Lapel Pins – The Perfect Fundraiser
Most organizations, clubs, and church groups have regular fund raising events. If you are too tired to pucker for the kissing booth this year, consider beautiful, custom-designed lapel pins. The return on your investment is high, the lapel pins are unique, and the initial investment is low.
Lets face it. Last year your dining room smelled like onions for a week after the Little League sub sale. The year before that, the chocolate bars melted in the trunk of your car. And we all know whats going to happen if you try to muscle in on the Girl Scouts and sell cookies. Lapel pins circumvent all that drama. They are small and easy to store. They dont melt and the dog wont eat them.
Maybe the local skating phenomenon is trying to raise money to go to the Olympic Games in Japan. An order of one thousand lapel pins might cost $2000. These would be high-quality ornate pins. The design could be a skate or an Olympic torch or whatever you come up with. You can design it or a house artist can render it for you.
These lapel pins could be sold for $10.00. That is a margin of $8.00 each. Thats an incredible return. With the support of a community, this is an achievable goal.
On a smaller scale, a high school band may have the art club design a lapel pin commemorating a trip to Carnegie Hall for a command performance of the Theme from 2001 A Space Odyssey. The design has black musical notes orbiting the yellow moon on a background of blue universe. Sounds beautiful, doesnt it? And its not out of reach. Parents and neighbors are more likely to show their support by buying a unique item that they can keep, especially if it was deigned and sold by members of the local school district.
The local church could design a pin shaped like an open Bible. It could have a scripture passage or other words on it. It could be shaped like a Star of David, a cross, or anything that held significance to the group. The profits might go for the choir's trip to see a Christmas show on Broadway, new pews in the church, or the expenses of their non-profit daycare.
Lapel pins are a convenient, lovely item to consider for your next fund-raising event. The design and sales process involves everybody, creating esprit de corps--a sense of community. Fond memories emerge from these little packages.