Raising Money to Build Local Courts - Ideas?

[Z-Man]

I live in a small town in Georgia that's trying to raise money to add 4 more clay courts at our public facility. We think the city and the county are on board, the USTA will help, and hopefully a local foundation will be generous. However, we still need to raise some money. Does anyone have any creative ideas?

We're going to try to get some corporate sponsors, we'll send a letter to the local league players, and we're going to sell brick pavers with people's names on them. Anything else we should try? What worked in your area?

Thanks!

 

[ScovilleJenkins]

bricks are a great idea...how bout something else along these lines like plaques or if someone is able even a court or something named after them

if all else fails then a bikini carwash

 

[VAmazona]

sell everything you can put a name on! Design-wise, it makes for a REAL sens of community.
Benches
Net post plaques (could really go for a lot since many would just use the name on the plaque as the nickname for the court!)

 

[hollywood9826]

And you can always sleep with 1,000 chics for 50 bucks a piece

 

[hollywood9826]

or 50 Fat chics for 1,000 bucks a piece.

 

[hollywood9826]

What? Fat chics need lovin too, they have to pay more

 

[armsty]

^^^ What's with the triple post, talking to yourself??

Selling named bricks are good. Court name rights are good as well.

 

[hollywood9826]

It increses the effect when you spread it out like that

Serious now. People around my neck of the woods will rent out the fire hall and have a dinner of some sort. Alot of time its Spaghetti dinner. usually charge like 6 or 7 bucks. then they set up a money wheel. they can usually make a couple grand that night.


You can also hit some businesses to donate some items that you can hold a raffle for. That actually worked pretty good for us in Hawaii. we got more donated to us than expected. Best Buy, Circuit City, Chilis and a few of the larger places gave us a ton of gift cards.