Planning a Bike-a-Thon Fundraiser

A Bike-A-Thon Fundraiser is a great way for a non-profit group to make money. Of course, proper planning is essential. As with almost everything, the amount of preparation you do will be directly proportional to the success of your Bike-a-Thon fundraiser.

Pre-planning preparation is the key difference between another fundraiser cycling event and an unforgettable experience that will be remembered throughout the year until next year's annual Bike-a-Thon Fundraiser. Let's face fundraising for your nonprofit group is planning an easy and successful fundraiser is a lot of work with no guarantees. Our mission, of course, is to take the guessing out of the equation as many as possible, providing useful information, tips and experiences learned from the actual trial and error.

If this article can save from the mistakes we made along the way, then you are way ahead. Although a Bike-a-Thon is one of the easiest fundraisers, probably about as much work as putting together a fundraising car wash or a silent auction, still has its idiosyncrasies and important details to consider.

One problem is very likely to have to do with getting a permit to the city to host the fundraising event. Generally, these permits are not so hard to get, but do not be surprised to find little to fight a bureaucracy along the way. You might need "insurance event" that you can get from a local insurance broker or if you are part of a larger nonprofit group, which could be a starting point to explore for insurance. How much do the permits events at the municipal level?

Well, your town may have exemptions for nonprofit groups, so be sure to ask, some cities do. Most do not, then you can expect permission to be anywhere from a nominal fee of $ 30-60 or somewhere between $ 100 to several hundred dollars depending on which city offices must sign on it.

If the event will have over 100 pilots, or up to thousands of drivers, you may need to close the roads, pay for off-duty traffic police, a cone-service and all sorts of other anticipated costs, which can be prohibitive, or you may decide worth, but this also adds to the size and complexity of planning fundraisers. If things get too out of control, you should get in Calendar City Council to request the withdrawal of taxes or funds from the city to pay taxes.

This is one reason you need to plan your Bike-a-Thon fundraiser a couple of months before the time of your first actual meeting date planning, raising funds to run together they can create problems down the road to the participants or knights. For example, what happens if the path crosses the highways of state-owned or used a portion of them, well, then you may be required to obtain a State Department permission to transport too. Also realize that some roads are maintained county and know how the government works, an additional layer of forging documents through for you.

Next, you need permission from the owner or tenant to meet in their main shopping center or industrial area located along the path to the starting point. They may request certificates of insurance or additional insured certificates to protect against injury lawsuits if someone falls or is hit his motorcycle in the parking lot. As such authorization may be easy, but it could take a week or two, depending on holidays and weekends .......