1. Special events for United Way

2. Year round event levels
Department Level
College Level
Campus Wide
Community & Campus

3. EVENT categories Drives Entertainment Food Game/Carnival Service
Sports

4. drives

5. entertainment

6. food

7. Game/carnival

8. Services & sports

9. Examples in depth Drives - Online Auction
Create a timeline
Decide what to auction
Determine logistics
Be creative
See full details on Website
Entertainment – Pennies for Paws
Get contestants
Display in common area/s and advertise
Weekly updates
Determine winner
Pi Day Party
Determine date, time, & location
Procure pies and party goods
Sell tickets or invites & flyers
Send reminders
Bingo
Determine date, time, & location
Procure prizes
Sell tickets or invites & flyers
Send reminders

10. E-pledge & Special Events
Combine to make the most out of each event
Increased success rate for both e-pledge & special events
Examples
Weekly drawing for lunch with leadership or a vendor prize
Sign up between 2-3 pm today and get to throw a pie at the Department Head.
Sign up and pay $5, get to wear jeans on Fridays

11. Needs Food guidelines Tool kit Cash Handling Form Don’t Do Ideas
Templates
Checklist & forms
Other resources
Cash Handling Form
Turn in with $ after each event
Take all small bills and coin to bank & convert before turning in
Fill the form out completely and follow directions at the bottom
Find the form at er-information-epledge-campaign-materials
Don’t
Concentrate on food as the selling point
Have food trucks without consulting Megan
Say raffle (use drawing) Do
Sell event tickets (not food tickets)
Avoid public areas
If in doubt, keep it at the department level
Try to partner with already approved Student organizations

12. benefits Why should we do Special events?
Raise awareness for United Way
Collaboration
Camaraderie
Friendly Competition
Moral builder
Fun

13. Summary
“3 for $300” Departments new to special events agree to the goal of doing 3 year round events, raising at least $300. Existing departments challenge yourselves to do more outside the Kickoff time frame
Don’t be afraid to try something
Be creative
Have fun!!
Questions?