We’re trying to run a successful bingo fundraiser. Is this a good method, and can you think of anything else?
May 12th, 2009 | by admin |
risingofthephoenix asked:
For National Honor Society, we are required to do a project in our senior year. Our group decided on a bingo fundraiser held in our school cafeteria, with the proceeds going to school activities. The way we imagined it was to announce the bingo evening via posters around the school and around town, as well as by reminding students of the event over our school’s P.A. system the day of.
For National Honor Society, we are required to do a project in our senior year. Our group decided on a bingo fundraiser held in our school cafeteria, with the proceeds going to school activities. The way we imagined it was to announce the bingo evening via posters around the school and around town, as well as by reminding students of the event over our school’s P.A. system the day of.
The actual event itself would be run by NHS students. We have access to a bingo cage, as well as sufficient amounts of bingo cards. We planned on having bingo for about two hours, finishing with a coverall game. In addition, we hope to get some sort of raffle going as well.
We’re just stuck on a few logistics: for instance, we thought charging a quarter per card per game seemed reasonable enough. In addition, we’re not sure how much money we can give away as a prize for each winner (we were thinking somewhere in the vicinity of $3-$5). Does that seem ok? Any other ideas would be appreciated, too!
Nellie
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4 Responses to “We’re trying to run a successful bingo fundraiser. Is this a good method, and can you think of anything else?”
By djbreed_2000 on May 14, 2009 | Reply
Susan
we had a gambling nite to raise money for our prom
I don’t know if you can legally give away money,but people love prizes and you can get donations from parents,students,business,just ask them what it is for and ask what they would like to donate…don’t ask them will they donate..just what would they like to donate.period
and some bingo places will donate their stuff…and place..find out if you can have it AT the school.
By goldwing on May 18, 2009 | Reply
Javier
1) to do this event, you MUST get a license for a one time event that involves gambling. I am sure it is an automatic yes, but you better make sure that it is allowed in your loca area.
2) You may need an event permit for this, so check with the local fire department..they can probably tell you if a permit is necessary
3) Your expectations are set very low as to card charge. Add up the numbers!…you need to buy cards, and award prizes…so where will the money come from to give to the charity/NHS? Since this is a known charity event, I suggest that you at least double your card price…then make sure that many, many people come to have fun. If you really want to be successful, you may want to ask avid bingo players what they expect to pay and what they expect to win…they know more than you do about bingos…check with them BEFORE going any further with this. Good luck and peace from Goldwing.
By mazell41 on May 21, 2009 | Reply
Eugene
One thing that my group does from time to time is have half-n-half or 50-50 drawing. Folks pay from $.25 –$100 for a ticket Your group must decide ahead of time what they want to charge. Then about midway thru, have the drawing. Just 1 ticket is drawn & whoever has it gets 50% of whatever is taken in on the sale of these tickets. You may announce the amt. before or after the drawing if you wish. After ea. game of bingo, you might remind everyone of the drawing & give them more chances to purchase tickets. Of course ea. person may purchase as many tickets as they like but only one will win. The rest of the money can go into your prize fund or into the kitty for your group.
By kcr4321 on May 24, 2009 | Reply
Ben
Bingo night is a great way to raise money. The more publicity you give the event, the more successful you will be. Make sure your message gets out senior groups, retirement homes, and so on. The best way to make sure you make more money than you give away in prizes, make the prize per game a 50/50 prize. For example, if you sold 40 cards for one game at a quarter each, your total take for that game would be $10. The prize for that game would be 50% of your earnings… $5.
Ask local businesses to donate prizes that you could raffle at your event.
Selling food at your event will also bring in more money. Offer an ice cream sundae bar with a variety of toppings.
Ask other groups at your school to come. Ask the jazz band to perform (you’ll get them, their friends, and their families at your event), ask the cheerleaders to perform their competition routine at your event. They’ll like having a chance to practice for a crowd and again, you get them, their friends, and their families at your event.
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Good Luck!