Tips and Ideas

Exponentially increase your collections!

Cheryl Bauman, Director of the Crisis Pregnancy Outreach in Tulsa, Oklahoma, had a dilemma. She consumed so much of her time, energy, and resources running her organization that she had little time left to raise funds. Sound familiar? What to do? All of her financial resources were already being tapped and additional funds were always needed. That’s when someone told her about The CellFund Program. Cheryl knew that The CellFund Program had great potential for an organization like the Crisis Pregnancy Outreach but she simply didn’t have a lot of time promote it. Then Cheryl had an idea. She simply emailed some of the parents that had successfully adopted children from her organization. The response she got was amazing. Let’s let Cheryl tell the rest of the story. She writes...

Many of the families who have adopted babies through Crisis Pregnancy Outreach have really caught the vision for raising funds through CellFund.

Some have put collection boxes in their churches, places of work, and businesses that they patronize.

Several of the adoptive fathers have involved national corporations with which they are employed. They have taken the opportunity to issue e-mails that go to all of the offices in their companies. Men and women all over the U.S. have caught the vision and are filling collection boxes!

We are so excited about the opportunity that CellFund has provided for raising funds for our ministry!

Thank you so much!

In His Service,
Cheryl J. Bauman, Director
Crisis Pregnancy Outreach
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Promote your CellFund collection

• Send out flyers, emails, letters, newsletters, and posters to promote your collection.
• The CellFund Program is a new concept and may create an excellent opportunity to provide additional media representation for your organization.
• Add The CellFund Program information to your organization's website.
• Include The CellFund Program in your advertising materials.
• Use the Fundraising Tools provided on our website to enhance your collection efforts.

Ask sponsors to incorporate The CellFund Program

• Ask media sponsors to encourage their audience to drop off phones at specified locations in support of your collection efforts.
• Ask sponsors to set up drop boxes in their workplace in support of your organization's collection efforts. A collection Drop Box flyer has been provided for your convenience. See Fundraising Tools in the Getting Started menu.
• Ask corporate sponsors to set up collection boxes and promote The CellFund Program within their businesses. Use the same Drop Box flyer.

Expand your CellFund collection efforts

• Ask volunteers to set up collection drives at their individual workplaces, and increase your phone collection potential to reach wider audiences. A collection Drop Box flyer is available for your convenience. See Fundraising Tools under the Getting Started menu.
• Encourage your board members to set up collection drives at their places of business.
• Give participants in sponsored individual or team events (such as walks, runs, marathons) the option of collecting phones instead of cash from their sponsors.
• Set up contests and provide incentives to see who can collect the most phones.
• Organize door-to-door collection events. (This works very well with youth groups.) Door-to-door flyers and scripts are available for your convenience. See Fundraising Tools in the Getting Started menu.
• Organize phone-calling campaigns. Use your phones to collect phones!
• Ask members of your organization to pledge to collect phones. Have them sign a pledge sheet with their name, phone number, and the number of phones they pledge to collect.

Incorporate The CellFund Program into existing fundraising events

• Ask for used cell phones as the price of entry for fairs and other events.
• Use pre-event promotion to inform participants to bring their used phones to donate.
• Set up a drop box at any event site, such as walks, runs, galas, bowl-a-thons, and golf tournaments.

Click here to see the Phone List page for tips on collecting phones with the highest value!