A Great Experience with Custom Fundraising Solutions

Sean Ring is the Head Baseball Coach at Westerville North High School, in Ohio.  Recently they hosted their 2^nd annual Mattress Fundraiser with Custom Fundraising Solutions. Coach Ring raved about the fundraising experience as well as his interaction with CFS Columbus owner and operator, Kevin Krinsky.

“I have been coaching baseball for 8 years at the high school level and the one aspect of the job I dread the most is fundraising. Throughout the years we have tried it all from raffles to discount cards. Then I heard about CFS and the “Mattress Fundraiser” from a colleague and thought, “why not, I’ll give it a shot.” What I found was a fundraiser we will run yearly with great results. I know selling mattresses sounds a bit bizarre (and it is) but it works! Kevin runs an organized operation and does not push or hassle coaches, players, or parents to sell anything. The time commitment from players, coaches, and families is minimal (having only to help spread the word about the sale) and the results are impressive. Our team has raised almost $9,000 in two years and I cannot stress enough the simplicity of the events. No tracking players and parents down for money or returning cards; the sale is a one-day event where players advertise outside the building while the CFS team sets up a mattress store in the school. I would highly recommend running this fundraiser to support your group!”

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The Westerville North Baseball team is presented with their check for $5,600!

Twin Brothers Think Outside of the Box – Rival Football Coaches Host a Mattress Showdown!

Nothing says brotherly love like a little friendly competition between rival football teams, right? That’s exactly what identical twin brother football coaches from Pennsylvania think!  In an effort to spice up the monotony of their annual fundraising drives, Coaches Jeff and Jason Cappa turned to Custom Fundraising Solutions to each host a Mattress Fundraiser. Keeping with their competitive nature, the brothers challenged one another to a sell-off.    

The brothers grew up playing ball under their father’s tutelage at Riverview High School in Oakmont, PA, just 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. As a 2012 inductee to the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, dad, Jake Cappa, nurtured their desire to win. 

Jeff now coaches the Trojan football team at Wissahickon High School in Ambler, 15 miles north of Philadelphia and Jason is the brand new head football coach for the Raiders at their Alma mater, Riverview High, in Oakmont. These teams will face off selling beds on June 14th. Owner of CFS Philidelphia, Dave Cox, and CFS of Pittsburgh’s Scott MacKenzie will be on site, working to ensure victory for their event. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter!  As a sponsor, setting yourself apart from the rest, you gain the benefit of added attention for your event. Be sure to keep thinking outside of the box and promoting your mattress fundraiser in creative ways!   

IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS

Cleveland is home to Custom Fundraising Solutions – Cleveland, which was born 8 years ago from one crazy idea and a desire to change the landscape of fundraising, as we know it. CEO, Joe Matejka combined years of success in the furniture business with an early career in fundraising, where he became an expert in peddling popcorn, wrapping paper and even selling sunscreen to the 3rdcloudiest city in the nation. From that, he created, “The Mattress Fundraiser.” This out-of-the box idea spread like wildfire, and locations now span the country at nearly 50 strong, and have raised almost $3 million dollars for kids last year.

That is a feat in itself, but Cleveland recently hit a major milestone! Just last week, they crested $1 MILLION dollars donated to kids all over northeast Ohio, in just a little over 5 years. As a company, Custom Fundraising Solutions has a many goals: some of which are to grow to 100 locations nationwide, each location donating $100,000 annually, for a company grand total of $10 million dollars per year being given back to groups. We are very excited as we grow closer to that goal and thank all the sponsors that have believed in us to help us grow, and to know that we are helping kids every step of the way.