Posted: 12/21/2007 12:07:47 PM EDT
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Im a member of a small rural volunteer dept. I come from a larger vol. dept so we didnt have these same problems, but here is my question. I have been tasked with coming up with ways to fund a Thermal Imaging Camera besides grants. Would like outside ideas from general public on good fundraising ideas. People just dont want to donate to FD like they use to. Thanks Austin |
| Would love to go through the grant process but our grant writer seems to have a whole lot of trouble writing/getting the grants. I have tried to get them let me take over doing it but I dont have the experience? Currently in the process of learning from neighboring departments. So until the time comes our grant administrator gets of his a$$ I need other ways to fund the Thermal Imaging Cameras. |
| I was on a small Vol Fire Dept for 6 years. We didn't have Fire Tax or anything, so our only money was what little the town and county budgeted for us, mostly for a new truck every 10 years or so. Other than that, everything was fund raisers. We done 50/50 raffles alot, make up a couple thousand tickets and sell them around town for $1 each. Then split the total sold with the winner that has their ticket drawn. We also raffled off things like a New Riding Lawn Mower, high end gas grills, etc. Made out pretty good, used the money to buy new air packs, 5" hoses, etc. |
One of our departments holds a BBQ/pig smoking a couple times a year.  I don't know what kind of profit is made, but the parking lot is always full.A lot of other local organizations do the raffle thing. Post a couple of volunteers at the local grocery stores and department stores and you can get rid of tickets in a hurry. I've even seen signs and tickets for sale at my bank's teller window. On that grant thing: Can you take a local or heck any approved grant request and reword it to fit your department? Or is it a not quite as general as that? CHRIS |
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The Local High School Sports club had a Gun Raffle couple years back, 30 guns 30 days. Each ticket was $20 a piece and your name stayed in the box even if you had already won in the raffle, so you had 30 chances for $20 bucks. I think they sold 2000 tickets, that equals $40,000. then subtract the cost of the guns. Most were less than $400 a piece with a few $1000+ mingled in. I won a Marlin Model 60 22LR Semi-auto, which I Gave to my son as his Birthday Present. Gun Raffles work well in Rural community's Jason |