How Can Alumni Support School Flower Fundraisers?

Alumni Giving: School Donations

Alumni engagement is an important aspect of community fundraising. Alumni donors are an easily tapped category of potential community supporters, and school administrations often have alumni association lists with contact information. Leveraging all angles is key when fundraising. By including school alumni, you can extend the reach of your campaign. Alumni involvement helps students and members of the community see the power of coming together for school fundraising. The more community members who engage with school fundraisers, the larger the community grows. Including alumni not only creates a more successful fundraising event but also sustains community growth for future engagement and donations.

Even alumni who aren’t able to commit their time can give gifts or simply purchase flowers from your event. Alumni giving isn’t the only incentive. Alumni spread the word of fundraisers through word-of-mouth, offer unique approaches to fundraising ideas, and can bring additional donors to the campaign. Inviting graduates to a fundraising event is an excellent way to engage alumni and invite them to assist.

Continue reading this blog post to learn more about alumni fundraising, employer matching donors, and building successful fundraisers.

Involving Alumni in Fundraiser Promotions and More

Alumni can get involved in school fundraisers in many helpful ways. Providing alumni volunteer opportunities makes it easier for them to help out beyond offering a donation. It takes a concerted effort to create a successful fundraiser. Involve alumni in different ways alongside your students, like promoting fundraisers and generating sales. Through their networks, alumni can spread the word and create new fundraising ideas. Many people donate their time and efforts to nonprofits each year, so by offering ways for them to get involved, you’re generating more success.

Alumni members can help set up a fundraiser event and provide support where needed. They can assist with inventory management and the delivery of goods. Flowers and plants are known to be a successful fundraiser draw, and extra hands make the entire process easier. The larger your community, the higher the morale, and the more success your fundraisers will achieve. Don’t hesitate to reach out to members of your school’s alumni for gifts, promotions, event organization, and more.

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Employer Matching for School Fundraising

Alumni fundraising is an effective way to increase the money raised during a fundraiser. We encourage all school fundraisers to promote matching gifts. Alumni can speak with their employer to implement a matching gift donation. Many companies are involved in social fundraising and offer a matching gift initiative. A company or organization will match employee gifts to your fundraiser. Encourage your alumni donors to speak with their HR about whether they can implement a gift matching program and utilize their donation funds. Even a small number of donors can raise money that outweighs the effort by your organization with the help of 1:1 matching. This match fund is a simple way to increase the reach of your fundraiser beyond that of your immediate community and students.

Promoting your fundraiser to alumni can give you access to large corporate donation funds. Some companies may make a donation in addition to gift matching. Send out information about your fundraiser to alumni, and list matching gift programs as an opportunity for them to become involved.

Build and Utilize Alumni Relationships

Building alumni relationships creates opportunities for long-term benefits and sustained fundraising donations. While the average number of alumni who donate to their alma mater is low, capturing what you can absolutely make a difference. When a school has a long-time relationship with alumni, they are able to reach out to them without having to organize new systems, events, or other time-draining tasks.

Alumni collectively have an expansive network, even in smaller cities, and utilizing these relationships can increase your donations and products sold. Alumni may give money to the nonprofit fundraiser, but they can also promote your fundraiser for sales. Alumni may get involved in selling flowers to their families, friends, coworkers, spiritual communities, and personal networks. A handful of alumni can make a significant difference.

Suggesting birthday fundraisers gives alumni an almost effortless way to get involved. Birthday fundraisers are when someone invites their friends and family to donate to nonprofits or fundraisers in their name instead of receiving physical gifts. Many adults don’t celebrate birthdays with physical gifts, but individuals can still use their birthdays as a way to come together to make a large donation.

JOCO Growers Fundraising Program

JOCO Growers provides flowers as an option for local fundraisers to sell in order to raise money. We prioritize the financial goals of our fundraising partners and assist you in creating the most successful campaign possible. Our growspace is fully committed to growing plants for fundraising. Zero percent of our plants are sold to big-box stores; we believe in growing for local communities, so local communities can grow.

Because flowers and plant sales are all pre-sale, there is zero risk to your fundraiser. Once sales have all been collected, you will place your order with JOCO Growers, and we will deliver the product to one location. From that point, you can distribute the products however you feel, whether that’s individual deliveries or have a pick-up day.

Plan A Fundraiser with JOCO Growers

Each season, we pinpoint trending colors and flowers to ensure maximum sales. Oftentimes, small fundraisers sell items and products that buyers aren’t truly interested in, and simply purchase because they want to support the organization. With Spring and Fall flower fundraisers, we have created opportunities to make the most out of the changing seasons and holidays.

We work with local organizations to help improve and build our communities. Throughout the years, JOCO Growers has helped make an impact throughout our local community and beyond. We continue to stretch our efforts further and further to allow communities the opportunity to grow.

With our love of horticulture and education, we believe that building community funds for schools and nonprofit organizations is key to future success. JOCO Growers not only provides flowers, but also helps you build a campaign, marketing materials, and more. To start your flower fundraiser or find out more information, contact us today.