Fun Campaign Ideas

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Fun Campaign Ideas
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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

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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

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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
  

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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 bosss head or dye the bosss hair

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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

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Auction / Sales

• Book, music and video sale
• Executive Auction
• Garage Sale
• Home Grown Auction
• Rummage Sale

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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.

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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

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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,
  alzheimers, etc.

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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.

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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 - dont 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
  

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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

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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

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