In any company marketing or strategic plan, you must all the time perfect the performance and value what you have learned. Those clubs and non-profit groups who do will use this information to drive themselves in the market. Those who do not will be doomed to repeat past follies time and time again. Car Wash Fundraisers are no different. Here is guidance after doing hundreds of car wash fundraisers for your post appraisal and collection of funds.
Collecting Pledges
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Try to make sure the same citizen that received the pledges knock on the same doors to secure them. With corporate pledges, the leader of your group or the treasurer should go to the company to personally secure the funds and thank them for supporting your group. If your members are reluctant to go back to secure pledges, send them in teams of two or three and cover all of their corresponding areas. If person refuses to pay, act very sad and tell them how hard you worked. Obviously you are not going to sue them, if they fail to pay and threatening them makes no sense, there are just certainly scummy citizen in the world and that perhaps is a part all in itself?
Evaluation
Try to be objective. If you can't, just tell everyone they did a perfect job and pat yourself on the back. If you think you can be a little objective, ask yourself:
What went wrong?
Did you meet your mark goals?
How were pledges?
Did whatever complain and if so about what?
Was the asset owner happy?
Did you use due diligence with wash water run off?
Did you cause a traffic problem?
How long was the line of cars?
Was your team exhausted?
Did anyone's temper get out of hand?
Did everyone enjoy themselves?
How much money did you make?
Could you have made more?
This will give you a very good start in evaluating your car wash fundraisers success. Then ask yourself these questions:
What could you convert for next year?
What problems would that solve?
Would this generate other problems?
Write down four to five pages. Be honest. This information will truly be invaluable for next year's car wash fundraiser group. Send your evaluations to our author. Fax them to 1-888-Wash-Gal. Is there whatever left out of this book that you believe was significant? If you belong to a national society send your basic plan and appraisal to them also. Other chapters of your society may be planning a car wash fundraiser. No sense in development the same mistakes twice. These other chapters will have similar make ups of citizen types, ages and values that are dissimilar than other organizations. I have visited hundreds of organizations. I have watched them make mistakes at car washes that I myself hadn't plan of. Most of these mistakes are mentioned in this book. But there will all the time be new pitfalls. If you do all in this book you can be flourishing and beat your projections even if you make a few mistakes along the way. Share your information and your wealth.
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Set A Tentative Date For Next Year
Put your appraisal pages in a portfolio with a piece of paper recommending a tentative date for next year's car wash fundraiser. Put a big rubber band on the portfolio so nothing falls out. Write over the portfolio "Top underground - Car Wash Fundraising Information" at a 45° angle. On the tab on the portfolio write the month of your tentative date; give this portfolio to the treasurer of your group. This way it won't get lost and it will be automatically transferred to next year's treasurer. Even if you are not complex in the group next year, your car wash fundraiser event's patrimony will live on. The treasurer in any group will ordinarily be very responsible and will also know the reality surrounding your group's financial picture. They will certainly bring this portfolio to the group's attention if they get low on funds. When picking a date for next year, stay away from three-day weekends, religious holidays, county fairs and predominately rainy months. Copy the e-book and stick it in the portfolio as well.
Announce Your Earnings
Tally up the estimate of cars washed, mark sales and donations. Let everyone know how much they earned. This is a form of instant gratification. Remember this is a country built on capitalistic value. By announcing the money made and an 'ata-boy', members will feel good about what they have done. The money represents success. everyone wants to be a winner. Tell them they are winners. You did it! No excuses. You just did it. You accomplished something great straight through teamwork. If your group can do this, they can do anything. If you are a sports team you've united your team. If you have an upcoming game, you have a much great opportunity to win. If you're someone else kind of group you've built unity and belief in the group and a 'We're in it to win it' attitude.
Your post appraisal and notification of your success is foremost to the hereafter of the group. Think on this.
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