Fundraising With a Stress Ball - Medium-To-Large Businesses and Charity Organisations Meet

Mar 19
08:17

2010

Dan Toombs

Dan Toombs

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In this article look at some fantastic fundraising methods using promotional gifts

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Fundraising can be difficult and time consuming. Sometimes it is hard to find the products to support your fundraising campaign that are not so expensive they defeat the aim of the whole exercise: to raise money for a charity organisation. Over the years,Fundraising With a Stress Ball - Medium-To-Large Businesses and Charity Organisations Meet Articles many inexpensive products such as key rings, promotional pens, mouse mats and t-shirts have been used to promote different charities to medium and large sizes businesses. One of the most popular is the simple low cost promotional stress ball.

Stress balls are available in many colours as standard. Depending on where you live, there could be up to twenty different colours held in stock by the major suppliers. This means that there are usually at least two shades of any one colour to choose from. If, however, the colour you want is not available, you could ask your supplier to custom make the stress toys for you in your Pantone colours. Usually there will be a minimum quantity order of 500 stress balls to do this but it should not affect the unit price at all. You will need to allow three to four weeks for delivery.

The 70mm diameter stress ball is by far the most popular stress ball shape because it is less expensive than other special shaped balls. If you are on a very tight budget, you might like to look at the smaller, even less expensive 65mm and 50mm diameter balls that are available from most good stress ball suppliers.

Beware that some people may find it interesting that you are giving away stress balls while asking for money. This will be the case whatever you are handing out. The fact is, promotional gifts such as stress balls have a proven excellent record as fund raising tools. Print them with an important message and your logo and chances are they will inspire the businesses you target to give to your charitable cause.

Many business people are very familiar with the benefits of promotional gifts. Giving business people a fun stress toy at a fund raising event will attract them to your cause and break the ice so that you can get into the all important conversation. They will love your free gift and if they like your cause could make a donation or even annual donations. If you receive a nice donation just for handing our an inexpensive gift and perhaps a few informative brochures you have achieved exactly what the promotional stress relievers are there to do: help you to meet the people who can donate and spread the word about what you do.