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Autism Awareness Car Magnets

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Autism Awareness Car Magnets
Autism Awareness Car Magnets

Autism Awareness Day is Just Around the Corner

April 2nd marks Autism Awareness Day and it’s a good reminder to start your custom car magnet fundraiser and use autism awareness ribbon magnets. These magnets make for a great choice when you want to raise funds for your group and raise awareness about autism.

This year will be the 14th annual World Autism Awareness Day and you can join in by running your fundraiser in the month of April. Many will come together to help raise awareness for autism and support those that love those with autism.

April is the month for autism-friendly events and a great time to run your custom car magnet fundraiser with autism awareness magnets. Many consider the entire month of April to be World Autism Awareness Month, which means you can start your fundraiser and participate in this great event.

The History of World Autism Awareness Day

The word Autism started to be used in 1911. It was first introduced by psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler and was used to describe the symptoms of schizophrenia.

The way Autism was defined changed later in 1943 when psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner used the word to describe a social and emotional disorder in children. Even though the word Autism has been used for more than a century, World Autism Day wasn’t started until 2007. It was first set up by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 62/139 and has been held on April 2nd of each year since 2007.

The day is filled with unique traditions including wearing the color blue and several events to help educate the public. It’s common for Autism Awareness Day to spark fundraisers and all types of awareness events throughout the month of April. You can start your awareness fundraiser for Autism in April, too.

Stats About Autism Awareness

With April 2nd marking the 14th annual Autism Awareness Day, it’s good to understand some of the stats about Autism.

  • 1 in 145 girls was diagnosed with ASD in 2016, while 1 in 34 boys was diagnosed with ASD
  • The most common age children are diagnosed with ASD is 4
  • 1 in 59 children was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in 2018
  • Children with a child with autism have a 2% to 18% chance of having a second child with autism
  • About 31% of children have an intellectual disability because of ASD

There are many things that can cause autism and it’s a rather complex thing. It’s important to spread awareness on Autism Awareness Day and all throughout the year.

Some of the ways you can observe World Autism Awareness Day include:

  • Sharing information online
  • Starting your custom magnet fundraiser with Autism magnets
  • Get involved with a local autism association
  • Attend awareness events

Taking the time to make others aware is a great way to help those with ASD. It’s very helpful to diagnose autism as early as possible and it’s important to spread awareness so parents and others know how to do this.

Recently, I came across a useful guide for people with ASD using the internet, here:
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/internet-safety-guide-for-people-with-autism-spectrum-disorders/

If you’re planning a custom car magnet fundraiser and you want to use autism awareness magnets, starting it in April is a great idea. We can help you with our autism awareness magnets.

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Top Fundraising Ideas for Teen Youth Groups

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Top Fundraising Ideas for Teen Youth Groups

Teen youth groups often need to raise money for outings, field trips, supplies, parties, and more. When this is the case, you need a great fundraising idea teens will enjoy as they raise money for the group.

Depending on your youth group, you may want to choose an awareness custom car magnet and partner with a charity, such as autism awareness or cancer awareness. This can help reach the emotional side of your teens and those they are selling to, along with providing funds for your youth group and the charity you partner with.

Here are some of the good fundraising ideas to consider, but selling custom awareness magnets will offer a higher profit margin and an easier fundraiser to run.

7 Fundraising Ideas for Teen Youth Groups

1. Unique Car Wash

Everybody loves a good car wash, but why not make it a bit unique? Put your own twist on it by letting your teens dress up to fit a theme or even putting on a quick little show of some sort during the car wash.

Imagine if you had a team of superheroes ready to wash cars. This could be a fun theme and you could even give away a custom car magnet with any donation of $20 or more.

2. Gift Wrapping

During the holiday season, everybody needs gifts to be wrapped. You can have a spot at your church or school where you offer to wrap gifts and make it known you will be available for a certain amount of hours and days.

3. T-Shirt Fundraiser

Custom t-shirts can be fun for teens to sell if you get the right design. However, be prepared to deal with sizes and issues if someone doesn’t like the way it fits.

