Make your fundraising healthier with ecostore Good Soap

Fundraising is a great way to help schools, community groups and sports teams get their projects off the ground. And many of us associate sweet stuff like chocolate with selling to raise money for these kinds of projects.

But healthy products company ecostore has an alternative – Good Soap for a Good Cause.

These soaps come in Lemongrass and Grapefruit & Mint – and a dollar from the sale of each goes to towards the fundraising.

The Grapefruit & Mint soap box also has a neat frame design ready for personalising with a message or drawing, which is why they make such good gifts.

It’s great to have something cool to sell when kids are fundraising, but it also helps to school up on how to make your fundraising efforts successful.

Ecostore has some handy tips and resources on its website for groups and individuals who are fundraising – check them out at http://www.ecostore.com.au/fundraising

In the meantime here is some advice if you’re trying to raise funds:

1. Clearly define the good cause you’d like to fundraise for.

2. Determine how much money you need to raise and how many fundraising carry cases are required to reach your goal. To help work this out you can use our profit calculator below:

3. Plan your time frame and set a date. Two weeks is our suggested amount of time.

4. Choose a project leader. This person will be responsible for keeping track of the carry cases allocated to each participant and recording the money returned. You can download our handy tally sheet to help you keep track.

5. Organise a team and get parents involved by sharing your good cause and fundraising goal. You can check out our letter templates to help you out with approaching potential team members.

6. Make sure everyone involved knows all of the background information and details prior to the project starting so that they can confidently talk about the fundraiser to supporters.

7. Ensure each of your team is allocated the stock they need. You can also give them a seller’s flyer as a reminder on information about the product and how to introduce themselves to potential customers.

8. Safety is important when it comes to projects with kids. Make sure an adult is available to supervise children who are out in the community seeking fundraising support.

9. Use an incentive for selling product to motivate your team. You could have a prize gifted to the person who sells the most soap. It’s also important to recognise the input of everyone in your team- you can use our certificate template to put together an award for each member.

10. Most importantly, have fun! Fundraising is a great opportunity to get to know new members of your community, so do what you can to organise elements of the project as a team, making the experience more enjoyable.