Goodwill creates fundraising opportunities through donation drive program
Goodwill Central Coast compensates groups up to $400 in San Luis Obispo County per full trailer picked up
Goodwill Central Coast compensates groups up to $400 in San Luis Obispo County per full trailer picked up– With an aim to increase donations while helping civic organizations create fundraising outlets, Goodwill Central Coast offers supported Donation Drives in the community. Geared toward churches, businesses, schools, or civic organizations looking for worthwhile community service projects, the drives represent what Goodwill calls a “win-win-win.”
GCC provides registered groups with a trailer and a Goodwill employee to help collect and sort the donations for the duration of the event. With each trailer filled, the participating group earns money while keeping reusable items out of landfills and aiding Goodwill’s mission to create job opportunities in the community.
Hosting a drive provides employees, students, faculty, and members a convenient place to donate the gently-used items they no longer need or use. In a typical year, participating Central Coast schools and organizations earn more than $25,000 through GCC’s Donation Drive Reimbursement Program.
Everyone can take part either through donating, reaching out to the community, or volunteering on the day of the event.
To help groups plan and execute a successful donation drive, Goodwill offers the following tips and suggestions:
- Decide on the optimal date to reserve the drive and the high-profile location for the donation trailer.
- Contact a Goodwill representative to schedule the event and discuss logistics.
- Pre-collect donations prior to the event to ensure receipt of donations you may not receive on the day of your Donation Drive.
- Find and train volunteers for the day of the drive
- Pass out flyers and distribute them to all your neighbors
- Suggest to friends and neighbors it’s time to clean their garage, attic, and closets
- Tell coworkers you can help them get rid of unwanted clothing and household items
- Ask your dry cleaner if they have any unclaimed clothes to donate
- Organize a “pickup crew” to visit homes who can’t deliver to the site.
- Post on bulletin boards, church marquees, business boards, bulletins and newsletters.
- Consider coordinating the event with a city or county event and work with your city or county to advertise.
- Create buzz around your drive by adding collateral activities: i.e. live music, barbecue, dunk tank, fashion show with Goodwill clothing, dance performances, etc.
- Make known to donors what types of items can and cannot be accepted.
- Send regular email blasts to your organizational mailing list.
- Post on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and on the organizational website(s).
- Place a sandwich board sign in the street.
- Have a volunteer wave a Donation Drive sign at a nearby, highly trafficked street corner.
- Wear colorful, eye-catching clothing or costumes.
- Celebrate your success! Thank participants, publicize your results and let them know the impact their donations have on Goodwill’s mission: Helping individuals with job training; Helping the community by creating jobs; Helping the planet by keeping items in use and out of landfills.
Click this link to download a registration form, guidebook, a Donation Drive flier template, and a W-9. Complete the registration form and the W-9 and email it todonorservicessc@ccgoodwill.org or akoussa@ccgoodwill.org or fax it to (831) 421-0588.
Have questions or interest in hosting a donation drive? Contactdonorservicessc@ccgoodwill.org.
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