Reusable Shopping Bags Fundraiser

What’s better than raising funds for your group and helping the environment with this green fundraiser at the same time!

Reusable Shopping Bags Are Everywhere

Reusable shopping bags are cropping up in every store and now in fundraisers as well. Using reusable shopping bags is one of the easiest and impacting ways to do something good for the environment.

Stores are offering reusable shopping bags with their logos at a cost to their customers. But the bags you offer can be used anywhere, without the customer feeling awkward about bringing a competitor’s bags into a store. Your group can offer reusable shopping bags that can go anywhere, anytime, reducing the paper and plastic trail along the way.

Get started with this green fundraiser, and educate all involved along the way with a reusable shopping bag fundraiser!

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Reusable Shopping Bag Fundraiser – How It Works

Reusable shopping bag fundraisers are very simple, really. Here’s a basic overview:

• Choose a supply company – Google wholesale shopping bags, fundraising shopping bags, wholesale canvas bags or similar. You can also try Branders.com, which sells all kinds of promotional products.

• Choose the reusable shopping bag or bags you want to sell

• Decide what logo or design (if any) will be printed on the bag

• Collect orders, through order takers, catalogs, or fliers

• Place order

• Deliver to happy buyers!

Of course, you could also pre-order a supply of bags and then sell them at your events. In any case, shop around! Different companies will have different products to offer and prices will be vary from under $2 to over $10 a bag.

Reusable Shopping Bag Fundraiser – The Advantages

Besides the ease of the fundraiser, there are a number of advantages to selling reusable shopping bags. A few include:

• Opportunity for environmental education – for your group and for buyers
• Satisfaction of positively impacting the environment
• Providing customers with a bag that can go anywhere
• Profits of 40% or more (depending on supplier)
• Ability to pair with other ‘green’ fundraising campaigns

Reusable shopping bag fundraisers present an opportunity for guilt-free fundraising. Pair this fundraiser with other green fundraisers and feel great about the service you provide as you raise the funds your group deserves!

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Filed in FUNDRAISING IDEAS, Fundraising Ideas: "green" | All Articles | Permalink | 1 Response | E-mail To A Friend | Posted on: January 29, 2009

  1. Posted by Is Your Next Church Fundraiser In the Bag? 5th June, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    [...] a secret key to fundraising success! The kind bloggers over at FundraisingIP have broken down the benefits of selling reusable bags: • Opportunity for environmental education – for your group and for buyers • Satisfaction of [...]

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