Hi all,
As a school assembly performer I would like to get the opinions of some PTO people on an idea that I have been thinking about for some time. I can perform a family fun night fundraising program about 50 minutes long consisting of an original live music sing-along concert with kids coming on stage to sing with me, plus magic and ventriloquism. Most of the songs have positive themes. I am thinking of doing a fundraiser where kids sell tickets to the show for $5-8. I can easily accomodate 500 people.Raffles can be held that night as well as 50/50's. Refreshments can be sold as well.
For the ambitious group an ad booklet can be put together and door prizes could be gotten.
Can you please let me know if this is an idea that will work and if not can you give me suggestions tha would make it work.

[ 01-30-2004, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Rockne ]

How much would this cost the PTO?

Sounds interesting enough, but for a school such as mine, the proposed cost of admission is too steep.

I have to say that I agree about the steep pricing. For a family of four, this easily gets to be more than our families would be willing to spend, and we are in a fairly well-established neighborhood. Also, our families have so much on their plates that it would be difficult to find a night that would attract enough people to make it worthwhile.

Hi,
Thanks for your replies. I would like to know why $5-8 would be too much to spend for an evening of fun and positive family values when is it OK to expect the same family to buy candy, chocolate or lollipops or some other unhealthy product for the same price?
Also it could be priced so that a family ticket could be purchased for $15-20 and allow a family of up to 5 attend.
My fee would be a flat fee of $5-600 per show. I would also be open to some type of split of the profits but I would just prefer to keep it simple and get a fee.
I would also like to ask the group how it is that most fundraisers involve unhealthy products. Think about this. I am asked to come in and present a program on healthy living. Yet I am paid for this program from proceeds of candy sales and other unhealthy products. Please explain to me the logic behind this.

[ 02-01-2004, 12:45 PM: Message edited by: Rockne ]

I think its becasue of the scale of the fundraiser. With candy bars that is a buck a bar which is nothing costly. As far as brochure sales go yes those are expensive and don't think people don't complain because let me tell you they do. Most of those items bought go towards gifts at a brochure sale (esp if its done in the fall) Something like a family fun night you have to watch the price of, imo, if you charge too much people won't bother to come and it will be a bust. People mostly have 2-3 kids so you are looking at min. 20-25 bucks and granted that might not sound much but depending on the time of the year it can be enought to determine if you are going or not. I think your best bet is to set a flat fee for you services of 500-600 bucks and let the actual PTO's decide how much to charge for tickets.