4. Big Game Party

If the Super Bowl is coming up or another big game, you can hold a huge event for it or do multiple house parties with a telecast. This can be a good way to raise money as you charge an entry donation and encourage those attending to bring snacks and beverages.

5. Fashion Show

If your group of teens are into fashion, a fashion show offers a good fundraiser. You can pair it with a 50/50 drawing, selling concessions, a dinner, and selling custom car magnets for the ultimate fundraiser.

All you need is a space to hold the fashion show, chairs, and a runway. Then, you just need to get some students and parents to do the modeling and put your own unique twist on the show.

6. Sock Fundraiser

Selling socks is a bit unique and some groups of teens might like this type of fundraiser. It can be fun, but also a bit odd for some people.

7.  Spaghetti Dinner

Pasta dinners are very cheap to run as pasta is cheap to make. With teens, you can let them do serving and cooking, with supervision, and run the event. It’s a great way to bring together the community and raise some cash.

You can pair selling custom car magnets for your group with any event fundraiser to make it even better. This can help you gain bigger donations and bring in more cash.

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How to Increase Your Fundraising Sales Fast

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School Magnets for Fundraising

How to Increase Your Fundraising Sales Fast

Fundraisers are not easy. Many groups try to perform better than they did the year before, which means you need to increase your fundraiser sales. Let’s look at a few ways you can get more sales this year.

7 Ways to Boost Fundraiser Sales This Year

1. Choose the Right Product

If you ran a fundraiser with cookie dough last year and did okay, maybe you need a different product this year. Custom car magnets can help you boost your sales as they give you an easy-to-sell product for a high-profit margin.

With the right product, you can increase your fundraising sales fast. Choose wisely and match the product with your group and your audience.

2. Don’t Run Too Many Fundraisers

Your supporters can get rather burned out if you’re trying to sell them something every few months. Sometimes it’s better to just run one or two fundraisers instead of running them consistently. Focus on selling more with one and you might see larger profits compared to trying to run three or four fundraisers every year.

3. Get the Work Out

There are many creative ways to get the word out when you’re going to run a fundraiser. You can partner with local businesses to help sell your fundraising item or even get them to sponsor some advertisement for you.

It’s also possible to get featured on local news channels, speak at local churches, or get advertising from another type of organization donated to your cause.

4. Sell a Custom Product

Maybe you’re just one of many groups selling cookies, popcorn, or pizzas. It’s not very unique and your audience might not find it necessary to buy from you.

A custom product, such as a custom car magnet, might offer a better option for your fundraiser this time around.

5. Choose a Different Time of Year

Did you try to run a fundraiser in the summer last year and it didn’t go so well? Try the spring this year or even the winter. Many groups find the holiday season to be a great time to run their fundraiser due to the generous mood many people are already in.

6. Get More People Involved

Maybe last year you just got the students involved in your school fundraiser. This year, get the parents and teachers involved, too. The more people involved, the easier it is to spread the fundraiser by word-of-mouth.

7. Consider Expanding Your Audience

There are several ways to expand your audience and sell more for your fundraiser. When you want to increase your fundraiser sales, maybe it’s as simple as posting up outside more stores to sell or going into the next community over this year. The more reach you can create, the more sales you can make, even if they are to people you didn’t think would be that interested.

These seven tips will help you to increase your fundraiser sales this year. Use these tips to create a plan you can use to raise more money with your fundraiser the next time around.

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How to Sell a Product for a Fundraiser

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How to Sell a Product for a Fundraiser

You’re in charge of raising money for your school, the youth group at church, sports team, or any other group, but where do you start? Maybe you’ve decided to sell a product for a fundraiser, such as an awareness car magnet or a custom car magnet.

If you’re still not sure how to sell a product for a fundraiser, use the guide below.

Before the Sale

Before you start selling custom car magnets, you want to get organized. It’s important to get a team of people in your organization to help with the fundraiser. Figure out how you will order the item you plan to sell, what the budget will be, how much you will charge, and other details of your plan.

Once you have a plan in place, it’s time to actually move onto selling your product and raising money for your group.

