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Saying thank you in a memorable way makes a lasting impression & helps you to retain your volunteers. Here are some ways to show volunteer appreciation.

You’re busy with a capitol B. You juggle parenting and a career. Between work meetings, you shuttle kids to soccer practice, band rehearsals and attend PTA meetings. You’re the mom who “volunteers” to organize the neighborhood yard sale, who coordinates meals for the friend with the new baby. (You know who you are. There’s no shame in admitting it. We get it.)

One of our favorite things at Fun Pasta Fundraising is helping groups to achieve their fundraising goals.  We’ve learned with every group, there is a story behind the fundraiser.  It’s the story and the people that we love. It keeps us using our noodles to continuously raise the Fundraising bar to improve our fundraising products and the process. The River Bluff High School DECA club ran a very successful first time fundraiser.For this month’s featured school fundraising group, we interviewed group leader, Bryson Williams.

Running too many fundraisers is the number one cause of declining profits, low participation, burnout and volunteer fundraising fatigue. For schools running multiple fundraisers a year (and even some at the same time) is necessary for the survival of the group. Or is it? With each successive fundraiser more and more of your audience tunes out contributing to lower results and on and on in a downward cycle.

All organizations at one time or another will need to raise capital for a special need, program or event. Are you new to the world of fundraising? Are you overwhelmed and intimidated? Don't stall out before you even get started. No need to throw in the towel. Fundraising campaigns need not be complicated. Help your group reach their fundraising goals by following these three simple steps.

The first step in planning your next fundraiser is setting fundraising goals.  Regardless of the type of organization most fundraising campaigns have a similar goal- to raise capital. However we’ve found it is necessary to dive in a bit further when setting fundraising goals. Make sure that you understand the purpose of the fundraising. What is the time frame? What are the circumstances unique to your fundraiser? Are there any limitations? So you know you need a goal but how do you set it? How should your organization set fundraising goals?

Elementary School PTA Fundraiser’s have a special place in our hearts. We love the kids. For this month’s featured group, we interviewed group leader, Amy Sauer from the PTA at Fallsmead Elementary School.

Our seasonal Halloween Pasta and Black Cat Pasta are delicious and a fun way to TREAT your children to a healthy meal before sending them out for spook-tacular Halloween night fun!

We’ve learned with every group, there is a story behind the fundraiser. It’s the story and the people that we love. It keeps us using our noodles…

A team approach to your fundraising group builds momentum and excitement- minimizing stress and maximizing results. Teams are successful because everyone becomes responsible for the team’s success.