Forgot to tell you that the Alumni game is our end of year fundraiser. At the beginning of the season, the players get professionally printed discount cards to sell for $20 each. Each card has discounts from local restaurants that have agreed to accept the square with their name on it. Figure we have approximately 60 + kids on our JV and V teams combined. Each kid sold between 25-35 cards. In the beginning of this fundraiser, only one year ago, our Coach was skeptical about the program. It's now done every year and will continue indefinitely. I am not sure about the cost to professionally print the tickets, and there are gifts given to the players for hitting selling thresholds (team pull over, batting jacket, Oakley's), but the profit for the team is quite high.
Wouldn't work around here. Every freakin team from the 4 high schools serving our area sells those cards. at best your lucky if you sell 4 cards.
Same here...plus the football teams sell them too, I'm really beginning to dread my doorbell ringing!
Yep. We have the football, softball, soccer, golf teams, etc all selling these. In fact our baseball program has eliminate fundraisers. They simply ask the kids to supply their own pants and helmet. They provide specs for what they kids need so everyone is consistent. I prefer this over fundraisers.