Get Your Group Ready

Whether you’re raising money for a high school football team or for an entire middle school, you need to assemble your group and get them prepared. They should understand what you’re selling, the benefits of the product, and how to sell it, if they will be helping with the sales.

Provide samples of the product or products you will be selling and speak to the group about how the process will work. Let them know how to accept payment, how to deliver the product, and how to go about selling it. You might even want to have a simple script they can use for selling the product as a fundraiser.

Put Money Management Practices in Place

With some items, your sales team (students, parents, group members, etc.) will collect money as they take orders, and then deliver the product later. Custom car magnets don’t require this step with fundraising, but you will still want to have money management practices in place.

Set up a separate bank account for the fundraiser, if necessary, and decide how you will accept payment. Will you take cash only, credit cards, debit cards, checks, etc.?

You also want to know what to do if a check bounces or if you receive cash payments from your sales team. Make sure you have a plan for dealing with the money and where you plan to deposit it as it comes in.

Set Up Places to Sell

While you might encourage those participating to go door-to-door or speak with family and friends, there are other ways to sell custom car magnets or another product during your fundraiser. You can set up grocery and department stores that will allow you to sell outside of them and send some of your sales team to each location.

It’s also possible to take advantage online with social media. Design a post that everybody can use on Facebook, Twitter, Tic Tok, Instagram, and other social sites. Let them share it on their profile or page with their audience.

With a good social media post, you can drive product sales with the family and friends of all those involved in selling for your group.

You can learn how to sell a product for fundraising with the simple guide above. There are plenty of other things you want to figure out, but this will get you started on the right track.

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A Quick Beginner’s Guide to Fundraising

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Fundraising Car Magnets

A Quick Beginner’s Guide to Fundraising

Fundraising isn’t the easiest task to undertake. Whether you’re trying to raise funds for a youth group at church or for a middle school, it can be a rather daunting task.

If you’re a beginner at fundraising, there are some basic things you want to understand before moving forward. Let’s look at a few quick things to ensure you have a guide you can use to start fundraising for your group.

Five Quick Tips for Fundraising Beginners

1. Clear and Concise Communication

It’s always important to communicate your fundraiser properly. Whether you’re speaking to a church congregation or you’re sending a letter home for parents, the communication needs to be straightforward and easy to understand.

This is especially true if you plan to let parents, students, or members of your group do the selling during your fundraiser. You want to ensure they receive the message and know exactly how to sell the product you plan to use to raise money.

2. Choose the Right Product/Fundraiser

A huge part of fundraising is matching the right product or fundraiser with your group. It wouldn’t make much sense to have a group of seven-year-olds hold a fancy gala, just as it wouldn’t make much sense to have a casino night for a church that doesn’t believe gambling is okay.

You want to choose a fundraiser your group members can get excited about and fits the age of the group. Some fundraisers are a bit universal, such as selling custom car magnets. Just about any group can sell car magnets designed specifically the way they prefer.

3. Create Opportunities for Your Fundraiser

If you’re selling a product or tickets to an event as a fundraiser, you want to create opportunities for those doing the selling. Don’t just send students or group members out on their own to find ways to sell. Give them ideas and even create opportunities.

For example, you can speak with local businesses and see if there’s a time you can have a few group members set up to sell outside the business. This can effective with grocery stores and gives participants an easy way to earn some sales.

4. Motivate those Selling for You

There are many ways to motivate your group. While you might think the end goal of raising money should be enough motivation, it’s often not going to be.

Some groups will be motivated by prizes they can receive for selling the most or hitting certain milestones. Others might be motivated by a collective goal that helps them earn a pizza party or another type of reward.

Figure out what will motivate your group and use it to your advantage.

5. Stay Very Organized

It can become rather hard to run a successful fundraiser if you’re not organized. Have a system in place to ensure everything is organized and easy to understand.

There are many things you should know about starting out with fundraising. These five tips will get you started and the type of fundraiser you choose will determine how much more you will need to learn before taking on fundraising for your group.

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Church Youth Group Fundraisers for Low or No Cost

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Church Car Magnets

Church Youth Group Fundraisers for Low or No Cost

You might not have much cash you can spend upfront for your church youth group fundraisers. When you need a low or no-cost fundraiser for your church youth group, you need to know your options.

