Fun Campaign Ideas

1. Fun Campaign Ideas

2. What can incentives dofor my campaign? • Increase enthusiasm • Increase average gift • Encourage employees to pledge promptly • Encourage attendance at campaign meetings • Assist in educating employees about United Way of Hall County

3. Incentive or Raffle Criteria • Anyone who participates in UW campaign (gives any amount) • First time givers • Fair share givers (1% of salary) • Leadership Society givers ($1,000) • Any giver increasing gift by 10% • Any giver who turns in pledge card by certain date • Anyone who attends a meeting or tours an agency • Company achieves $ goal or participation goal • Company reaches a 25% increase in campaign

4. What do I win?What do I win?(Solicit your vendors for give-aways) • Any afternoon off with pay • A leave early pass • A sleep in pass • Casual dress (jeans day) • Special parking spaces or managers parking spaces • Lunch with the boss • Golf with the boss • Department pizza party • Company promo items, United Way promo items • Electronics such as DVD player, TV, MP3 player • Drawings for gift cards, gas cards, movie tickets, gift baskets, local sporting events, etc

5. Embarrass Executives(Good Sports for a Good Cause) • Dunking Booths with managers tank • Pie in the Eye • CEO to Kiss an animal (donkey, pig) • Hula Hoop contest among senior mgmt • Tricycle races between senior mgmt • Executive Car Wash • Executive Shoe Shine • Janitor for the night • Dress up the boss – boss wears a costume voted on by all employees • Shave the boss’s head or dye the boss’s hair

6. Food FundraisersThe way to a donors heart…… • Pancake or waffle breakfast • Fish fry or barbecue • Chili cook-off or Desert Contest • Candy Bar Sale • Popcorn sale • Ice cream social • Snack & Desert cart • Root beer float sales • Tailgate party • Boss Cooks for you

7. Auction / Sales • Book, music and video sale • Executive Auction • Garage Sale • Home Grown Auction • Rummage Sale

8. Sports Events For all kinds of office athletes • Golf Tournament or Putt Putt contest – work with local golf course or set up mini golf course. Each player pays to enter and lowest score wins ½ of pot • Ping Pong A Thon – Charge an entry fee and have team elimination. Award winning teams with a prize. • Tug-of-War – employees vs. executive staff • Office Olympics – Set up an obstacle course in the lunchroom, several office, or outside. Set up obstacles and time participants – typing paragraph station, another station for filing, photocopying, making paper clip chains, sharpening pencils, office chair race,etc.) Contestants pay an entry fee and winner gets a prize.

9. Other Activities Almost anything goes….. • Baby Photo Contest • American Idol • Costume Contest • Cubicle Decorating • Draw the Management • Latte Stand • Silent Auction • Trivial Pursuit Contest • 50 / 50 raffle

10. Other Activities Almost anything goes….. • Penny Jar War – Each department has a jar and each penny equals a point. Anything else equals its value in negative points. For example, a dime is minus 10 points. The department with the most positive points at the end wins a prize. • How well do you know United Way?Write note cards with answers and note cards with questions. Give employees a card with a question and ask them to find the employee with the correct answer • Loyal Donor Wall of Fame – create a wall of fame with pictures of employees with years they have given • Battle of sexes – men vs. women on who gets highest participation • Spelling Bee – using UWHC words – agency names, alzheimer’s, etc.

11. Game Ideas • Deal or No Deal • Family Feud – Using a statement from campaign materials like: United Way agencies that support older people. • Fear Factor – executives are challenged to face off in events ranging from eating food blind-folded to picking items out of jars full of worms • Jeopardy • Movie Trivia • The Price is Right – Using allocations information for United Way agencies, have employees match the allocation amount with the program • Wheel of Fortune – Have several puzzles related to United Way, such as campaign chair, agencies or theme (LIVE UNITED) and have employees write down their guesses and drop them in a box.

12. Themesfrom raiders to reality shows • Be a Life Saver – distribute life savers with a note attached “Be a life saver and contribute to United Way” • Pay Day Candy Bar - “don’t forget United Way on Pay Day” • United Way Cookie Caper – Each pledge form is passed out with a cookie and a note – “United Way Cookie Caper – help us bring in the dough”

13. Week Long CelebrationEvery Day for United Way • “MonWay” kick off week with a doughnut breakfast • “TuesWay” host snacks for sale • “WednesWay” employees contribute baked goods for sale • “ThursWay” encourage each department to pick a theme, dress, decorate, and provide food and ask co-workers for donations to sample the meals • “FriWay” conclude the week of fun with a chili cook off • Each day offers new ideas and lots of fun

14. Thank You Thank YouThank You Thank You • Send thank you cards • At staff meetings • In company newsletters • Through e-mail • Through intranet • Bulletin Boards • With special meal • Payroll stuffer • Personal thank you from United Way staff or agency representative • For an extra special thank you – hold a surprise early morning meeting and give employees the rest of the day off. Or have President or CEO treat employees to lunch