School Fundraisers has
collected several soccer theme fundraising ideas and wants to
share them with you.
1. Soccer Team Spirit Items
Your team members and families can sell t-shirts, car stickers
and many other fun spirit products as a soccer fundraiser. There
are numerous companies that offer a variety of spirit items that
your team can sell to help raise funds. Everything
Elementary School Spirit Store
is an example of this kind of online store. Your team members
and families can sell T-shirts, car stickers and many other fun
spirit products.
2. Soccer Scratch Cards - up to 90% Profit
Scratchcards
make it easy to ask people to donate to your soccer team. These
small tri-fold booklets contains a card of 60 colored "scratch-off"
circles. Supporters are invited to "scratch" off one or more of
the circles on the card to reveal how much they will donate, ranging
from FREE to $2.50.
No matter what the amount revealed, every person who donates
gets a coupon with $75 in savings at national retailers, fast
food and other merchants. So everyone gets a valuable thank you
gift in return for their donation. It is easy to ask someone to
donate such a small amount and when all your soccer team members
participate this soccer fundraiser really adds up.
3. Healthy Fundraising Idea - Water
What's the first thing we parents are asked to bring to soccer
practice and games? Yep, that's right - water. Keep the
kids hydrated! And, although we definitely want the kids to get
enough fluids, everybody knows that disposable water bottles are
hard on the environment. And who wants that? The #1 name in re-usable
water bottles in Nalgene.
They have a program that will allow you to imprint the name and
logo of your organization on each bottle and sell them to the
players. Frame this as a fundraiser, and you can increase your
profit margin.
4. Soccer Competitions
If you would really like to jazz up your soccer picture day,
a tournament, or any other large gathering of soccer families,
consider adding a few fun events to the agenda that could bring
in some extra dollars for you.
For instance, think about setting up a shot cage where players
can kick a soccer ball into a goal, while having a radar gun time
the speed of the kick. Charge for each attempt or for a series
of attempts. If you really promote this and create age-group competitions,
and offer special prizes for fastest kick, etc, you could
really see the profits pile up.
By doing a quick Internet search, you can find companies that
rent all the necessary equipment for less than $400 for a week.
With enough people at your event and the proper salesmanship technique,
you could have great success.
5. Soccer Team Picture Day
Speaking
of team photos, did you know that you can actually raise funds
through your soccer team photos?
Picateers offers a program
for schools and sports teams where 50% of all revenue goes back
to your group. They offer portrait packages that are affordable
and comparable to other services. You can also create other fun
accessories with your child's photo like mugs, memory books and
T-shirts
