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Fundraising Tips & Ideas

Sports Basement wants to help you help others! We offer a variety of resources to help you fundraise for your charity or non-profit organization. Most include an event hosted at Sports Basement where a percentage of all shopping proceeds are donated back to your organization. We’ll even supply free snacks and beverages! Click the links below to learn more about each tip:

1. Charity happy hour
2. Movie night
3. Make and sell custom shirts
4. Breakfast run
5. Expert clinic for your group

But you’re not limited to our ideas! Contact your local Sports Basement to discuss details and schedule your event. It’s typically best to schedule at least one month in advance.

Read on below for more posts about fundraising.

World Cup Live shirts support SF Rec & Parks

We helped SF Recreation & Parks print a bunch of World Cup Soccer Live t-shirts, which they're selling at the World Cup Live events as a fundraiser for their programs. Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Ariel Parrish

Worldbike designs shirts to pay for designing bikes

According to Worldbike, over a billion people worldwide lack adequate access to transport. Most live in rural areas cut off from markets, clinics and schools. Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler

Fundraising tip #5: Hold an expert clinic for your group

Training and fundraising for a new sport? Want to learn about the sport and fundraise at the same time? Sports Basement will schedule a private clinic with an SB staffer for you and your training partners. After the clinic everyone shops and a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to your fundraising! Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler

Fundraising tip #4: Host a breakfast run

How great would it feel to run with your friends, raise funds for your charity, eat free bagels and drink free OJ, and shop all before 11am? Even the Army doesn't do that much in the morning! Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler

Fundraising tip #3: Make and sell custom shirts!

Completing an Ironman seemed tough... but raising $6,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma society seemed downright impossible. But, just like training, all I had to do was take advantage of fundraising tips and persevere and eventually I reached my goal. So here's fundraising tip #3: Make and sell custom shirts! Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler

Fundraising tip #2: Movie night!

Everybody loves movies and videos. So why not invite all your friends, family, coworkers, and/or teammates down to SB to watch a great movie, enjoy free drinks and snacks, and shop... all while supporting your cause!? Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler

Fundraising tip #1: Charity happy hour!

You want to raise money for a good cause, your friends want to unwind and buy some outdoor gear after work... why not have a Sports Basement Happy Hour Fundraiser? Here's how it works. Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Aaron Schweifler