Accommodate A Successful Basket Bingo

October 26th, 2009
posted by admin 1:45 pm

basket-1The baskets are filled with merchandises such Longaberger accessories, gift certifications, candles, scrapbooking provides, beauty products, gourmet foods, etc. This is a big draw for your fundraiser. Admission fee tickets are usually sold for $20.00 at the door or $18.00 advanced. For this price each participant receives a book of Bingo sheets good for 20 games of BingoYou can also have a few special bingo games that people pay extra for. By holding raffles and selling food during the event you will be able to bring in more money for your organization. Longaberger baskets are good to use because they are collectable. Many Longaberger baskets are also created with a purpose so filling them with items based on a theme is easy. You are able to contact a local Longaberger sales representative who can sell you the baskets and give you advice on how to fill them. Raising the money to buy the baskets, or getting them donated, and filling them will take time and money. If your organization is a school you will be able to assign each class a basket theme and ask the families of the students to send in items to fill the baskets.

Realistically it will take a few months of work in order to hold a basket bingo fundraiser. You first need to decide if you will be able to assemble of team of volunteers willing and able to do it. After you have assembled your team then you have to get the word out that you need donations of baskets, money, and prizes. You also need to select the venue and date for the fundraiser. In a past article, we discussed how you should check up on the licensing requirements for bingos in your state and determine a rough idea of how many bingo players will be attendance. Payouts are usually modest and roughly as is as standard (non-jackpot) games in the regular game books. It is not essential that you include early bird games in your bingo program.

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