Raffle Donation Packages

to have a successful raffle it is important to have really good prizes.  The first time contacting anyone can be some what of a challenge.  They call it a cold call and you never know what the answer is going to be.  But the 1st time is the hardest and it only gets easier.  Always start with the people you know, it makes good practice and you will most likely get a yes.

i started with friends who worked for or owned various big and little businesses.  Early i learned that i needed some kind of a request letter on letter head.  I went to my favorite source of all that is creative, Pinterest, and searched.  There i found a letter that i liked, tweaked it, then let it evolve depending on who i was asking for a request from.

here's what my first letter looked like:

i later added a paragraph about how we will affect the community.

Here are some learnings:

Require Email:

Dave's Market- only really like to help food related organizations: food banks 

Foxwood's Casino- kasia Radicioni- Kradicioni@foxwoods.com

LaSalle Bakery- lasalledonations@gmail.org

URI- 

PC-

Requires letter in person:

Shaw's- super helpful

99 restaurant- super nice

Mulligan's Island- prefer sports related

Macy's- 

Dave & Busters- follow-up, follow-up, follow-up

Petsmart- 

Snail Mail:

Pawsox- very friendly

Mail to: Grace Eng

Po box 2365

Pawtucket, RI 02861

Fax: 

Benny's

Attn: Donation requests

Require: when need by, letter on letterhead, tax exempt ID #, Flyer

Not helpful:

Liquor warehouse- better to hit up early in the year

Petco- Must be pet related

Job lot- not very nice

So just FYI this is a couple weeks worth of work.  I hope it saves you a lot of time.  I know it will be easier for me next time.

Oh, yea!  Little tip:  i made a generic letter and a million copies of my tax exempt letter to randomly stop by places.

Thanks for listening!

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-tai