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  • 1.  What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 07-09-2019 12:42 PM

    I need some ideals for making money? Can anyone help me? 


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  • 2.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 07-09-2019 05:30 PM

    Go Fund Me accounts can be effective. Or get a LOT of people to bake for a bake sale and maybe do in conjunction with a tag sale in a place or at an event with a lot of foot traffic. Tell your story about why you need the money. But honestly I personally support go fund me requests for registered non-profit organizations only, not  people trying to raise money to pay their own bills. Unless I know them personally. There is care credit for vet bills. I’m wondering if people on this forum may have more ideas if you are more specific about your own reasons for fundraising. 


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  • 3.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 07-11-2019 06:06 AM

    We don’t know if this person is attempting to raise funds to cover vet bills, but i will say that Care Credit simply isn’t an option for many pet owners. Even is you have above average credit, your chances of getting approved are slim if you don’t meet a certain income threshold. Approvals average only about 40%, and this leaves too many people without a payment option when they most need it. 

    There are now more Payment Management companies that enable vets to offer in-house installment payments to those who may not qualify for Care Credit or don’t want to use it for other reasons (maybe they are in the process of buying a home and don’t want another hard credit check or another open line of credit to hurt their mortgage application.) 

    One of those companies is VetBilling.com - full disclosure, I am a cofounder of that company - but there are others, such as PaymentBanc, Varidi, and VCP. 

    If this person’s need to raise funds is for vet bills, maybe they could check to see if any of their local veterinarians extend in-house credit using one of these companies (or if they do it on their own.) The Payment Management companies do not work like Care Credit - they allow the vet to extend a payment plan, and these companies draft the automatic payments and transfer them to the vet. They also usually provide follow up and support in the event that a payment is missed or returns, so the vet doesn’t have to do it.

     


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  • 4.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 07-10-2019 09:38 AM

    What do you need to raise $700 for? Is it to help with vet bills for your pet's treatment? If so, you can try to crowdfund at www.waggle.org.


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  • 5.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 01-06-2024 04:48 PM

    We had a member make a DARLING cat quilt and dog quilt.  We put them on display and sold raffle tickets.  LOTS of interest, as they were beautiful and one of a kind.



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    julie bacon
    President
    It's Raining Cats and Dogs
    AR
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  • 6.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 01-08-2024 05:25 AM

    A rescue I previously worked with raffled off the naming rights for a litter of kittens and brought in a good amount of money from that fundraiser. I've also seen pay to vote for a name from a list of choices too!



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    Erin Dams
    Community Relations Coordinator
    Roanoke Valley SPCA
    Roanoke VA
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  • 7.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 01-08-2024 08:14 AM

    I absolutely LOVE this idea.  How did they accept payment for the kitten naming raffle?  Just curious how they maneuvered this gaming license wise.



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    Kelly Eckerle
    Dubois County Humane Society
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  • 8.  RE: What can I raffle or do to make $700.00

    Posted 01-18-2024 06:52 AM

    This was about 6 years ago, so bear with me trying to remember (haha)..... They had an online donation form people could fill out (I don't recall if it was through PayPal, etc) and individuals were told to put the name they were submitting in the "in tribute/memory of" line. It worked pretty well! We did have to manually write all the names down to draw the winners (partly because we did that on a FB live).

    The raffle donations were only active for a couple days, so it was a manageable number received. We did get over $500 donated (many people donated more than required for 1 ticket). So my biggest piece of advice would be that you can make tickets cost more than you think! I think we had said $5 donation to enter the raffle, and we easily could have made that $25 per ticket! 



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    Erin Dams
    Community Relations Coordinator
    Roanoke Valley SPCA
    Roanoke VA
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