Fundraising for your SPS Chapter

SPS Students' Top 10 Fundraising Tips: 

• Nacho Bar
• Physics T-shirts
• Volunteer Services
• Trivia Night
• Night of Lights
• Pi a Professor
• Concessions
• Teach-a-thon
• Lunch-raiser
• Donation Jar

Best Practices:

• Start fundraising now! Saving a little over a long time really helps
• Get a cash box and consider setting up an account with your school or a local bank
• Identify a treasurer to help track money
• Develop a system for, develop continuity over the next few semesters
• Create semester plans with tangible goals
• Investigate department and campus resources for conference travel. You'd be surprised what you can find
• For smaller fundraisers, reach out to Alumni and ask them to match what is raised
• Read more about fundraising in the Fall 2013 issue of Sigma Pi Sigma Radiations magazine

Get Started with Small Fundraisers:

• Sell coffee & donuts, or pizza & soda once a month or during exam times. Pick a high traffic location and focus on class change times
• Pi a Professor (around Thanksgiving and Pi Day)
• Ask for donations at SPS sponsored demo shows
• Sell food/shirts during events
• Tutor for STEM courses at your college and also local high schools

Big Impact Fundraising Ideas:

• Request Special Allocation Funds through your Student Government (plan early ~ at least 1 year out!)
• Approach members of college administration to match funds - this process should be started before your school’s fiscal year begins
• Talk with your school’s alumni office to see if they have a donor who may be willing to contribute to your cause
• Reach out to your school’s development or corporate partnerships office to see if there are organizations or companies who would be willing to sponsor you