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Parking Business and Charity Fundraising
Charity~ Charity ~ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am ..... Trent Decatur charity information.
In the parking business we are all aware of the need to fill up as many parking stalls as possible for the maximum price point. There are many ways to do this. One of the most inexpensive ways is through free publicity. A car wash fundraiser on or in your garage during a slow time of the week may just be that opportunity.
If Sunday is your facility's slowest day, a car wash for a church or youth group might be an idea. The radio station will play the spots five times a day for a week. Free airtime and all you have to do is be a Good Samaritan. If Saturday is a slow day, you can have a local high school group hold a fundraiser. High school bands often have annual budgets in excess of $40,000. They usually have 100+ kids in the band and that means 1.5 parents per kid, who are all your potential customers. Sound good so far? It gets better. Sometimes for a big event you can get the radio station to do an on-site remote and give away T-Shirts and prizes, thus promoting themselves on your parking lot.
Great for you-the more people who know about your lot the better. Once a person is familiar with your parking lot they are more likely to feel safe pulling into your lot instead of a nearby lot. The price point between competitors may also not be an issue anymore. After all, you are the community-oriented business; the other guy is just a parking lot.
High schools are not the only groups holding fund raisers. There's every kind of organization imaginable, from the Boys and Girls Club to the Boy Scouts, soccer teams to Little League, cheerleaders to Young Miss Pageants. There are so many groups in need of funds and just as many thankful parents and fund-raiser car wash customers, who would gladly become your loyal patrons.
A car wash fundraiser might seem like a simple thing to organize. What do you need besides a hose, a couple of buckets, soap, water, some towels and volunteers? This might be find to raise a few hundred dollars. But if you're serious about raising a substantial amount of money and want to hold an event with the potential to raise $10,000 or more, the following are some tips from a company that has helped numerous organizations nationwide do just that.
Charity Give To Receive!We all know the truism that charity begins at home. Does it? And what is charity about, anyway? Is it just a square on a Monopoly game ..... According to Lance Winslow, Founder of The Car Wash Guys mobile car wash business, "Besides the cars, the most important ingredients in a successful car wash fund raiser are planning, organization and teamwork."
The Car Wash Guys, is a community-oriented franchise. Each franchisee gives back to their area by assisting with at least one car wash fundraiser per month. Having held literally hundreds of car wash events, Winslow decided to put his proven tactics for success in writing to help organizations everywhere achieve or exceed their fund-raising goals. If there is a franchisee in your area, they will come out and help for free.
If you are a government-run parking facility, you may wish to support a group connected with the agency. For instance, a college might assist a club on campus and a hospital might assist the Hospice; a Municipal lot might back the DARE Program, for example. If you are a parking structure or lot where there is shopping, you may be able to help the same shops that ......
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