A fundraiser is always a good way to raise money for a good cause, and a mini golf tournament is certainly one of the best ways to raise money. Fundraisers for school brings fun and a lot of people of all ages can enjoy it. If planned and executed right, a mini golf tournament can yield a lot of funds. Here are some tips on how to effectively host a mini golf tournament. In any fundraiser, the venue is always the priority. You need to find a good place to play that is cheap and accessible, but with good facilities.
Booking the place ahead of time is a big advantage, because some facilities offer good discounts for advanced booking. You can either arrange a flat payment for exclusivity or you can choose per game fees to lower the rates.
You can also offer attractive variations like flat-rate family tickets, student discounts, or advance purchase discounts. This will guarantee that a lot of people will turn out to your event. Once you have the date set and the venue booked, it’s time to let the people know about your event. You can conduct a press release and invite major media outlets. Focus on the benefits of your fundraiser, which is the most news worthy aspect of the event.
If you are doing this to help a person, you can state that person’s story. Make sure to present the positive benefits of the proceeds. You can also use other forms of advertising such as posters in store windows, community newsletters, email and other methods in disseminating the information about your event. To lessen your expenses for the event and to increase your profit, you can ask local businesses to sponsor a hole.
Just keep the prices reasonable and these businesses will have their signs displayed at each hole they are sponsoring to acknowledge their contribution and for advertising purposes as well. Also, encourage sponsors to offer something creative like a two for one coupon for all players. This is a good way to promote their business. A business could also offer certain prizes for players who beat a certain score or for players who can hit a hole in one on the 18th hole.
You can also ask business establishments to donate prizes to lower your expenses. On the day of the event, you can gain extra funds by using your creativity. You can do a raffle for donated prizes and sell the tickets at reasonable prices. You can also sell food and drinks for added profit and, with the course owner’s permission, you can even run your own concession food stand during the entire event.
You can also offer silent auctions for donated goods and services. Place the items together with attractive descriptions and pens and papers so people can put in their bid. And, most importantly, ask for donations. You can do this by simply putting a jar on one noticeable corner in the event and putting a donation sign so people can just put their donations in the jar.