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Potential
Revenues:
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$$
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Revenue Source:
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Tips collected by the celebrity wait staffs
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Advertising:
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Social media, press releases, flyers, posters,
advertising cards for the 5 x 9 inch “bill presenters” used by restaurants to
present the bill for a meal
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Equipment/Supplies:
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Miscellaneous logo shirts or other paraphernalia
that you intend to have the charity wait staffs use.
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Partners:
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Area restaurants |
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Volunteers
Needed:
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Teachers, policemen, firemen, students, radio
and TV celebrities, politicians, and movie celebrities who will wait on the
tables
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How It Works:
In this fundraiser,
you are enlisting the support of a high-profile community group to act as
waiters and waitresses at a local restaurant.
In turn, these celebrity waiters and waitresses are expected to donate
their tips to your charity.
Who are these
high-profile people? Some of the best
candidates are local teachers, policemen, firemen, radio and TV celebrities,
politicians, and even movie celebrities.
Sometimes, members
of a school sport team, like a school baseball or soccer team could be the
“celebrity group” for an event like this.
The important factor is which group would bring in the diners. If the restaurant selected is a high-school
hang-out, then the school’s sports team will be a logical choice.
This is a great
event for building awareness for your cause, and you might be pleasantly
surprised at the size of the tips when you enlist the support of local
celebrities, firemen, and police.
Another favorite time to consider is around a holiday
or on a spooky night like Halloween.
Getting everyone to dress up is always a fun alternative for the
celebrity wait staff.
Ideas to Consider:
This is usually a
win-win-win scenario for all parties.
The volunteers that wait on the tables get a lot of positive publicity;
the restaurant usually has a banner business day; and the charity gets a lot of
badly needed funds.
One of the concerns
for a restaurant owner may be for the wait staff, and how they will feel about
losing a day of wages. If that’s the
case, you might want to suggest that because the celebrities are waiting on the
tables free of charge, there won’t be any staff salaries paid that day. Perhaps those funds can be used to give the
wait staff a paid day off - or a partial day off - if you establish a time
limit on the event.
Someone familiar
with the cash registers and other ordering devices that the restaurant uses
will need to be available for the guest wait staff. Alternatively, perhaps a simple pre-event
instruction session will be adequate.
Make sure there are no entanglements regarding the
conduct of the event, such as the age of the volunteer workers if you use
students; special insurances for the restaurant; and even legal ramifications
for the personnel involved. In most
cases, these worry points won’t become “show stoppers,” but it’s always better
to check into these issues beforehand.
Source
of Idea: Soroptimist International of Santa Cruz, a local
chapter of an organization devoted to improving the lives of women and girls,
has successfully held this dinner venue since 1991. Resource Guide: http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/node/17690
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