Below, we are going to look at a few fundraisers you can run without spending a dime. We will also cover a few others that have an upfront cost, but it’s minimal compared to other fundraisers, such as gala events, festivals, and other expensive fundraisers.

Church Youth Group Fundraiser with No Cost

There are several church youth group fundraisers you can run with no upfront cost, such as:

  1. Car Washes (If suppliers are donated and you get volunteers)
  2. Bake Sales (If you have a free place to hold the sale and get donated baked goods)
  3. Wall O’ Money (Cost nothing if you can get the envelopes and a whiteboard or bulletin board for free)
  4. Custom Awareness Magnets (No cost, if you can partner with a sponsoring business)

Car washes and bake sales are pretty common and easy to hold with the youth group members volunteering their time. Congregation members at the church can donate baked goods or supplies for the car wash to make this a free fundraiser to run for your church youth group.

A Wall O’ Money fundraiser is literally a wall of money. You place envelopes with dollar amounts from $1 to $50 or $100 on them. Then, you can put instructions for the donation in the envelope telling donors to put cash or a check in the envelope and put it in the offering plate or basket.

The youth group members can decorate the envelopes to make them stand out and you can raise a good amount of cash with this type of fundraiser. The envelopes will be put on a whiteboard or bulletin board and you will need someone to announce the fundraiser at services to the congregation.

Custom awareness magnets allow you to support a cause, such as autism or a cure for cancer. You can donate some of the proceeds to the organization while raising the funds for your church youth group. If you can find a sponsoring business, they can pay the bill for the magnets in exchange for including their logo on the magnet or within other promotional materials. This makes selling custom awareness magnets a free church youth group fundraiser.

Church Youth Group Fundraiser with a Low Cost

Along with the no-cost church youth group fundraisers above, you can try some of these low-cost fundraisers for church youth groups.

  1. Custom Car Magnets – Pay as little as $0.95 per magnet and sell them for as much as $15 each.
  2. Carnivals – If your church already has supplies for a carnival, such as games and booths, you can run this type of fundraiser for a low cost.
  3. Ice Cream Socials – For the cost of ice cream and toppings, this fundraiser can be run for your church youth group.

There are plenty of good church youth group fundraisers you can run at low or no upfront cost. These are just some of the good ideas. You can even pair selling custom car magnets with another fundraiser to boost your revenue.

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Grasping the Many Benefits of Custom Car Magnets

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Custom Car Magnets
Custom Car Magnets

Grasping the Many Benefits of Custom Car Magnets

Custom car magnets can be sold to raise funds for all types of organizations. They don’t spoil, require special storage, or take up much space. These effective, powerful little marketing tools can be used to spread your organization’s message, too.

There are many benefits behind custom car magnets as a fundraiser and for other purposes. Let’s look at some of the top benefits so you can better understand what you will be getting when you choose custom car magnets from Arc Marketing.

Easy to Sell/Distribute

Whether you’re selling custom car magnets to raise funds or handing them out to spread awareness, they are easy to sell and distribute. The compact size makes it easy to store thousands of magnets in a small space and hand them out or sell them easily. This is one of the most convenient fundraising items you will find.

Provide Value

For parents of athletes or students, custom car magnets provide the value of showing off pride. They can also be a way to show fandom for a sports team or support for a specific cause. When you sell custom car magnets, they offer value to your audience.

If you’re raising money for a sports team, you can use custom magnets for schedules (more for the fridge than the car) or you can use them to show off pride with the mascot and/or team name. They can also offer a way to spread awareness for a cure for cancer, autism, or another cause.

Very Budget-Friendly

Custom car magnets are incredibly affordable for those trying to raise awareness or funds. Whether you want to buy them in bulk and sell them for a high margin, or you plan to hand them out as a part of another fundraiser or to spread awareness, they are very budget-friendly. You can get custom car magnets for as little as $0.95 per magnet.

Versatile

While they are called custom car magnets, these magnets can be placed on any magnetic surface. They can be placed on a fridge, filing cabinet, or any other surface. Whether you want to market them as car magnets or just magnets, they can be displayed in many ways.

