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MnCU4Kids challenges Credit Unions to do at least
four fundraisers per year -- two internal and two for members. To
see ideas for seasonal fundraisers,
click here.
MnCU4Kids Reporting Form (29KB, PDF file)
– After each of your credit union’s MnCU4Kids fundraisers, please send in
this completed form.
Anytime Ideas
Apparel Sales
Take orders for Credit Unions for Kids apparel,
then sell adding the donation mark-up to the flyer
prices. This document contains information about apparel you can
purchase with the "CUFK" logo.
Coin Collections
CU4Kids Change A Child’s
Life campaign lets you collect coins and
small change for the Children Miracle Network.
Cookouts
Hosting member cookouts is a great way to get to
know your members better, and to raise money at
the same time. And with a little advance planning,
it's a very simple and very effective
fundraiser!
This document
(61KB, PDF file) contains
tips for planning cookouts for your summer.
Candy Bar Sales
Put out a box of candy bars by each teller station
and encourage members to buy a bar! It's an
easy, delicious fundraiser! Contact Van Wyk
Confections, 888-465-5141 to order. To check out the variety of
candy bars available,
click here
(1MB, PDF file)!
Shopping For Miracles
Buy online from a participating store, and
they'll make a donation to Gillette Children's
Hospital. Find out more!
Crayon Wheel (471KB, PDF file)
Color the
way to your fundraising goal by selling these
six-color crayon wheels.
Shopping For Miracles
Buy online from a participating store and
they'll make a donation to Gillette Children's
Hospital. Find out more!
'Change a Child's Life' Change Drive
For this
fundraiser, simply display coin
collection boxes in your branches and
invite your members to change a child’s
life by donating their spare change. For
more information and to register for a
kit, visit
CU4KidsChangeDrive.org. Delivery
will take five to seven business days.
In addition to kit contents,
downloadable collateral materials are
available on this website to help
support both pre- and post-campaign
activities.
A special thank you to our campaign
sponsor, CO-OP Financial Services, for
underwriting the cost of the kits. CO-OP
also funds the very successful Miracle
Match program, which has generated more
than half a million dollars for
Children's Miracle Network hospitals
across the United States. To learn more
about the Miracle Match program,
click here. |
More Ideas from CUNA News Now
 (CUNA News Now. Editor's note: This is part
three of a series of articles News Now is
featuring on credit unions and cause marketing.)
MADISON, Wis. (12/20/10)--While cause marketing is
serious business, the events that support it
involve fun and creativity. There are many
creative fundraising ideas from credit unions
involved with CUs for Kids.
JUST DOUGH IT! For example, each year
employees from Rivermark Community CU,
Beaverton, Ore., partner with the Safeway Bread
Plant in Clackamas to produce and package
thousands of pounds of cookie dough for its
Dough for Doernbecher drive. The credit union
sells sugar-cookie dough for $5 a five-pound bag
and chocolate-chip cookie dough for $7.50 per
five-pound bag. All ingredients are donated, and
all proceeds benefit Doernbecher Children's
Hospital. In its 26th year, the event raised
over $50,000 for the local children's hospital
in 2009.
CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE: Since 2006, iQ CU,
Vancouver, Wash., and Fibre FCU, Longview,
Wash., have sponsored a credit union charity
motorcycle ride to benefit Doernbecher
Children's Hospital The event began in 2006 and
raised $16,000. This year, 130 riders took part,
and they raised more than $32,000. "Our hope is
that it continues to grow, and becomes a
premiere event in the area," said Brad Wood,
information systems manager at iQ Credit Union.
CHRISTMAS TREE AUCTION: Cascade Community
CU, Roseburg, Ore., is conducting its fifth
annual Christmas tree auction to benefit Credit
Unions for Kids. Each employee is provided with
a tree ranging from 18 inches to 4 feet in
height and $25 for decorations. Most employees
choose a theme and solicit additional gifts from
local businesses. As of Thursday, the event had
garnered $4,600 in bids with one day left; and a
dollar for dollar Co-Op Miracle Match grant from
CO-OP Financial Services will potentially total
nearly $10,000.
RUMMAGE SALE: For the past 10 years,
Cascade Community CU also has hosted a one-day
rummage sale to benefit Credit Unions for Kids.
Members can reserve a space to sell their
valuables for $25, or $35 for a covered space.
As the credit union tells its prospective
sellers: "We provide the space. We provide the
advertising. You provide the treasures." The
credit union also sells hot dogs and Pepsi has
donated beverages for the event. Last year the
event raised about $1,200.
TRUCK LOAD OF GRAVEL RAFFLE: Cascade
Community CU also offers its an annual "We Will
Rock You" raffle for a truck load of gravel.
(Yes, gravel) The promotion began when a credit
union employee suggested the idea because she
knew someone who worked at a local gravel
company. The raffle has been a big hit with
members with homes needing the gravel for
landscaping. Casey Buller, vice president of
marketing at the credit union, said the event
raises about $2,000 annually for Credit Unions
for Kids. "It just goes to show that a raffle
prize doesn't have to be a car or expensive
getaway," said Buller. "People want something
functional too, something they can use." |
