Who to ask for Disney tickets to Raffle off?

[kc10family]

Our dancing/singing group is having a raffle at a talent competition and we thought it would be great to raffle off a big item like Disney tickets. We have no clue how to go about asking for donated tickets. Anyone done this? Who did you ask? Did they send you tickets?

 

[Aliceacc]

I have no idea; it wouldn't really be practical in NY.

But this may get you started: http://www.allears.net/pl/contact.htm
or
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/contact.htm

 

[OceanStateKelly]

Not sure were to ask but I know they will give park passes because my daughters gymnatics parent's get them ever year for a silent auction.
FYI they make up a form letter and send it out to local and big companys. Walmart will give stuff too but you have to get there before everybody else gets it -they only give out so much a year.

Maybe if you try the Disney web site in (contact us) for an address hope that helped

Kelly/RI

 

[JeremyGNJ]

Not sure were to ask but I know they will give park passes because my daughters gymnatics parent's get them ever year for a silent auction.
FYI they make up a form letter and send it out to local and big companys. Walmart will give stuff too but you have to get there before everybody else gets it -they only give out so much a year.

Maybe if you try the Disney web site in (contact us) for an address hope that helped

Kelly/RI

I was going to say the same thing. Many companies with a local presence will donate stuff...usually in exchange for an advertisement or even a tag line like "Prizes Donated by Tiger Shulman's Karate" or whatever.

The trick is finding the right size company. If you have a a big company like AT&T, you would be hard pressed to find the right person in a company that size...same thing with franchises like McDonalds. Too small is no good either...the local pizzaria probably isnt willing to spend that kind of cash.

Only other thing, which you probably wont have a problem with, is that many companies dont like to back a religious organization or any organization that is politically affiliated.

 

[Aliceacc]

And some will ask whether you have a Tax ID number.

 

[AMaloy314]

Just another thought.....if you are using them as the large prize in a raffle, you have to remember that not everyone will be able to use them because of travel and room costs. We usually try to get donations from big companies in our area. For instance, we got donations for tickets for the Cincinnati Red, the Columbus Clippers, and several museums. We also got some great donations of baskets of items from food companies and beauty salons, Avon, and Mary Kay.


Slightly OT, I'd love to see a copy of the form letter that people use to ask for donations.

Thanks

 

[Beehn]

We asked for tickets to raffle off and were told that Disney gets lots of requests every year and can't honor them all. So we were denied. My letter talked alot about our high poverty rate and how the money will be used for college scholarships. Good Luck. (If I find the address I sent the letter to, I'll let you know, but it was a couple of years ago)

 

[kc10family]

Thank you everyone, this is a big help.

 

[pha1226]

I would double-check everything you want to do with Disney before you do it. I worked for a company who was holding a contest with a WDW trip as the prize and the company was not allowed to use the Disney name or any logo in any of the promotions.

I think you may have more luck getting a car or other trip donated in exchange for advertising

 

[barkley]

just to give you a major HEADS UP-

i hit the link in you signature and saw that your dd attends vcs (it was still vca when my kids attended). based on this i'm assuming you live in solano county.

please be aware that there are very specific laws in california (all counties), with the u.s. postal service and specificly in solano regarding raffles and related activities. these fall under 'gaming' laws and since gambling is illegal to a great extent in california you have to take great care to ensure you are not violating any laws in organizing or conducting these fund raisers.

solano county in particular is very active in shutting down and prosecuting (fines) groups or individuals who do not follow the letter of the law. they go after big companies and organizations (old navy lost when they were charged because they had a promotion with raffle tickets you received with a purchase-and since the law forbids selling raffle tickets it was deemed illegal-but individual groups and organizations have been shut down and held accountable as well).

the u.s. post office also has some very intricate rules about doing raffle ticket and similar fiund raising solicitations and purchases through u.s. mail-and they can impose major fines (as well as refer for prosecution).

the other thing when you research this is to look to the laws that govern your/your group's status. there are different rules for churches, non profit organization (and you have to have actual non profit standing with all the appropriate paperwork filed and approved), for profit buisnesses/organizations, and private individuals. don't rely on what someone tells you word of mouth who did a raffle or fundraiser themselves in solano county/california-you may be subject to very different laws.

sorry if this has gotten too wordy-but i want you to be aware of potential issues. i served on the board of directors for a non profit group (performing arts) in solano and we had to abandon or realy change our fund raising activities. we ended up having to send a couple of our board members to a workshop that dealt entirely with the laws to learn the appropriate and non violating manner to do raffles and such-and when we went to do 2 particular ones (a cruise giveaway and some very generous donations that we wanted to raffle) we had to take great care to ensure that the wording on the tickets, the website and any mailed advertisements/solicitations was done in a manner in strict accordance with the law (ultimatly we could'nt 'sell' the tickets-we had to do a convoluted process that involved soliciting donations to a non profit with a 'thank you gift' of the raffle tickets, the big ticket items we had to do in the more complicated process of organizing an event where people were gifted tickets if they purchased admission tickets to an event and then all the tickets were drawn at the event as part of the 'entertainment').

 

[kc10family]

Barkley,
thank you for the information. I am not sure if you are replying to the ticket for disney or the cruise you saw ion her site.

As for the disney tickets, they will be for a drawing at a non-profit event.

As for the cruise, DD is part of a non profit group but only 3 kids are going to the International Performing Arts Conference. So it is still part of the non-profit group, but each child can raffle or have a drawing for whatever they want. We were given a 5 day 4 night cruise to "raffle" off as a donation to DD's fund.

I am more than happy to get more information from you, it seems you know a lot. I am just a bit confussed at the time now.