Selling raffle tickets is an effective way to raise money for charity.
Holding a raffle in conjunction with a benefit can raise additional funds for charity and increase awareness of your event. Before seeking donations from local business for items to raffle, create a list of potential raffle ideas. The perfect ideas for items to raffle at your benefit must work well with the theme of the benefit. If your benefit event does not have a theme, you should focus on seeking donations for items your target audience will enjoy.
Ideas for Women
If your target audience is women, soliciting donations from companies that provide pampering services can lead to a successful raffle. Consider raffle items that provide the perfect spa day, such as a facial, a half-hour or full-hour massage, a half-day at the spa, a pedicure-manicure combo or an afternoon of beauty at a top hair salon. Other popular raffle ideas for women include a gift certificate for a popular local boutique, personal shopping services, interior design services and lunch or dinner for two at a popular restaurant.
Ideas for Men
While some men may enjoy a full-hour massage or even a pedicure-manicure combo, to really garner male attention consider soliciting donations that have to do with technology or sporting activities. Raffles with prizes like a flat-screen television, tickets to a coveted sporting event or the latest version of some popular technology will generally excited and encourage men to purchase tickets.
Ideas for the Family
If your benefit targets families, you have a range of possibilities for raffle donations. Tickets to local family entertainment venues like mini-golf, bowling or arcade centers are always good ideas for raffles. Other family appropriate ideas include grocery store gift cards, gas gift cards, certificates for a family dinner at a local restaurant or even a certificate for a family portrait from a local photographer. If you can get someone to pay a family's utility bills for the month, it would be a popular raffle item.
General Interest
If you're not sure who is in your target audience, you can always raffle items that are interesting to almost anyone. Cars and big screen televisions are always fail-safe raffle ideas. Other options of interest to most people include tickets to local attractions like popular museums, concert tickets, computer equipment or high-value credit card gift cards that can be used anywhere.
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