Youth Soccer Club Scores with FundraisingCoffee.com

Sports Fundraiser

The thing we hear over and over from schools, clubs and sports teams who participate in our fundraising program is how much easier coffee is to sell than other fundraising products

Eureka, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2011

Youth soccer is a great way for kids to learn new skills, teamwork, make friends, challenge themselves, stay fit, and most importantly, have fun. But participating in the sport has associated costs that not all families can afford. The Missfits Renegades, a U11 girls’ soccer club in Redding, California, decided to use FundraisingCoffee.com to help raise the funds they needed for the upcoming fall season.

Soccer is the world’s most popular game, and in recent years soccer fever has been sweeping America, especially with children. 13.5 million American kids over the age of 7 play on soccer teams, according to a survey by the National Sporting Goods Association. Playing league soccer is not as expensive as some other youth sports, but there are costs associated with uniforms, fields and tournament fees.

Team mom Noël Bush estimates that the cost per player for the Missfits Renegades and other 10- to 11-year-old girls in the Redding Youth Soccer League runs about $550 per year. In order to help offset the cost of participation, Bush organized a fundraiser through FundraisingCoffee.com, a family-owned company that provides youth sports teams with artisan-roasted gourmet coffee in custom-labeled bags featuring the team name and mascot or colors.

Bush says she liked the coffee fundraising idea because it stood out from more traditional products. “I like to do something a little more unique, a little more useful,” she explains. “Coffee’s a nice thing for people to buy.” Unlike wrapping paper, cookie dough, candy or other products commonly used for fundraisers, coffee is something that millions of Americans use every day, year-round.

The program is offered by FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC, of Eureka, California. Their coffee beans are hand selected and artisan roasted in small batches. They offer six different premium coffees, European-style hot chocolate and vanilla spice chai mix at below wholesale cost to help with fundraising for high schools, middle schools, sports teams, music and arts programs, and a host of other youth activities across the country.

FundraisingCoffee.com’s free design services include custom labels that can feature graphics including school logos and team mascots. The program provides access to a comprehensive toolkit of forms, selling tips, and other resources designed to help school fundraising programs raise as much money as possible.

“The thing we hear over and over from schools, clubs and sports teams who participate in our fundraising program is how much easier coffee is to sell than other fundraising products,” says FundraisingCoffee.com founder John Hall. “Nearly 60% of American households brew coffee on a daily basis, so when people are offered fundraising coffee at a reasonable price to support a great cause, they’re happy to participate.”

Twelve girls participated in the Missfits Renegades’ fundraising drive, selling 164 bags of coffee in under a month. The popularity of this unique fundraiser meant the club finished the bulk of its fundraising efforts quickly, enabling the players to spend more time on training for the upcoming season.

Bush says the team enjoyed the fundraising drive, and plans to use it again in the future.

For more information about this effective fundraising program, visit FundraisingCoffee.com or http://www.facebook.com/pages/FundraisingCoffeecom/167072833356344, or call them directly toll-free at (888) 377-6777.

About FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC
FundraisingCoffee.com, LLC, is a small coffee company with a big mission: to help schools, nonprofits and other worthy causes across the country with fund raising by offering custom-labeled bags of artisan-roasted coffee, along with European-style hot chocolate and vanilla spice chai at below-wholesale prices. FundraisingCoffee.com has all the resources needed to create an effective campaign for school fundraisers, PTO/PTA fundraisers, sports fundraisers and more.

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