BoosterHub

Online Booster Club Fundraising Campaigns

So many fundraising platforms exist to help programs like yours. Ask a few members of your booster club who are actively online to launch a campaign. Share your experiences, passions, your club's purpose, and photos for the campaign. Give the public a reason to contribute to your school and show how it contributes to your community. Ask people involved in your school to share information with their friends and family on the internet to raise funds for your booster club.These type of funraisers work best if you have good communication channels. Make sure that you announce the fundraiser and then promote it often.

Restaurant Nights

You may have spotted other clubs in your community hosting a booster club fundraising night at a local restaurant. These events are much easier to organize than you might imagine, and the restaurants enjoy them. Some restaurants will collaborate with you and share a portion of their revenues with you throughout the night. Your only duty is to get the word out to your supporters about this fundraising event and draw a crowd. Again, communication is the key.

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Our Club Has Been Using Charms and Has Student Accounts — Why Is This a Bad Idea?

There’s a lot to like about Charms Office Assistant. This program has been a music program stalwart and can help schools and boosters communicate with students, manage assessment data, and collect payments. We get the appeal of using Charms to support your athletic booster club’s billing activities — the system is already in place, and you can collect payments from students and parents all in one platform. However, Charms wasn’t really designed for booster clubs. It was really designed to be used by the school or music director. Most booster clubs are non-profits. The activities and best practices are different. For instance, non-profits can not fundraiser for the benefit of one person. They must fundraise for the group as a whole. Also, fees can not be mandatory in a non-profit. You can certainly say “100% participation is highly encouraged,” but you can not require anyone to pay to participate. By replacing Charms with a purpose-built booster solution, your club can:

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Round Rock Volleyball Is Ahead of the Game by Using BoosterHub MVP

After each sports season, the coaching staff gets together to review what went well and what they can do better next year. Often, coaches will turn to league winners for inspiration. During this process, they analyze film, look at stats, and explore ways to incorporate these insights into their own coaching strategies. Your athletic booster club can apply these same principles to get better at fundraising during the off-season. On that note, let’s turn our attention to the Round Rock Volleyball booster club and how they’re delivering for student athletes with BoosterHub.

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Is SMS a Good Way to Communicate with Donors and Booster Club Members?

Finding effective ways to communicate with donors and members is a problem as old as your school’s rivalry with the neighboring high school football team. And just like that generation-spanning rivalry, you never seem to be able to maintain the upper hand for long. During your time as an athletic booster club member, you’ve probably tried a variety of communication techniques, from phone calls to flyers and even email. If that’s the case, you know that none of these strategies are especially effective for relaying information to your membership. While you’ve probably considered using SMS messaging to talk to donors and booster club members, you may be hesitant to make yet another change to your communication strategy. But trust us — SMS messaging is the way to go. With the right SMS messaging tools in place, you can effortlessly share information, keep parents in the loop about upcoming events, and make 2023 your most productive fundraising year ever.