Fundraising Ideas for Civic Groups
Determine how the proceeds will be utilized- Be sure to include environmental statistics in all communications about your fundraiser
- One cell phone can contaminate 35,000 gallons of water (enough to provide water for 153 people for one year)
- Cell phones and their batteries contain eight toxic substances, including arsenic, lead and mercury
- We’ve already retired more than 500 million cell phones alone
- Each month, an additional ten million cell phones are retired
- Almost all inkjet cartridges can be recycled
- Determine amount of money you want to raise
- Average cell phone will generate $3.00
- PDA’s average $10 each
- Inkjet cartridges average $0.50 each
- Place collection boxes in areas where the contents can be supervised
- Get on your social networks and ask your connections to bring their used cell phones
- Contact local businesses
- Have members ask their places of employment/other local businesses to donate used cell phones for your fundraiser
- If your members visit with other organizations, ask the them to collect phones on behalf of your cause
- Put an article in your local newspaper, community enewsletters/correspondence about your fundraiser.
- Appoint a collection/shipping lead who:
- Secures mailing labels and sufficient shipping boxes
- Is sure to tape boxes securely for safe shipping
- Reviews the Smart Shipping segment on the website
- Ships when at least 20 cell phones/PDA’s and inkjet cartridges have been collected
NOTE: The average household has 3-5 used cell phones in drawers. Be sure to ask your neighbors on both sides to triple your household’s contribution to the recycling/fundraising effort!
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