Visually Attractive

Since these are custom car magnets, you gain the benefit of a visually attractive magnet. You can choose the size, shape, colors, fonts, and more. Of course, our design department is here to help you make these decisions to ensure you have a great-looking magnet.

Offer Functionality

While there isn’t much functionality for the magnets if they are displayed on a vehicle, they can become very functional on a fridge or filing cabinet. Not only can they be decorative, but they can also hold shopping lists, pictures, or other items you want to display. This gives those buying or receiving the magnets a functional item they can use, which offers even more value.

Custom car magnets come with many benefits. Whether you’re using these magnets to raise awareness or to raise funds, you can get them for a low cost and gain all of these benefits and so much more.

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Choosing the Right Youth Church Fundraiser Idea

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Choosing the Right Youth Church Fundraiser Idea
Choosing the Right Youth Church Fundraiser Idea

Choosing the Right Youth Church Fundraiser Idea

The right youth church fundraising ideas can help you fund a trip for your group, a fun night out, or anything else you need for your youth groups at church.

Teenagers and other kids need fun things to do at church to help get them involved. With the right youth church fundraiser ideas, you can fund plenty of unique events and trips for the youth. Here are some of the best options for your youth church fundraiser.

Top 5 Youth Church Fundraiser Ideas to Consider

1. Sell Custom Awareness Magnets

Start by taking a poll within the youth of your church to find out which cause they feel the strongest about. Give them three or four choices, such as autism, cancer, or any other cause.

After finding out what the youth feel strongest about, have an awareness magnet created for the cause. You can have the youth sell these magnets to raise money for the youth of your church and for the cause you have chosen. Donate 10% to the cause and let the rest of the funds go into the youth activities at your church.

2. Hold a Festival

Festival events are great for raising money for the youth of your church. However, this youth church fundraiser idea takes some planning and might take some upfront cash to help you get rolling. With a festival, you can sell several items, including custom car magnets, and you can raise money by holding games, raffles, and so much more.

3. Have a Bake Sale

Bake-sales usually run off volunteers and donations making them great for the youth of your church. You can even ask the youth to do the baking and make it a 100% baked by the youth bake sale. This type of fundraiser is very popular and will go over well in most churches.

4. Parent’s Night Out

A fun fundraiser you can try is a parent’s night out. Have the teens of your church play games and babysit the younger kids while the parents get to go out on a date. You can charge a flat rate or a by-the-hour rate with this fundraiser.

5. Hold a Silent Auction BBQ Event

Much like the festival event, you will have to do some pretty good planning, but this youth church fundraiser idea can pay off. Holding a silent auction and BBQ event can help get the families of the church involved. Get local businesses to donate items for the auction and you might even be able to get a few BBQ food trucks to come out for the event.

If you choose to have food trucks, they might be willing to donate a portion of their proceeds back to the youth of the church. This event can also include carnival types of games, raffles, and you can even sell custom awareness magnets at the event.

Custom awareness magnets are one of the best ways to raise money for the youth of your church. Whether you sell them as your entire fundraiser or pair them with an event where people are already spending money, they can help you raise even more cash. With the right cause, you can get people excited to buy the magnets to spread awareness, along with supporting the youth of your church.

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Budget-Friendly Fundraising Ideas to Consider

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Budget-Friendly Fundraising Ideas to Consider
Budget-Friendly Fundraising Ideas to Consider

Budget-Friendly Fundraising Ideas to Consider

You might not have the cash to put on a gala event or a golf outing. It might be too much for you to foot the bill to buy thousands of dollars in products to sell for your fundraiser.

There are plenty of budget-friendly fundraising ideas you can use to raise money without a large up-front cost. Let’s look at some of the best budget-friendly fundraising ideas to consider.

4 Top Budget-Friendly Fundraising Ideas for Your Organization

1. Custom Car Magnets

One of the best things about selling custom car magnets as your budget-friendly fundraising idea is the versatility. While these are some of the cheapest items you can buy to sell for fundraising, they can also be paired with several events and other fundraisers.

