Great Fundraising Idea Nonprofits:   Monthly Coffee Cart

1. 80% of adults drink and will spend $300+ a year on coffee — why not Haitian?
2. Get folks to pledge / sign up to drink Haitian for the year
3. Distribute bags via a coffee cart / table on the first Sunday of every month.  At the office or school, put monthly coffee in the break room for pickup.
4. Set and post a concrete goal for money raised.  Track progress, share photos, stories.

The big picture :

If just 50 of your supporter households drink Haitian for one year, you’ll raise $5,400: 50 x 3 bags/month x 12 months x $3 per bag

Add chocolate on special holidays & proceeds grow (Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day)

Details :

1. Create a plan / set a concrete goal for money raised (cistern repair, books, trade school, vitamins).  Example plan
2. Identify volunteers to coordinate orders & delivery — for example, staff a monthly coffee cart (add chocolate on special occasions).  Too often? How about first 2 Sundays every quarter!
3. Announce a “pledge to drink Haitian” event to share goals, method. Add our blank stationery to any order.
4. Your group signs up for a wholesale account at Singing Rooster (top right corner of every page on site).  Forward  confirmation email back to the Rooster.  Then order our at-cost sampler.
5. Hold your event & sign up supporters.  Use/modify our Sign up template

Distribution :   Set up a coffee cart / table on the first Sunday of the month where volunteers staff 3 months in a row (then train the next in line).   At the office, put monthly coffee in the break room.  Have a plan for people who don’t show or if they want to decrease or temporarily stop a month  (donate extra bags to the cause, give to friends, family?)  Have extra bags on hand to sell to folks who aren’t officially signed up.

* track progress towards goal attainment, post photos
** take advantage of Singing Rooster’s helpful marketing materials cut and paste photos, text to use on social media (on your website, Facebook, flyers, etc.)

• Publicity Resources save time when you’re raising money for Haiti or elsewhere around the globe.
  • Add brochures, tent cards, stationery, to wholesale orders.  After login, find at bottom of 1-page quick shop or on marketing page.
  • 1/2 sheet flyer  (MS word template – add your logo, words)
  • Farmer to Table Prezi :  use online or  download & use offline
  • Singing Rooster’s Power Point (created a couple years ago) is a good starting point to present ideas to your supporters.
  • contact Singing Rooster for high resolution photos (please cite & link to Singing Rooster)
  • Checklist for Event Planning (MS Word doc)
  • Ten Steps to a successful fundraiser (MS Word doc)
  • Make use of online fundraising resources like online invitation

Like our Pledge to Drink Haitian coffee cart?  We have other  great fundraising ideas !

Add Free Marketing materials to wholesale orders:

space-saving tent cards (stack them)

8.5 x 11 posters help tell the story