Principles of Fundraising:

• The Personal Touch -- Most people respond better to face-to-face personal requests for donations than to mass-mailings or telephone appeals.
• Targeted Requests -- People seem to prefer giving money to specific projects rather than the general operating funds. Be ready to summarize three or four projects you'd like to accomplish. Know how much the projects will cost.
• Planned Giving -- You probably will find people more interested in giving on a regular, monthly basis than in giving a single, large donation. Apparently it's easier to say, "I'll give you $50 a month, than "I'll give you $500."
• SHOW APPRECIATION! -- Be sure to follow a donation with a thank-you letter. Don't create a form letter, write a personal, to the point note expressing your gratitude.--from The ABZs of Adventist Youth Ministry
• Supply Tax Deduction Receipt -- Be sure you give receipts for donations so that the donaters can report the donation as tax-deductable (USA).
• Offer Quality -- Always put out the highest quality of work possible. Donators don't like donating when the quality is sloppy!

These principles are from the FOF Camporee website: http://www.camporee.org/html/fundraising_principles_whitehead.htm Used with Permission.