In 2011 we asked our faithful customers to vote on the flavours they most wanted to see in the Billy G Gourmet Cookie Dough range. Three clear winners stood out so we decided to create all of them!
Introducing Raspberry White Choc, Mint Triple Choc and Cherry Choc Delight. This now boosts the range up to 7 tempting flavours of cookies and biscuits.
The same huge $4 profit per tub applies with great prize incentives for your sellers. Check out all of the details here.
BOOK OUR My School Walk or Run For Fun Fundraiser BY 31 MARCH, 2012 AND RUN ANYTIME IN 2012 AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A FREE Scratch + Support Fundraiser WITH WHICH YOU MAKE UP TO $4,000.
We will give you 50 of our Scratch + Support fundraising cards, together with 50 silicone sports watches to support the selling of the cards. Make an extra $4,000 profit!
It is a fun and great fundraiser for support groups, teams and team gear, travel and camps etc.
For more information on this terrific promotion click here.
In 2012 we have a new, exciting prize program and new, high impact poster size sponsorship forms for your students.
Our prize program was highly successful in 2011 and in 2012 your students will really get behind this fundraiser even further. To view the new prizes and sponsorship form, please click here.
After a big year of fundraising it can be a struggle to find the strength and time to run an effective fundraiser in term 4. With this in mind we have developed several fundraising programs that are easy to set-up and designed to reduce your stress levels!
Popular 4th Term Fundraisers include:
Billy G’s Cookie Dough Festive selection
This includes all of our usual Billy G flavours as well as Christmas favourites including Christmas Cake and Shortbread Biscuits. They make taste delicious and make great gift ideas too. view more
Cancer Council Sunscreen
As summer heat continues to gather strength there is no better time to top up on your sunscreen supply. Our extensive range includes Ezi Clips, Tubes and Pump Packs. Great value, high profit margin and prize incentives for the kids. view more
Graduation Gifts are also a popular choice in term 4 and are offered at great prices complete with name engraving.
Whenever you complete our Walk-a-thon Fundraiser or Billy G’s Cookie Dough Fundraiser programs you gain an invitation to complete our Customer Service Survey. Our way of saying thanks for giving up 2-5 minutes of time is in the form of a $20 Woolworths Gift Voucher.
Winners:
Week 1: Sandra Chilcott from Blairmount Public School
Week 2: Nicole Tran from ABC Kenmore North
Week 3: Sania Bradford, Roma Rascals Playgroup
Week 4: Lisa Seal, Centennials Netball Club
Week 5: Tanjil-Lea McGrath, Pakeham Springs Primary School
Week 6: Leigh Murdoch, Waggrakine Primary School
Week 7: Shanyn Cooper, Bayview Kindergarten
Thank you for your valuable feedback and we appreciate your time.
Early booking draw (2) for 2011 has been drawn.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Curran Public School, Macquarie Fields NSW
They have selected a Promethean Interactive Whiteboard as their prize.
Remember, there are still two more prize draws to win and entry is easy, you just need to run an Australian Fundraising program during 2011. Good luck!
Don’t take our word for it… even the Billy G’s Cookie Dough and Australian Fundraising Facebook walls speak for themselves:
“I’d love to see updates of any customers who are currently selling their fundraising dough, I love this stuff, it’s just that I don’t know anybody who is fundraising more than once a year… and once a year is not enough for this yummy dough!!” L.R.
“Can u buy your mixtures anywhere else other then fundraisers.. I dont know anyone doing them at the moment..” S.A.
“Love the cookies…. so easy to make and taste beautiful…” C.L.
“YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! What a treat, William loved rolling the dough, only took us 20 minutes, as a mum I loved that there was NO MESS!! Thanks Billy G!” M.W.
“Hi is there any schools near mackay fundraisin so i can buy another tub! its beauitful stuff.” S.D.
