Question about quilt raffles for charity

[justdawne]

Lynn,
Please keep us posted. You're so lucky to have such a group. I have a smaller, informal working partnership with a good friend and we try to do a $1,000 event once a year. Must be nice to have a monthly group! $325 is a lot of money. Way to go!

knitnoid,
Sounds like you're progressing well with your efforts. Do you have a farmer's market on weekends? Quilt raffles sell pretty well at our farmer's markets.

Dawne

[knitnoid]

I'll have to check into the Farmer's Market idea. The club is in another town, so I'm not sure what all they have. I know there's a big Pumpkin Festival in Oct, but that costs $75 to get a booth, so it's out. I'll check with some of the ladies who live there.

[LynnS]

We do many benefit activities a year but not always once a month. We do have a club business meeting once a month though and we do a lot of the planning for upcoming events during those meetings.

I have decided that for now I have too many UFOs so once they are done I'll come back to this idea. I'll be checking this thread to get ideas for selling/marketing so please keep posting updates on your raffles and quilt sales!

[justdawne]

A member of one of my quilt guilds brought a quilt tonight to share. It's to benefit MS and she was selling tickets. They were $2 or 3 for $5. I bought 6.

Cross those fingers ladies. If I win it'll be the first quilt I've ever owned. (and it's GORGEOUS)

dawne

[institcheswithrosie]

When our guild raffled a quilt, we were able to set up a booth in local groceries, craft shows, etc. Be careful w/ church festivals unless you don't mind being connected with a certain faith. Also, check state laws regarding raffles. I found out that in Ky. one can no longer sell 6 for $5 or whatever. That is considered gambling. Also, you will need to have the item finished to set up in the booth. More people will buy if they see the finished product.

rosie