Category Archives: Contest & Promotion Ideas for Non-Profit Organizations

Hundreds of exciting giant-prize fundraising contest and promotion ideas designed to help nonprofit organizations raise funds and awareness.

TX Radio Group Insures $10K Dice Drop Promotion

Attention radio stations!
Looking to increase awareness? Want to increase excitement among your listeners?
Here’s an idea worth stealing idea from a Texas radio group that’s combining balloons, jumbo dice and giant prizes into one headline-grabbing promotion.

At an upcoming live appearance (aka remote) a lucky fan will be chosen via raffle and will get the opportunity to drop 2 dice from a (get ready for it) … hot air balloon!

That’s right: the chosen contestant will be rolling two 16″ dice from 30 feet in the air. If both dice drop to the ground with the radio station’s logo landing face-up, they’ll win $10,000… paid for by Odds On Promotions! We love this dice drop promotion, as it goes to show that you can drop a variety of other objects other than your standard golf ball.

Surely you’re wondering what other items can be ‘dropped’ and in what other fashion. How about Odds On’s golf ball drop promotion? Golf ball drop promotions are typically held using a helicopter, but we encourage our clients to think outside the box and let us know of any other ideas they have in mind. Whether it’s a hot air balloon, hook-and-ladder, cherry picker, crane or otherwise… we can insure it!

Another alternative would be a G.I. Joe Parachute Drop promotion; a unique promotion where numbered G.I. Joe dolls with parachutes are sold and dropped en masse. Drop the dolls from the roof of a building or local bridge, then set up a target landing point on the ground. If the preselected lucky G.I. Joe doll lands within the target area, your contestant goes home with the prize… again, compliments of Odds On!

Keep in mind – anything can technically be dropped, whether it’s a rubber duck, miniature NERF football, a beach ball dropped into a body of water, or even turkeys (just make sure they’re not live ones!) … you name it, we can do it!

Interested in a dice drop promotion of your own? Need more ideas on “drops?” Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us! Let us know if you have anything unique in mind, or if you’d like us to help you custom tailor a “drop” promotion that’s best suited to your business/event!

$1,000,000 NASCAR Performance Bonus Promotion

Now here’s a promotion that’s sure to warm your heart… and that could potentially end in an extremely happy ending!

This one comes to us from an adveritising company in South Carolina, who will be insuring a NASCAR Performance Bonus promotion.

Here’s how it will work: If one of two drivers end up winning a particular race on the specified promotion date, a more-than-generous donation will be made on behalf of the client: $1,000,000 to a certain non-profit organization whose efforts go toward feeding the hungry here in America!

And guess who will pick up the tab? Odds On Promotions, of course!

Keep in mind: performance bonus promotions can be used in any sport, not just NASCAR/motorsports. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey… we can insure it! Want to pay out a non-profit like this client did? No problem! Wish to award a lucky fan? We’ve got you covered!

Call Odds On today for a free, no-obligation quote on any of our performance bonus promotions at 888-827-2249… or send us an email for more information!

Having a Golf Tournament? Insure a Lucky Duck Pluck!

Looking to increase fundraising dollars at your next golf tournament? Want to insure something unique in addition to your hole-in-one, shootout or putting contest? Odds On Promotions has just the contest for you: a Lucky Duck Pluck!

Surely you’re wondering how it works. All you need to do is simply place a bunch of numbered rubber ducks in your golf course’s pond (or any other body of water). These rubber ducks can be your everyday traditional yellow rubber ducks or even “golfer” or “golf ball” ducks, as seen in this post. Feel free to have some fun and have a variety of different ducks floating around in there!

Tip: Have a major golf tournament sponsor? Here’s an idea — how about customizing your rubber ducks by including their logo on them?

Qualify your players to participate in the Lucky Duck Pluck via raffle, closest to the pin contest or other golf-related contest if your golf tournament is prior to the Lucky Duck Pluck, then have those qualifiers come back and select one “lucky duck” from the pond. Feel free to charge players $x to participate in order to fundraise for your cause!

