Revision as of 12:04, 29 January 2016

This page is for Fundraising (or a potential Fundraising Committee)

Fundraising Brainstorms

• Cooking Committee (See Greg)
• Booster programs like what the boyscouts do
• Solicit Members to donate extra
• Membership drive
  • Talking to groups that would have crossover interests
  • Fliers
  • Brochures
  • Business Cards
  • NPR Blurb (NPR wants us to do this)
  • Open house at lowe mill
  • Show off crafted item at Masquerade Ball or other cross interest events
  • Have a Table at conventions
    • the ones Daniel V. mentioned
    • Nerdcon
    • TedX
• Can we let other people email us vector images, laser cut stuff for a donation, and mail it to them
• Additional LAN Party
• Craigslist \ Ebay Unneeded Assets
• Maker Calendar
• Wooden Box \ Item Kit that we sell outside of the shop, with a card inside inviting people to a group build session (See David Tabb)
• Grant applications
  • Combined Federal Campaign (Dmitry has details)
  • Northrop Grumman NGIS
  • TVA (Ryan Coons has details)
• Makers Local Acrylic Keychains (Daniel V. will cut if someone else will design)
• Poker night
• Sell Maker Salsa at the Flying Monkey artist market
• Sale of Community Garden Produce & Other Products
  • From the Community Garden, we can sell our surplus produce and whatever else we make from it; preserves, extracts, Maker Salsa, etc.

Upcoming Fundraising Projects

Past Fundraising Events

• Volunteering at Teledyne Brown Picnic
• Retro Gaming night (charge for food)
• Volunteering at Big Spring Jams (9/25/09)
• NGIS Community Service Grants Program (Was turned down for 2010, but encouraged to apply again)