*ABSOLUTELY!* will I share
Like I said before.... last year's United Way Campaign was like going to the dentist.... dreadful, had everyone bored to tears, looking at watches and feeling pressure to donate for the sole purpose of donating. Personally, I don't think employees should donate because of peer pressure, but because they *feel* it in their hearts as the thing to do.
We made our campaign fun. Our employees got something out of their donation - not just information to make a GOOD decision to donate, but some good-ole'-fashioned fun.
We did a "Kiss the Pig for United Way" contest. We set up tubs around the office, one for every director, and $=votes. The more votes a director had, the better the chance that director had to Kiss a pot-bellied pig that actually belonged to one of our employees. From this contest, we raised $700 in "pocket change". The winning director had nearly $400 in her bin alone.
The best thing about this contest was informing our staff about United Way, which in turn opened their hearts and wallets. Last year's pledges were $3000 or so, and this year's pledges exceeded $10k. We have a staff of 180, BTW. Our grand total to United Way this year was $11,780.00. (That amounts to around $64 per staff member).
I have a TON of promotional and informational flyers, all in MS Publisher... and if you were to decide to do such a thing, I'd be happy to email you the files.
Good Luck with your campaign!
Jadegrniiz
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