Decades after decades, it is seen that there have been numerous events that are based on Bingo fundraising, the reason for this being the universal love of playing Bingo. It is through this game that charitable organizations can earn money for their charitable deeds. There are countless charitable organizations that are non-profitable organizations that hold bingo playing events. Even schools and clubs hold these events so that money can be raised for charitable purposes. Some bingo events are very popular. So much is their popularity that they are held for as many as three times each year.

You can earn around $5,000 dollars for your organization at each bingo event. The task of bingo fundraising event is takes a lot of hard toil. The reason for this being that there are countless tasks that are behind the scene that need to be fixed and numerous preparations that need to make for the event to run smoothly on the final day and you have a successful basket bingo fundraiser.

Bingo basket fundraiser

Basket bingo is much like the regular bingo that everyone plays. The basket in bingo is usually Longaberger baskets. The basket contains products like Longaberger accessories, candles, gift certificates, beauty products, scrap book supplies, gourmet foods, etc. The value of every basket can reach around several hundred in terms of dollars.  The basket is the jackpot win of the bingo event.

The bingo fundraising event can last around three to four hours. So, it is a wise idea to hold the event on Saturday afternoon or even during the evenings.

The pointers at Basket Bingo event:

Admission tickets

These tickets are used for entry into the event. They are usually sold for a price for $20 and the cost in advance booking can cost around $18. This entry fee gets the player around 20 games of bingo. The extra game book that one has can be sold for $5. Extra sheets are also available as many people like the idea of buying extra sheets so that they can increase the odds of winning the game. It is also a good idea to include special bingo games that requires extra money for participation. Your aim should be getting 100 to 200 tickets sold. If you reach that point, you can easily have a successful fundraising event of Basket bingo. Selling 125 tickets at a price of $20 per ticket will yield you a profit of $2,500. Selling food as well as holding raffles yields more profit to the already successful event.

Raffle prizes

You have bingo prizes but in addition to those, you can also have raffle of a very special prize that you can give out to the winning player. The raffle tickets can be sold in advance as well as during the event. The cost of raffle tickets should be around $1 or even $5 for each ticket. Advertising as well as selling raffle tickets in advance yields more profit from the event. The winner need not be present during the final draw. The prize that you give as raffle prize need not be a basket prize. You can give a good prize that is expensive. Longaberger accessories or iron tables are great ideas for raffle prizes.

You can also hold fifty-fifty raffles for raising more money at the event. The ticket value of this should be $1.

Door prizes

This gift is given to every player who buys a ticket to the event. This can be a welcome gift or even a departure gift. This prize can also be give for the players who purchase the ticket to raffle prize. These prizes need not be expensive. It should be a small give away gift.