Company:

TCF Bank, The Official Bank of the MYSA

Program:

Open a new account with TCF and the EPSC will receive credits towards MYSA registration.
Active personal accounts earn $10 annually
Active team accounts earn $25 annually
Active club accounts earn $500 one-time bonus

Web Site:

http://www.mnyouthsoccer.org/membership/tcf_bank.cfm

Contact:

Shelly Orr, MYSA, 952-252-0226 or
shellyorr@mnyouthsoccer.org

Notes:
For personal accounts, please make a copy of the form provided at the link above (the form will be at the “more info” link on that web site) and bring it to your local TCF bank. Our club code is EDP, which needs to be entered on the bottom of the form.

For team accounts, please call Michelle Smutka, TCF banker assigned to MYSA in your area, (952) 903-5178.  Michelle is located at the Eden Prairie Branch. 

Company:

Schwan's Fundraising, Proud Sponsor of the MYSA

Program:

Your team takes orders or encourages people to order from the website.

Web Site:

Earning Potential:

Your team keeps 30% and sends 70% to Schwan’s

Contact:

Shelly Orr, MYSA, 952-252-0226 or shellyorr@mnyouthsoccer.org

Notes:
No money up front. Schwan’s trucks deliver the merchandise to the customers.

Company:

Lakes Promotional Group/TouchCardz

Program:

Collect donations of $10 or more and the customer receives a $10 gift card to Timber Lodge Steakhouse in Eden Prairie .

Web Site:

www.thecardzstore.com        User ID: Fundraising       Password: Program01

Earning Potential:

The team or club will need to purchase a minimum of 100 cards to get started at $2.50 each.  Note that the website lists the price as $2.99, but the EPSC has a special price of $2.50.  If all 100 cards are distributed with the minimum donation of $10, the profit will be $750.

Contact:

Chuck Beach,  763-535-9751, cb@meridianmediausa.com  

Notes:

A thank you card will come with each gift card.  This is a great, easy fundraiser!

Company:

Fuddruckers of Eden Prairie

Program:

Promote a lunch or dinner at Fuddruckers

Web Site:

www.fuddruckers.com

Earning Potential:

10-20% of sales, depending on the level of sales

Contact:

  Matthew or Todd at 952-943-1010

Notes:
Schedule a specified time for a fundraising event during the week.

Give flyers out to those that might want to attend.  On the specified date, participants bring the flyer in to the restaurant to indicate their participation.  At the end of the night, 10-20% of sales will be given to the group.

Company:

Eden Prairie Soccer Club

Program:

Miller Park and Crestwood Concession Stand

Earning Potential:

Earnings less the cost of supplies

Contact:

Janet Platner for list of available dates
Equipment@epsoccerclub.com

Notes:
We can schedule one team per night of scheduled games.  Purchase pop, water, Gatorade, candy, chips, and ice.  Use the following pricing guidelines for consistency between teams.

Gatorade           $1.50

Pop/Water        $1.00

Candy Bars       $1.00

Chips                $1.00

Bring card table, chairs, coolers, cash box with change, and a sign.  A wagon on wheels could also be used to go to the spectators!   At Miller Park, please set up on the north side of field 11 on the black top.

Company:

Buca di Beppo of Eden Prairie

Program:

Sell tickets for a buffet dinner on a Sunday afternoon (1:00-4:00).  Players worked as busboys/girls.  Sell raffle tickets for gift baskets and/or host Silent Auction.

Earning Potential:

$5 or $5.50 profit per ticket sold
Raffle and/or Silent Auction profit also possible

Contact:

Mike Herstine, Buca di Beppo, 952-934-9463

Notes:
One EPSC team made $1022 in profit from the dinner and $122 in raffle ticket profit. 

Take reservations for the seating times (the players take a cell phone with them while they are selling and call the "reservation manager" from the team for the ticket buyer and setup a seating time).  Can seat 60 people every half hour.  With 3 hours of serving we could seat 360 people/15 players equals 24 ticket allotment per player.  If you sell more tickets you can increase both the hours and the number of seats.

Buca gets $8.00 per dinner.  If we sell the tickets for 13.00, we would get $5 profit X 24 tickets = $120 per player plus more if ticket buyers don't attend meal.  If players bus and reset places, Buca will drop price by .50 (to 7.50 per diner), increase profit to $132 per player. 

When players are selling tickets, they can take donations if buyer doesn't want to attend dinner.  There will be other patrons in the restaurant.

We are welcome to sell other items for team funds -- candy bars, pie coupons, ornaments, jewelry, T-shirts, etc.  Other restaurant patrons may also purchase.  Mike Herstine highly recommends a silent auction to go with the meal, he has seen this be a real money maker for groups.

Company:

Outback Steakhouse of Eden Prairie

Program:

Sell tickets and host a dinner provided by Outback Steakhouse.  Sell raffle tickets and/or host silent auction.

Earning Potential:

$10-$20 per ticket sold, depending on type of meal, plus Raffle or Silent Auction profits

Contact:

Chris French, Outback Steakhouse owner, 952-946-1480

Notes:
You can host an event at a church, or school, or anywhere there is a kitchen to use.  Outback Steakhouse will provide all the food at NO COST TO YOU.  Example of a typical meal would be Steak and/or chicken dinner with potato, caesar salad and dessert.   Athletes sell tickets ahead of time and charge $10-20 per person (depending if potato or dessert is served). 

Drinks are not provided, so water can be served, or purchased by the group.  Athletes would bus tables and serve the buffet line as well as clean up.   Requires at least a month of planning/selling tickets but great profit potential!  A typical time of serving would be 6:00-7:30 on a week night.  A raffle or silent auction could be included with this event. 

