Our local venue has a volunteer running a "Skirt & Shirt" sale at dances to benefit the venue. Clothing items are reasonably priced and they include dance shoes as well. Exchanges are given a discount toward purchases. The volunteer also prowls area yard sales and places like Savers & Goodwill for stock.

-Don

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:24 AM Emily Addison via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi fellow shared weight organizers :)

Wearing my CDSS hat, I'm wondering ----> Does your dance have sources of revenue BEYOND the door entry price???

A few great ideas were shared at the October CDSS Executive community meeting in Toronto and we're looking for more! Do you have successful experience with:
  • sponsorships (individual/company/other)
  • grants
  • donations (collected at the dance OR one-off/ongoing donor programs)
  • other fundraising (e.g., pie/cake sales anyone?)
  • membership
  • merch … that make money?
  • special events … that make money?
  • other?
I'm pulling together a curated collection of success stories on this subject for CDSS that will then be shared back out early in the new year. I would love to hear your ideas and if you know of someone I should talk to about this, please let me know. 

Thanks!
Emily
PS -  I asked shared weight about posters/flyers last month and so wanted to update you that that collection will be available in January.  I'm just waiting on a few more contributions.
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