Set Your Date Early
We Suggest you confirm your date at least 3-5 months in advance, to have enough time for planning, gift solicitation, and ticket sales.
Establish Your Goals, Schedule, And Budget
Set Goals and monitor progress of ticket sales, table sponsorship, and auction/prizes items.
Create a budget in order to define your expected costs.
Appoint Committees
Ticket Sales Promotion
Sponsorships
Auction - Getting the items & Auctioneer
Committee's Duties & Responsibilities
Duties
Design, Layout and Print Promotional Literature.
Design and print tickets.
Determine all avenues for selling tickets.
Set a goal number of tickets to be sold.
Auction / Door Prizes
We suggest you obtain as many prizes as possible. Everyone will not be a winner, but the more prizes assures more winners and an extremely successful event.
Solicit gifts, merchandise or services from restaurants, resorts, retail stores, sporting events venues and etc…
Assure you have a Grand Prize
Determine if you will have a silent auction or a moderated auction with an auctioneer (in this case you will need to acquire an auctioneer) SB Casino rentals can help you in this endeavor.
Sponsorship
For table sponsorship, first look to your own Board of Directors. Your directors (or the companies they represent) should find table sponsorship.
Search your list of all known corporate executives willing to participate in your Table Sponsorship
Make sure the donors receive the recognition they deserve by placing a marker with their name on the table they donated.
Legal Requirements - Very Important
If you are planning a Fundraiser, you must get a license with the State of California DOJ Bureau Of Gambling Control.
All necessary forms for the above may be found at the website of the Office of The Attorney General - State of California - Department of Justice by clicking HERE.