Custom car magnets can cost less than $1 per magnet. They can actually be free if you can find a business partner to sponsor your fundraiser and cover the cost. You can use custom car magnets for sports teams, churches, youth groups, elementary schools, and so much more.

Raising money with custom car magnets is very easy. You won’t need any special storage and these magnets can easily be sold at sporting events, school events, church services, and events, and more. You can sell them online with social media, door-to-door, and through many other methods.

2. Bake Sales

A very budget-friendly fundraising idea, a bake sale usually includes having people donate baked goods for sale. The one thing you will need is a space to hold your bake sale and a way to get people involved. It’s a very cheap fundraising idea, but bake sales will only bring in so much cash.

3. Fitness/Sports Classes

If you’re raising money for a sports team, you can hold fitness or sports classes for adults or youth. Charging an entry fee allows you to raise money, while you won’t need to put up much cash for this fundraising idea.

For example, if you’re raising money for a high school basketball team, you can hold basketball clinics over winter break. Have the athletes teach younger players the fundamentals of the game and charge a fee to attend the clinic. It can even be held over several days.

4. Car Wash Fundraiser

Another very cheap fundraising idea is holding a car wash. If you can find a place to hold it (preferably where this is plenty of traffic) you can hold a car wash for less than $100. All you have to do is buy the supplies and have your group do the washing of the cars.

You can even pair this with a custom car magnet fundraiser and give away the magnets for a certain level of donation for the car wash. For example, donations of $20 or more receive a free custom car magnet for your school or sports team.

There are plenty of budget-friendly fundraising ideas you can use to raise some cash for your group. Selling custom car magnets isn’t the cheapest option on this list, but it’s one of the best options. Choose the right idea for you and get started with your new fundraiser fast.

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How to Use Custom Sports Magnets to Promote Your Brand

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Custom Sports Magnets

How to Use Custom Sports Magnets to Promote Your Brand

While you might not be looking to promote your brand, a business in your local area could be interested. When a sports team looking to raise money partners with a business, it can be a match made in heaven.

Custom sports magnets can be used to promote your brand or the brand of a business in your local area. These magnets can also be used to help raise money for an organization. Whether it’s for a high school sports team or for a youth sports team, you can raise plenty of cash with the right partnership.

Business & Fundraising Partnership for Brand Awareness

When you need to raise money, you can partner with a local business to sell custom car magnets for your sports team. Whether your team is a baseball team, softball team, or soccer team, this can work out very well.

Businesses are always looking for ways to help the local community. If you can find a baseball fan that loves your team, they might be willing to pay for all your custom sports magnets. In return, they can include their logo as the sponsor for your magnets. This can help with brand awareness for the business and give you magnets you can sell for a 100% profit.

Since the business will cover the upfront cost, every magnet you sell for any price is a profit for your sports team. If you sell magnets for $5, $7, $10, or even more, you will gain full profit for your sports teams. No matter the price, since the business paid for your magnets, you get a 100% profit, which is unheard of with fundraising items.

Why Partner with a Business?

Outside the obvious benefit of getting a local business to pay for your custom sports magnets, you might gain other benefits, too. If you partner with a business and it goes well, they will likely become a regular sponsor/donor for your sports team. Next year, when you run another fundraiser, they will likely be willing to help.

Plus, they will become associated with your sports team, which can help you gain awareness, too. For example, if you partner with a local restaurant, they might put up pictures of your athletes in their business. This can help you gain more fans and sell more tickets for your events.

How the Business Benefits

Your sports team gains plenty of benefits, but so does the local business when they partner to sell custom sports magnets. They get the brand awareness of their logo as a sponsor on all the magnets. Imagine if 500 or 1,000 of those magnets are driving around our city or community with that business logo on them as the sponsor.

Brand awareness is a huge benefit for the business, but there’s more. The business also gains a charitable tax write off and they will look good in the community. You can even give them a team picture to hang up with a plaque as a thank you for sponsoring your fundraiser. This helps to make customers feel good when they see it displayed in the business.

Custom sports magnets can help raise awareness for your brand and help a sports team raise plenty of cash. Partnering with a local business gives you a great fundraiser and provides plenty of benefits for the business, too.