SPIKES! is the Embrook Rotary Club's #1 fundraiser.
More than 1/2 of the funds we donate in a year will come from this single day event. (June 3 at Mitchell Park)
This is the event that raises money for ventilators for Andean Health and Development and to provide clean water in Guatemala. This is the way we support dozens and dozens of students at Well Point, and how we encourage hundreds locally through our relationships with Women's Center, Addiction treatment organizations, and Re-Entry programs.
Just as the diagram depicts, a great SPIKES! starts with preparing to launch. If we aren't preparing and focusing energy now, in 8 weeks our SPIKES! will come out weak.
If we begin the chatter & invites with friends and family now, we'll have an opportunity to introduce those folks to the groups we serve, and share how great Rotary is. If we let people know there will be food and beer, they might bring other friends to the event. If we let them know about kids activities, they might bring kids or grandkids, which usually means even more activity.
We're also needing to attract corporate sponsors. Corporate sponsors insulate our efforts against poor weather. With lots of sponsors, the event truly becomes a celebration. With few sponsors, we're praying for good weather so we can raise funds from the general public for the organizations we care about.
Please: Talk to your employer, your contacts at past employers, and the friends who own business and see if they'd be interested in supporting our give back work.
Please: Talk to your neighbors, people who you worship with, and your friends. Ask them to commit to grabbing a doughnut with you in the morning, or a drink in the afternoon. Ask them to bring their dog, or let their friends with kids know this is a "Classic Picnic" event everyone is welcome at.
We have plenty of time to build a great event on June 3rd... if we all put in some effort the next 2 weeks.
If we all decide to hope another Rotarian is doing the inviting, the planning, the sponsor calls... we will have a nice event that solicits donations mainly from our club members.
There's no right or wrong way to get to our donation goals, but a successful fundraiser should also build goodwill, educate about the good these groups do, and give us a great opportunity to recruit new members.
Please reach out to the SPIKES! Committee if you are interested in helping right now to make the 2023 SPIKES! the most memorable event in years!