“We are a school of only 115 students but we sold over 500 tubs of cookie dough; it was so easy to run, your tally software was a delight to use and it was a pleasure to work with your company”.
What are you waiting for?! Learn more here.
Mother’s Day is Sunday 8th May 2011
The history of Mother’s Day
Mothering Sunday: Our more recent history of Mothers Day dates back to 1600s in England. Here a mothering Sunday was celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to honor the Virgin Mary, children brought gifts and flowers to pay tribute to their own mothers.
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries including Australia, America, United Kingdom, India, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and Belgium. It is now most common for children to pay a tribute to their mother often with small token gifts. Over time the day has become increasingly more commercial especially when it comes to the flower and gift card industries.
Australian schools also take advantage of the occassion by offering sale items to their students. This not only helps raise much needed funds but gives children a sense of pride and much enjoyment with the ability to spoil their mother with a gift item they picked and paid for personally.
You can view our extensive range of giftware by clicking here. You can even order items online here.
It is one thing to run a Fundraising event, it is another to make sure you get the very most out of it for maximum profits. Here are five tips to help you achieve your goals.
1. Offer incentive prizes
At Australian Fundraising we have seen first-hand how effective offering incentive prizes can be. Regardless of whether the prizes are aimed at the parents or children, it gives someone something to aim for. Our children’s toy incentive prize programs have been known to increase profit by as much as 40%. The more achievable you set the rewards and incentives, the better chance you have of your group trying to win them. As an example our Billy G’s Cookie Dough fundraiser offers sellers a selection of a toy prize after they sell just one tub. Easy! Australian Fundraising even offer free incentive prizes that you can hand out with some programs.
2. Make sure you have a committee
By having a team of helpers it makes it easier to ensure everything is in order. It reduces stress and ensures the event runs smoothly. The more people involved, the more likely you are to get a higher level of commitment from your entire group. Excitement and interest is contagious.
3. Be organised
It might go without saying but you would be surprised how many groups fail to set a timeline or stick to it. A short fundraiser is a good one. A running time of 2-3 weeks should be more than sufficient which ensures everyone keeps their focus and gets it all over and done with quickly. When running an order form fundraiser speed will help ensure your funds come in quickly and the goods go out soon after. Ask for a copy of our Fundraising Planning Kit.
4. Show progress
Make sure you let your fundraisers know where you are tracking for profit. This creates excitement and sometimes even a dash of competition and can help further increase your profits. It also makes your group feel appreciated as you show off the great work they are doing. A progress thermometer is also a quick and easy idea which you can attach to your website for even more exposure.
5. Pick a fundraiser everyone WANTS and LOVES
If no one wants to participate in your fundraiser, you aren’t going to do much more than waste your time. Pick three popular options and then let your group make a selection on which one they like best. This may cause some small arguments, especially if the group is divided, but a simple majority rules should get your fundraiser showing the best possible results. You can always compromise and run the second favourite later in the year and then play the profits off against each other for even better results!
Hello and welcome to the Australian Fundraising blog. In this convenient location you will discover a range of useful articles, important fundraising information, tips, tricks, exclusive offers and some daily interest info too. Generally speaking there is a little bit of everything all mixed up together to ensure there is something useful just for you. To help make life even easier we have linked the blog (Fundraising ideas) to our Facebook account so you don’t even need to be on the website to make the most of what we have to offer. To ensure you definitely don’t miss a beat we suggest you sign up to our enews too (there are even more special offers jam-packed in there). We promise, you won’t be over loaded with mail from us, one every month or two is it.
Thanks for stopping by, and remember, spread the word, our website aims to be even more user-friendly and packed full of Fundraising goodness than ever before. If you haven’t booked your Fundraising activities for 2011 some of the more popular options include Billy G’s Cookie Dough (now with new muffin mix), Walk-a-thon / Cross Country Fun Run and Cancer Council Sunscreen. The old favourites including Crest Chocolates and raffles are still irresistible too.