Fund Raising Tips

Fundraiser tips and ideas on how to collect the most cell phones, ink cartridges and other items for your fundraiser:

Contact the large businesses and government offices in your area. Ask if they will donate their retired items to your organization to benefit your fundraiser.

Send your flyers out to everyone in your organization via e-mail and/or postal mail and ask them to forward the information out to everyone they know. Ask your fundraiser consultant to help you design one or provide you with a template.

Contact cell phone stores and let them know that you are doing a fundraiser. A lot of stores will be happy to donate the phones they have already collected in their recycle bins.

Contact your city and state police departments and women’s shelters. Many people donate their retired phones to the police to be used for 911, etc. Most of these organizations end up with quite a few phones and will be happy to donate their surplus.

Contact any retail stores or chains in your area such as grocery stores, book stores, coffee shops. They can provide high-traffic visible areas to place an e-waste collection bin. We can provide a label to place on the bin advising people to donate their cell phones and others items while informing them of the benefits to your organization and the environment. Make sure to include the collection bin locations on your flyer.

Let everyone in your neighborhood know about your fundraiser program. We have heard many success stories of people having a neighborhood e-waste recycling event.

Individuals will want to donate their cell phones and other items not only to help your organization's cause, but they also can receive a substantial legal tax deduction.

It’s important to let everyone know why you are doing a fundraiser. If people know how the money will help your organization and what your organization does, they will be more inclined to donate.   This is of course, another good way to promote your organization.

Remember: Each year an estimated 150 million cell phones will be discarded. There will always be plenty of cell phones for your organization to collect. Ink Cartridges are estimated near 500 million each year.  Collect any and all cell phones (broken, obsolete, etc). We will pay for every cell phone collected. You never have to pay for shipping phones to Project KOPEG When you have 30 or more phones, request a UPS Pickup.