Hey everyone,
I've been on the USA Deaf Men's National Soccer team since 2004. I've been on an England tour in 2007, competed in the World Deaf Football Championships (aka Deaf World Cup) in 2008, and the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan. It has been a GREAT experience for me and I would love to continue. Unfortunately, the downside to this experience is that each athlete has to pay out of their own pockets to compete. (This isn't fair as compared to the hearing USA athletes, I know.
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Anyways, so far I've been fortunate to have enough money raised for me ($5,000 per trip/year so that totals up to almost $17,000 in fund-raising money for me alone). However, as each year, it becomes harder and harder to find more places and more ideas to use to raise money. and we have several trips coming up including a trip to Australia (for a friendly tournament), a trip to Brazil in 2011 (for Pan-American games to qualify for the Deaflympics), a trip to Turkey in 2012 for the Deaf World Cup (World Deaf Football Championships) and last but not the least, in 2013 in Athens, Greece for the Summer Deaflympics. In preparation of all of this, I would love to get a headstart on fundraising, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands due to being a college student.
ANYHOW, I was wondering, what is the BEST possible way to raise money?! I know the basics, car wash and candy bar sales and etc... but what about the cash cows? I've tried a few major companies but they never seem to reply. Is there anything else out there I should try? I wouldn't mind raising money for my teammates as well because that way we all would have a better chance to reach our goals of raising a certain amount of money each year. (This year, our goal is $5,000).
Let me know, thanks!
I've been on the USA Deaf Men's National Soccer team since 2004. I've been on an England tour in 2007, competed in the World Deaf Football Championships (aka Deaf World Cup) in 2008, and the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan. It has been a GREAT experience for me and I would love to continue. Unfortunately, the downside to this experience is that each athlete has to pay out of their own pockets to compete. (This isn't fair as compared to the hearing USA athletes, I know.
) Anyways, so far I've been fortunate to have enough money raised for me ($5,000 per trip/year so that totals up to almost $17,000 in fund-raising money for me alone). However, as each year, it becomes harder and harder to find more places and more ideas to use to raise money. and we have several trips coming up including a trip to Australia (for a friendly tournament), a trip to Brazil in 2011 (for Pan-American games to qualify for the Deaflympics), a trip to Turkey in 2012 for the Deaf World Cup (World Deaf Football Championships) and last but not the least, in 2013 in Athens, Greece for the Summer Deaflympics. In preparation of all of this, I would love to get a headstart on fundraising, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands due to being a college student.
ANYHOW, I was wondering, what is the BEST possible way to raise money?! I know the basics, car wash and candy bar sales and etc... but what about the cash cows? I've tried a few major companies but they never seem to reply. Is there anything else out there I should try? I wouldn't mind raising money for my teammates as well because that way we all would have a better chance to reach our goals of raising a certain amount of money each year. (This year, our goal is $5,000).
Let me know, thanks!