Company:

Applebee’s of Eden Prairie

Earning Potential:

Approximately $5 per ticket sold for Pancake Breakfast.
10% of proceeds for Dine to Donate Program.

Contact:

Erin at 952-942-7993

Notes:
For Pancake Breakfast, the team sells tickets for around $7 and Applebee’s gets $2 to cover the cost of the food per person.  Applebee’s provide templates for flyers and  tickets, kitchen staff, plates, silverware, and glasses.  Team advertises and promotes event, prints and sells tickets, and provides food runners, coffee servers, and table cleaners.

Company:

Xcel Energy Center

Program:

Work at Xcel Center for a variety of events, especially Wild Games.  Minimum of 4 hours of training.

Need Managers which requires more training.

Earning Potential:

Base pay of $60 / Wild Event minus insurance & any shortage.  Essentially $10/ hour but no taxes.

Contact:

Georgina Carr-Scallon, Non-Profit Group Coordinator
fax#651-726-8131, phone#651-726-8124
nposcheduling77206@centerplate.com

Company:

Culvers of Eden Prairie

Program:

Custard Cakes Program, 10% Night Program, and Custard Cart Program

Earning Potential:

Cake Program--$5 per cake sold
10% Night Program--10% of all proceeds during 3 hours.
Custard Cart Program—$150-$200 if one tub is used at $4 per cup

Contact:

Kevin Hart  952-253-1081

Notes:
For the Custard Cakes program, team members sell 9 inch cakes at $20 each.  They will fill out a 3 part form, which will be given to the customer, organizer, and Culvers.  Culvers will then order the cakes and customers can bring the form in to Culvers within a couple of weeks to pick up their cake.

For the 10% night, a three hour timeframe is scheduled.  The team promotes it by sending an email to the club, and handing out flyers in the mail or in person.  At least 3 volunteers are required to come in uniform for greeting customers, and bringing food to tables and cars.  Anyone who comes into the restaurant during that 3 hour timeframe will have 10% of their bill be paid back to the team.

Company:

(Donations by various individuals and companies)

Program:

Team Raffle or Silent Auction

Earning Potential:

100%  profit

Contact:

all businesses and contact various businesses and individuals to get donations (restaurants, stores, sports teams, etc.)

Notes:
This can be done and is recommended in conjunction with many of the events listed above.  Collect items and make bid sheets, manage auction the day of the dinner, reconcile items with winners and collect money.

Company:

(n/a)

Program:

Host a car wash

Earning Potential:

Earnings less the cost of supplies

Contact:

Local businesses with parking lots and high traffic areas. Some ideas are Walmart and Burger King.

Notes:
Get donations for supplies.  Make signs and promote through email and flyers.  Offer ice water, pop, or use the Culvers Cart (see above).  Could also ask the business like Burger King to offer specials if they stop in.  

Company:

Sweet Rewards/Bakers Square

Program:

Sell pie coupons for $10.00 each & paid Bakers Square $8/coupon

Earning Potential:

$500-700  (a recent team made $598 in profit)

Contact:

Chris Schneider, Bakers Square Eden Prairie 952-937-5818

Notes:
You can purchase Bakers Square pie certificates at a discount rate, which you can then sell to the community to raise money for your organization

1. NO money is required up front/ NO shipping and handling charges/ NO printing charges.
2. We accept back any unsold certificates, so you only pay for the ones you are able to sell.   Printing charges are applied ONLY to those certificates returned.
3. There is nothing to do after the sale.  Once the sale is made the work is done.

There is “No Expiration” date on the certificates, so that they can be used any time of the year. They are redeemable at any Bakers Square.  You may also combine your fundraising efforts with other schools, activities or organizations.  Minimum order is ten certificates.

Your cost for the certificates would be as follows:

Company:

Walmart of Eden Prairie

Program:

Fill out a form at the Eden Prairie Walmart to apply for a national “matching funds” program where they will match the profit that you make on other fundraisers.

Earning Potential:

Matching funds

Contact:

Faith or Paula at 952-829-9040 or pick up form in store

Notes:
This is an application process.  Not all applications are accepted, but it is worth trying!  Walmart can also host car washes.

Company:

Entertainment Fundraising

Program:

Entertainment Book Sales

Web Site:

www.fundraising.entertainment.com

Earning Potential:

Books are sold for $30
If 10-99 books are sold, profit is $6 per book.
If 100-259 books are sold, profit is $6.90 per book.

Contact:

1-800-846-7698

Notes:
No money is needed up front.  Selling time is August through December.

Company:

EFundraising

Program:

Sell cookie dough, pizzas, chocolate, magazines, and scratch cards

Web Site:

www.efundraising.com

Earning Potential:

45%-60% profit

Contact:

Wayne Robins, Fundraising Consultant
1-888-875-1245 ext.2258   refer to account #683020
Wayne.Robins@rd.com

Notes:
In many cases, there is a minimum case purchase.  Please contact Wayne for details.

Company:

Soccer Vault

Program:

Purchase soccer ball car magnets and sell them for a profit.  Encourage soccer fans to purchase from website and receive 10% of sales.

Web Site:

www.soccervault.com/socfun.html

Earning Potential:

10% of sales

Contact:

(864) 335-9142 or affiliatemanager@soccervault.com

Company:

Matching Funds

Program:

Some companies will donate money to non-profit organizations that their employees volunteer for.  If your company has a program like this, please notify sponsorship@epsoccerclub.com to get assistance with getting those funds donated to your team or to the club.

Web Site:

Your company website

Earning Potential:

Matching funds for EP Soccer Club or your team.

Contact:

sponsorship@epsoccerclub.com