HoundsGood: Chronicles of a Virtual Volunteer

I recently came across a site that sold baseball radar guns and thought of an idea for a fundraiser. People always seem to like to compete against eachother, and one could run a fundraiser where there is a competition for the fastest pitch. It would work well as a fundraiser to purchase uniforms for the school baseball team, but it could also be used as a booth for just about any group. There are people who go to golf tournaments for causes they don’t support. They agree with the cause, but aren’t regular supporters but decide, “Hey, I get to golf,” and they go for it. I suspect this would be the same case. If you were worried about a competition, then people could give a donation for their pitch speed to be recorded. Not everyone has a baseball radar gun, so the novelty of the thing might win people over.

The details of the event are up to you,  but you surely would be the only group in town, or one of the few, who would be doing it.  I am invited to so many “Jail and Bail” events and asked to purchase so many charity cookbooks that its refreshing to see a new idea that you don’t begrudgingly participate in because you support the charity. I think the idea would attract parents of the little league team, hot shots who want to impress their friends, and just the plain curious.

As far as procurring the radar, perhaps you could recruit a sponsor to purchase it.  Later, you could donate it to the baseball team.  A lot of folks wonder why instead of having sponsors fund it, that the sponsors just couldn’t donate money and then you wouldn’t have to have the event?  Some groups and companies are limited in what financial donations they can give, and an “in kind” donation may be more possible.  Also, if a variety of sponsors get together on it at your rcruitment, it would only cost each a little.  It is like seed money to generate more donations.

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