School Sports Programs Win with FundraisingCoffee.com
School Sports Programs Win with FundraisingCoffee.com
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 17, 2011
The financial pinch of three years of budget shortfalls across the country has forced cutbacks in school sports programs across the nation. This has made middle school and high school fundraising efforts compulsory; more than just a back-to-school activity, fundraising is now something schools must often do over the entire school year. To help students and coaches raise money, FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC, of Eureka, California, offers an almost-too-easy fundraising activity: selling artisan-roasted coffee branded with the team logo, mascot, and/or school colors.
Few would argue that sports are an important component of a child’s education. Sports programs teach kids teamwork, respect for authority, dedication, confidence, and camaraderie. Unfortunately, as schools cope with budget cutbacks, cash-strapped administrators shift more and more of the spiraling cost of uniforms, equipment, and transportation to families—who are also struggling in these economically challenging times.
“As funds shrink, and the mandate of most school districts is to focus on classroom instruction, many great programs kids enjoy are being downsized or eliminated for lack of funds,” said John Hall, founder of FundraisingCoffee.com. “The hunt for money is on—and so much is needed that school fundraising activities often continue non-stop from September until June.”
Many people do not realize how much sports programs cost. Most high school football players need three sets of uniforms: one for home games, another for away games, plus a practice uniform. The law also requires reconditioning and recertification of all football helmets from the previous season before they can be used again, at a cost of $ 50 to $ 100 each. That means the costs of reconditioning 100 helmets can reach $ 10,000. New helmets can run to $ 200 or more, depending on the level of concussion-prevention technology. One school recently paid $ 30,000 for 180 new helmets.
As a result, many schools now collect “pay to play” fees from the parents of students who want to participate in after-school sports. But with fees as high as $ 150 per sport, the stress on family finances can be significant.
Cheerleaders are in the same boat. Freshmen cheerleaders at one school faced more than $ 900 each for clothing expenses, including three uniforms and various other equipment and gear such as bows, shoes and warm-ups.
“It’s unfair to tell a kid that they can’t join the team because it just costs too much—but what’s a family with two or three kids going to do if they all want to participate in sports?” asked Hall. “That’s why we created our community coffee fundraising program. Kids sell bags of coffee in their community and make $ 5 a bag. It’s that simple.”
What makes FundraisingCoffee.com such an attractive fundraising idea is the fact that coffee is a household staple in nearly 60% of American homes and ubiquitous in the workplace. High quality coffee is perfect for a fundraising drive because it’s a product that people already use and want—in contrast to other items like cookie dough, candy bars, wrapping paper, and the other more typical fundraising products.
FundraisingCoffee.com offers free design services, creating a custom label that features the school or team’s logo, mascot, and colors. FundraisingCoffee.com provides a comprehensive toolkit of forms, selling tips, and other resources designed to help school fundraising programs raise as much money as possible, simply and efficiently.
Nancy Noonan, whose child raised money fundraising with the McKinleyville Middle School Spanish Immersion Program, said the program made fundraising an easy and pleasant experience—that the kids have enjoyed selling a product that everyone loves.
“Good coffee is an easy sell,” said Noonan. “The custom label that was designed for us is colorful and appealing, the process is simple and convenient, and the prices are competitive. We share a nice portion of the proceeds—and it is great coffee!”
For more information about this effective fundraising program, visit FundraisingCoffee.com or http://www.facebook.com/pages/FundraisingCoffeecom/167072833356344, or call them directly toll-free at (888) 377-6777.
About FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC
FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC, is a small coffee company with a big mission: to help schools, nonprofits and other worthy causes across the country with fund raising by offering custom-labeled bags of artisan-roasted coffee, along with European-style hot chocolate and vanilla spice chai tea at below-wholesale prices. FundraisingCoffee.com has all the resources needed to create an effective campaign for school fundraisers, PTO/PTA fundraisers, sports fundraisers and more.
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