Each rubber duck will contain a number. If the numbered duck the player selects happens to match Odds On Promotions’ pre-selected number, then they’re an instant winner… of any prize value you happen to choose, up to $1,000,000! There are multiple ways to have your players check to see if their duck is a winner. You can either use Odds On’s handheld verification unit or have the player call Odds On’s number verification hotline, enter the number on their duck and see if they’ve won!

Want to insure for multiple winners? No problem! You don’t have to insure for only 1 lucky duck — feel free to insure for 10 winners, for example, and have the total prize value (e.g. $100,000) split between each winning duck. That would mean that theoretically, 10 people could each win a $10,000 prize! You can also have a certain amount of rubber ducks (or all of them which aren’t the grand prize winning duck, for that matter) contain auxiliary prizes which can either be self-insured or provided by Odds On!

Want a free, no-obligation quote on this promotion? Feel free to give us a call at 888-827-2249 or email us at any time. Rest assured, we’ll help you customize your promotion to where you get the most bang for your buck!

Great Summer Fundraising Promotion Idea: Duck Race

Wait until you read about this great fundraising promotion idea! Looking for a great way to bring your community together and increase fundraising dollars this summer? Want to spread your organization’s message to a broader audience? If so, Odds On Promotions has a great suggestion for you: holding a fundraising duck race promotion!

Wondering how it works? It’s actually quite simple — first and foremost, put together a committee and determine who will be in charge of sponsorships, adoptions, advertising, fundraising and whatever other positions/duties are applicable to your organization. Be sure to put together a website where players can pay for their duck adoptions online as well!

When you begin advertising, make sure to list a contact phone number and/or email (both are preferable) in case anyone in the community has any questions. Make sure the date and time of the event are visible on any printed advertisements, as well as on your website. Be sure to inform businesses such as your local chamber of commerce about your duck race event, as they could make for great potential sponsors! Sponsorships can help you cover your costs … namely, the prize(s) you’re supplying.

The day prior to your promotion, do a “test run” of the duck race on the river to ensure that the design of your course works out and that the finish line is well-constructed. Also be sure to make sure each duck sold is labeled at the bottom with numbers corresponding to all tickets being sold.

To make your duck race more appealing, you might also want to look into insuring a grand prize through Odds On Promotions that will give one “lucky duck” in your community a chance to win a grand prize if their preselected duck crosses the finish line first. You can also have the duck owner split the prize 50/50 with your organization/charity!

On the day of your fundraising promotion, a plethora of members from your community should be present if you’ve advertised properly. Be sure you have volunteer members to help release the ducks and award your race winners generously, providing complimentary prizes for runner-ups.

Have any other questions about holding a duck race fundraiser? Interested in insuring one? Give Odds On a call at 888-827-2249 or email us! We’ll help make sure it turns out ‘quacktastic!’

Trap Shooting Contest: When Bullets and Baseball Collide

Now here’s a fun trap shooting contest that’s sure to grab your attention. We’re sure you’re wondering: What do trap shooting and baseball have to do with each other? Read on as we explain what this particular Southeast shooting organization did to help fundraise… and how they incorporated both sports into the promotion!

On March 31st, a group of baseball legends and avid shooters got together to do a little trap shooting and raise some dough. Participants, excluding the legends, got the chance to win big in a contest in which 50/50 trap targets had to be broken. Those who managed to shoot all 50 were then entered into a raffle and 4 of those qualifiers were chosen at random to participate in an very unusual baseball target throw promotion!

What made this target toss unusual? Well, it wasn’s just ANY target … the qualifying contestants had to throw a baseball at a moving clay target and have the ball break through it. The reward for making this innovative shot? A brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle valued at $12,000.

Makes you think, doesn’t it? What other sports can be paired up to produce an entertaining promotion? Football + golf = pass, punt & chip! Basketball + bowling = court bowling promotion! Golf + olive = olive in one!

Have any other ideas? Give us a call at 888-827-2249 and we’ll provide you with a free, no-obligation quote on your trap shooting contest or any other promotion idea! You can also email us!