If you are thinking about holding a Kate's Kart Fundraiser or Book Drive, you have come to the right place! We are ALWAYS in need of help keeping our Karts stocked with our most-loved books, including those with interactive pages, popular characters, and familiar titles.
To help ensure that your fundraiser or book drive is a winner, see below for a few tips to incorporate into your event.
Did you know? Monetary donations go twice as far as book donations. Because of our relationships with book publishers, we are able to buy books in bulk at a discount, oftentimes 60-80% less than what you might pay for them at the store. Plus, we are able to purchase the most popular books that hospitalized kids are requesting. That's why we are so excited about your interest in hosting a Kate's Kart Fundraiser!
There are many ways to creatively collect cash donations in a school or other group setting. We would be happy to help you with ways to make your fundraiser successful.
A great first step would be to download and customize your own Kate's Kart Fundraiser Flyer below. You may also email us at info@kateskart.org with further marketing material requests (brochures, bookmarks, display signs, banners, etc.) or with questions.
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Kate's Kart is here to help you, every step of the way. Let us know when your event will be held, and we will then send you a packet to start preparing for your book drive.
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When students organize the event, it encourages a sense of community. As the lead adult, your role is to guide them and help them with their decision making processes. Some of our schools have had success with building a committee and assigning different roles, such as: letter writers, publicists, book collectors, and book organizers. After goals are established, you’ll need posters, letters for students to take home and book-o-meters for displaying your book collection progress.
We’re happy to come to your school and talk about what we do and why it is important to our community. We will also let them know what their book drive can do to help. We can bring a short slide show presentation that really lets the kids get connected to our mission. Email us at info@kateskart.org to schedule.
Don't have time for a presentation, you can show our "A Moment of Home" Kate's Kart video.
Also, think of creative ways to publicize your accomplishment so that everyone who participated has a chance to see exactly what they contributed to. As the boxes fill up, have the book collectors pick up books. If each classroom would like to bring their own box for their rooms, encourage that. Once your drive is complete, give us a call. We can pick up the books or you can drop them off.
Holding a book drive is a great way to introduce community service activities to students. In fact, if your students keep a log of the hours they devote to a book drive on Kate's Kart's behalf, we will send a letter of participation to each student as a record for their hard work and dedication. (A list of participants and their hours must be submitted to us.)
Put collection boxes in high traffic areas such as the lobby, or any other place employees regularly pass by or congregate. Send a quick email to your team with our Amazon Wishlist list.
Decide on prizes for the top three departments. Announce the winners in your company’s newsletter or post the winners in your breakroom.
We DO NOT RECOMMEND having a contest for the MOST books donated. This usually results in buying small cheap books from a dollar type store. The kids much prefer a more interactive and longer book that will provide distraction for a significant period of time. We much prefer 1 high quality book over 10 cheap, small books.
Contest ideas could include:
Maybe you have a sister organization that you can challenge to a book drive? Perhaps your company is part of a professional organization (Chamber of Commerce, consortium of smaller companies) that you can partner with to widen the breadth of your drive.
Upon completion of your book drive, think of a creative way to thank all those that participated.
Once your drive is complete, give us a call at our office at (260) 999-6173. We can pick up the books or you can drop them off.
At your request, prior to your drive we will send a Kate's Kart representative to do a presentation to your organization. Simply give us a two week lead time and we will bring a tailor made presentation directly to you! Contact us for more details about this added benefit at info@kateskart.org.
