Make a Splash with Your Swim Team Fundraising

July 22, 2024

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Swim clubs and school swimming teams take a village to run – and some serious funds as well! Whether you’re looking to pay coaches, rent a facility, or cover travel costs, here’s how to make a splash with your swim team fundraising.

Dive into Swim Team Fundraising with These Ideas

There are endless ways to raise money for your swim team, but here are some of MoneyDolly’s favorites:

  • Host a swim-a-thon. Athletes swim lengths of the pool to raise money. Sponsors pay per lap or make a flat donation.
  • Host a swim meet. Challenge athletes or members of the public to swim competitions – fastest lap, best dive, or most laps completed in a certain amount of time. Participants pay to enter or collect pledges. Use MoneyDolly to gather sign-ups and pledges.
  • Host a silent auction. Ask community members to pledge items from local businesses, then auction them off via a silent auction.
  • Host a movie night. Hire out the gym, a lawn, or a hall, and play a family-friendly movie. Charge for tickets and offer concessions for sale.
  • Host a splish-splash day. Make it a fun one for the kids with water slides, squirt guns and water balloons! Charge for entry.
  • Host a sports tournament. Have community members sign up for a low-key sports tournament such as dodgeball, tee-ball, or a walk-a-thon. Members pay to participate, and you can sell merch and snacks as well.
  • Host a car wash. Hey, it’s swimming pool adjacent. Offer to wash and polish vehicles for a fee.
  • Sell team merchandise. Take orders for t-shirts, hats, bags, and stickers, then have them printed.
  • Sell delicious treats! Browse MoneyDolly’s catalog to offer treats and sweets that your fans will love.
  • Take simple donations. Keep it simple and take donations from friends and family via a peer-to-peer platform like MoneyDolly!
  • Seek sponsorships. Approach local businesses and organizations about paying for a sponsorship. Offer tiered options that give them marketing opportunities (signage, logos) in exchange for donations.

Don’t forget to take photos of your fundraisers and to thank participants for supporting your efforts! You can use your photos in future fundraising pushes, or when reaching out to the media.

Hit the Water Swimming with MoneyDolly

Coming up with fundraising ideas is one thing, but taking money and selling tickets is another. That’s where MoneyDolly comes in. Our all-in-one peer-to-peer fundraising app makes swim team fundraising a breeze. Simply download the app, set up your fundraiser, decide whether you want to offer an event or products or just take donations, and then push out the fundraiser to the contacts in your address book! It’s easy. There’s no door-to-door selling, no annoying pieces of paper, and no confusion about who’s in charge of what. MoneyDolly is here to help you raise the funds you need – without the hassle. And best of it all, it helps you raise more money than you might when using other, more manual approaches.

Want to dive into your swim team fundraiser? Try MoneyDolly today!

 

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Damion Smith

Founder and CEO

Prior to starting MoneyDolly, Damion spent the last 25 years helping teams, schools & organizations raise money while growing multiple companies across the country. He has served in many capacities including Sale Representative, Sales Manager, Senior VP of Sales & President.