Martini & Massage fundraiser

My team just did a fundraiser last weekend called Martini & Massage and it was very successful! We found a martini bar and then had several massage therapists come in with their chairs. Tickets were $15 and you got a pink martini and a 10-minute chair massage. We also had a raffle and sold pins and magnets. We raised almost $1900 in 4 hours and the owner of the bar definitely wants us to come back and do it again!

Michelle Nowland, Team Captain
Holy Apostles Pink Ribbon Angels
Chicago 2006-2010

Tags: fundraising, magnets, pins, raffle

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Permalink Reply by cheri' keene on December 9, 2009 at 1:05am
What a great idea! Two thumbs up for your group. blessings, cheri'
Permalink Reply by Denise on December 9, 2009 at 2:38pm
That is a very good idea. Thanks so much for sharing that with us!
Permalink Reply by Michelle Nowland on December 9, 2009 at 3:41pm
Thanks! I love to share information with others to help them raise money and awareness. We are all in this together and it's the least we can do is help one another, especially during these difficult economic times. Our team has found that if you create something fun and that attacts people...they will come out and show their support. We do events throughout the year and usually try a few new ones to see how they work out. :)

We are an open team, so if anyone is looking for others to train with and find support, please contact me. Our base is in the NW suburbs of Chicago (McHenry/Crystal Lake area).

Michelle Nowland, Team Captain
Holy Apostles Pink Ribbon Angels
Chicago 2006-2010
Permalink Reply by Susan Stitt on December 10, 2009 at 8:33pm
Wow! What a great and creative idea!
Permalink Reply by Nanette on December 10, 2009 at 9:26pm
That's an awesome idea!! Thanks!! Wondering if you'd share how you got the massage therapists to donate their time......

Thanks!

Nanette Kitchen
Chicago 04-10
All City 09, 10
Multi-city 06-08
Permalink Reply by Michelle Nowland on December 10, 2009 at 10:34pm
Some of us have friends who are therapists and we just asked them and they were all willing to donate their time. They handed out their cards and had a tip jar, but all of their time was totally voluntary. And they all said they would definitely do it again. :)
Permalink Reply by Jennifer Novak on May 11, 2010 at 4:38pm
In Chicago, you can contact both Cortiva (Chicago School of Massage Therapy) www.cortiva.com and Soma Institute. At Cortiva, they send out a weekly email alerting alumni of volunteer opportunities. The contact person for that at Cortiva is Susan Barney. You can find her email on the faculty/staff pages. That way, you get fully licensed therapists coming in. With most volunteer opportunities, it is required for the therapist to bring their own chair, but in exchange for volunteering their time, they are allowed to hand out their business cards/promo information and also can set out a tip jar (if they so choose). Good luck!
Permalink Reply by Cynthia Haug on December 29, 2009 at 11:00pm
Michelle, I love your idea of Martini and Massage - I'll certainly look into that one! Another idea is a spaghetti dinner with a raffle. This will be my second year to walk and we'll do this fundraiser again as it was a huge success. All the items for the meal were donated by local businesses! We hit the pavement and asked all kinds of businesses for donations of items for the raffle. I and 4 others worked this dinner and served from a legion hall. Just another idea!

Cynthia Haug
Chicago - 2009-2010
Permalink Reply by Michelle Nowland on January 6, 2010 at 1:51pm
Cynthia,
How did you go about setting up the spaghetti dinner and where are you located? How much do you usually make and about how many people attend? What do you charge for the dinner?

We have not done anything like this before, but do a nice dinner every year at a local French restaurant before Mother's Day and also in October. We also have a raffle and last year raffled off a Coach purse...doing it again this year because who can resist buying chances to possibly win one!

Good luck with a possible Martini/Massage fundraiser! It was fun and I think you'd get a good turnout. :)

Michelle Nowland, Team Captain
Holy Apostles Pink Ribbon Angels
Chicago 2006-2010
Permalink Reply by Cynthia Haug on January 7, 2010 at 1:19pm
Dinner was $7 for adults, $4 for children over five, under five free. We charged these amounts so they had change for raffle tickets. Raffle tickets were $1 each or 12 for $10. We held the spaghetti dinner in a Veteran's Hall (meeting place in a small rural town). Only 125 people came (alot for the town though), but it was the only Friday we could have it in the month of May and it was unfortunately the holiday weekend. We had free advertisements on the outdoor sign and local newspapers. Blurbs on the local radio station. Most of our money came from the raffle. This little town has 4 pubs, and three/four men took the tickets over to those pubs. We had about 40 items for our raffle. Best one there was 4 tickets to a White Sox Game (great seats with free parking). I hope that helps!
Permalink Reply by Cindy Rowe on January 4, 2010 at 10:38pm
Did you make $15 profit from each ticket or what did the bar charge you for the pink martini? Where did you buy the pins and magnets? Great idea! I'm looking at doing a Bowling for Boobies event, but I think this would be fun to do too! Maybe a Cinco de Mayo theme--margaritas instead of martini's! I'd be interested in hearing about the cost from the bar. Thanks for sharing!

Cindy Rowe, Team Captain
Team Zebra
Chicago 2010
Permalink Reply by Cindy Murdach on January 6, 2010 at 10:39am
Cindy,

Here are a couple of website I bought product from last year.

www.positivepromotions.com
www.buckwholesale.com
www.orientaltrading.com

But if you google "breast cancer awareness product" there are lots of sites out there that sell pink ribbon product.

Hope these suggestions help
Cindy

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