We've helped other organizations and schools just like yours meet their fundraising goals. Here are some easy tips to get you on your way to success!

Establish a Purpose

Make it easy for parents and card-buying customers to say "Yes!" to your program by defining where the money will go. Is it to finance a student trip, new uniforms, a scholarship fund, or to help a sick child? Include the goal in your promotions and print it on the back of your cards.

Set a Goal Amount

Establish a goal based on your specific purpose. Keep participants aware of your progress throughout the campaign to maintain enthusiasm. Post updates on your Web site, in your newsletter, or place posters in the hall or lunchroom with the current amount raised. A bright red "thermometer" works well. Let the child who sold the most cards that week color in the new segment.

Define a Theme or Event

A central theme can add focus to your campaign and eliminate the students' question, "What will I draw?" Tie the theme to a current school topic such as dinosaurs or weather. Seasons, holidays and special events can also be fun for the artists. Flowers or animals also make popular cards.

Get Organized

Assign activities like coordinating the artwork, promoting, order taking, and delivering the finished cards to teachers, volunteers, and parents. Make sure to request the existing database file of students names from your school for easy on-line ordering.

Advertise and Promote

Successful campaigns require promotion. Hang flyers and posters and send them home with the kids, contact newspapers and TV stations, and invite local businesses to participate or ask them if they'll sell the cards near the cash register.

Encourage "Pre-Ordering"

Offer discounts or incentives for initial orders and request payment at the time of order. This will help offset production costs and create a positive cash flow.

Distribute Widely

Find opportunities to sell the cards outside your school or organization and beyond the immediate participants and their families. Gift shops, supermarkets, other clubs and organizations may provide great opportunities, especially when you have a worthwhile fundraising purpose the community can support.

Corporate promotions with KidsKards

Here's a way to sell more cards while getting area companies involved in your cause. Work with a local company representative who usually purchases holiday cards - often a marketing director, office manager or head of human resources - to decide on a holiday motif. Your kids create the art and the company purchases cards to send to their customers for the holidays. You can offer the company a special message inside the card, while the back indicates that the sale of the cards helps your organization or special project.

It's a win-win solution for everyone: the company buys cards that are more personal than the generic boxed cards on the market, plus they show that they're involved in the community. And your school or organization receives even more public awareness for your important message.

For more ideas, read how others have used KidsKards, and see examples of their artwork. Or contact us at info@kidskards.com