We are so excited to roll out the latest edition of RealSouvenir.com! Our goal is to not only make it easier for your project to flow but you will find various ideas and guidelines to help your playing card fundraiser be a huge success. We will be rolling the multiple websites we have out there […]
We are often asked what the most important part is to our unique fundraiser. While we do supply customized tools to help make it easier to promote your project, the bottom line is if you don’t TALK TO YOUR PATRONS or donors then odds are your campaign will not succeed. Sending out emails is awesome. […]
It seriously takes practice to become a good fundraiser. For some people the process of “fundraising” may come more natural but everyone needs to do a few things to become more effective. Here are a few quick suggestions. 1. Read. Read. Then read some more. Find good books to help you learn and expand your […]
Sometimes it feels like no matter what you do there is always something that knocks you off track from reaching your fundraising goal. Sometimes you get knocked off track before you even choose which fundraiser you’re going to do! Aside from staying “organized” here are a few quick things to keep in mind when doing […]
Playing cards are a great way to celebrate your town or village and we can help you do it with our Real Souvenir Playing Cards. Each card in the deck is made the way souvenir cards used to be…with fun pictures on each card face. In more recent years people have moved to cheap, marketing […]
Often times the most difficult part of any organization is getting the board or trustees to agree on any one thing. Fundraising is no different. Many times your group is burned out, tired and stretched to the max. Trying something new just adds to the frustration and often times gets little or no results. This […]
Often times folks in the community don’t understand how much it cost to keep their local, state or county “history center” alive. While public funds may be available for some of the larger organizations they still often times need to subsidize funds to be able to pay for expansion, projects or even the next display. […]
Fundraising is the term referring to the process of soliciting and gathering money by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Fundraising typically refers to the efforts to gather funds for non-profit organizations. According to Wikipedia “Fundraising or fund raising (also known as “development”) is the process of gathering voluntary contributions of […]
After years of experience we have learned that the history centers with a population of 500 to 30,000 tend to be the ones that are the most successful with our fundraising program. While we have had a few with populations of less than 500 and quite a few with more than 30,000 we have learned […]
Do you have a special anniversary, season, or event coming up in your community or with your non-profit? Why not create a collectible deck of playing cards for your local event? It can be a local festival, carnival, fair or any type of event can be a great reason to create a piece of history […]
