Golden-Winged Warbler Initiative - National Wild Turkey Federation

If your chapter is involved with an outreach event, and would like to share your ideas with others
to help improve their events, email Leslie Smith at lsmith@nwtf.net or Trina Skrapits at kskrap@ptd.net.
Tip #2
fundraising ideas
A Women in the Outdoors event is not only an outreach program, but it can used it as a way to raise
money for our states Outreach Fund, just as a Hunting Heritage Banquet raises money for the
State Superfund. This will insure the existence and growth of Pennsylvania’s outreach efforts,
Helpful an important Tips for key to a our successful NWTF’s hunting heritage ouTreacH mission. evenT
Raising money for the Outreach Fund alleviates the State’s Superfund, so more money can
be distributed through-out our state for habitat, land purchases and other projects the state
contributes to it’s chapters.
Fundraising and donations also helps the event stay within the budget, and makes the event profitable.
Invite everyone to participate in your raffles.
PRE RAFFLE
• Hunt/Event Raffle
Ask your RD or chapter’s committee members to see if they know of an Outfitter that would like to donate a hunt, or go in
half’s with the final raffle proceeds. If your Chapter’s event has earned incentive guns, add one to the raffle ticket as a second
prize.
• Chinese Auction Pre-Raffle
Offer a Chinese Auction Early Bird Special, it works almost the same as our PA Hunting Heritage Banquets with our Ladies
Early Bird Raffles. This raffle includes donations that can vary from hunting and camping items, to cookbooks and aprons.....a
little bit of everything for everybody. Include an order form on your registration flyers.
Recycle Idea: If your chapter has Sportsman’s Raffle tickets left over from your banquet, they can be used.
Incentive Idea: Invite your participants to bring along a donated item and in return, they receive raffle tickets.
DONATION AND SPONSORSHIP LETTER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES
• Create a Support Letter
that can be circulated to local businesses, gun clubs, and other conservation organizations in the area that brings awareness
to our event and the great things NWTF does that benefits our community and state. *Include our states 5 MILLION
Superfund Project Spending Flyer that is available on the NWTF website for your state.
• Sponsorship Levels and Donation Options
Levels include breakfast sponsor, lunch sponsor, station sponsor, underwrite sponsor and business card sponsor, vendor sponsor.
One of the sponsorship benefits is their business is featured in your event’s program through an ad or signage.
DONATION TIPS:
• Ask a local Rental business to lend items you need for the day.
• Ask a local Printer to donate their printing services and envelopes needed for your mailing.
• Offer a promotional trade agreement with your local newspaper or media business that can give the event free advertising
in return for their logo to be in all your promotional posters, flyers and program. Offer them comp tickets so they can give to
their customers or staff so they can come to the event. Be sure to invite your local paper's Sports Editor.
• Apply for a NRA Grant. Your event can receive most all of your ammunition, ear and eye protection through an NRA grant
request. Grant information can be found at: www.friendsofnra.org. The deadline to apply online is the end of August for the
following year.
With the funding and donations received from your sponsors and community,
it can cover the full cost of the event and make it profitable, along with the
great educational reach for EVERYONE involved.
panwtf.org
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