| Copyright (c) 2008 AIM Fundraising | | | | project be aware and conscious of your safety |
| Seniors need money for their class trip or prom. The | | | | policy. Print your policy and give a copy to each of |
| school band needs money to travel to a competition. | | | | your kids as well as to their parents. |
| Youth sports leagues need to earn funds for | | | | This will ensure that your parent pool understand that |
| equipment and the PTA needs money to fund a field | | | | you are not promoting unsafe sales practices, and |
| trip. These are all very real and good reasons for | | | | that their children are not being encouraged to "do |
| fundraising activities. | | | | what it takes" to make a sale. |
| When managing any type of team or school | | | | Cover repeatedly that your students should be |
| fundraising activity we should have the phrase | | | | concentrating their sales effort in a safe manner by |
| "Safety First" planted firmly in the minds of our | | | | limiting their sales efforts to friends, family, neighbors, |
| player, students and parents alike. Though as adults | | | | and their parents coworkers. |
| we may have this mindset already, it should especially | | | | C.) Communicate the need with reinforcement |
| be emphasized to our young people. | | | | You might create safety conscious posters to display |
| When developing a school fundraising campaign | | | | in high traffic areas of your school. Ask other |
| where children will be your primary sales force it is | | | | educator peers to assist you by adding verbal |
| imperative that you take the utmost precaution for | | | | reminders in class. Have "Safety First" or a similar |
| their safety. Develop a plan for the safe conduct of | | | | statement printed on all sales materials. If need be |
| your fundraiser and ensure that everyone knows | | | | buy are rubber stamp with your slogan and use it on |
| about it and make sure it is enforced. | | | | all printed sales literature. |
| A.) Focus on Safety First | | | | D.) Structure your prize program and sales |
| With chilling stories of criminal minds in the | | | | instructions to promote school fundraising safety |
| newspapers and TV news we recommend that | | | | One of the best ways to ensure that your kids are |
| under no circumstances should your kids be going | | | | safe while fundraising for their school or team is to |
| door-to-door selling for your team fundraiser or | | | | give the best and most exciting prizes at a level that |
| school fundraising project without appropriate adult | | | | can be reached without the kids feeling like they |
| supervision. Clearly, if your school fundraising plan | | | | have to "sell the world" to get them. Something else |
| requires door-to-door cold call sales you should | | | | that you can do is during your fundraiser kickoff, |
| completely revise your plan. And this should not be | | | | instruct the students how they can sell what they |
| limited to product sales. Other types of fundraising | | | | need to sell without going door-to-door by asking |
| activities such as a car wash or a bake sale outside | | | | some of their friends or relatives to take their |
| of local stores should have adult supervision as well. | | | | brochure to work for them. |
| B.) Develop a written policy concerning school | | | | Do not put your kids in unsafe situations. There is no |
| fundraising activities. | | | | amount of money that is worth jepardizing the |
| All fundraising activities should require that an adult be | | | | safety of the children. |
| present. Ensure that everyone involved in your | | | | |