Bowling Tournaments for Fun and Fundraising
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An Introduction to Bowling Tournaments
Just about every city, has a bowling alley, or is in easy driving distance to one. Bowling is a fun game that is easy to play and takes little skill (if you don't care about your score, that is!)
Bowling tournaments are held year-round to raise funds for various charities. In this lens you will discover some of the major charitable organizations that hold bowling tournament fundraisers, and how to set up a tournament of your own.
Bowling tournaments are held year-round to raise funds for various charities. In this lens you will discover some of the major charitable organizations that hold bowling tournament fundraisers, and how to set up a tournament of your own.
Charity Bowling Tournaments
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl For Kids' Sake
- Each year, for more than 40 years, Bowl For Kids' Sake has supported Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies through out the country. BFKS is BBBSA's premier fundraising thank you party! After a month of raising awareness and funds, our agency thank their volunteers with BFKS party at their local bowling center.
- Bowl for the Cure - Susan G. Komen (Breast Cancer)
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the recipient of funds raised through Bowl for the Cure®, an initiative organized by the United States Bowling Congress through The Bowling Foundation.
How to Plan a Charity Bowling Tournament
Bowling can be such a great event to raise funds and have a great time.
1. Set a goal. How much money do you want to raise with the bowling tournament? Decide on a registration fee per person. Encourage bowlers to get pledges.
3. Logistics. Decide when and where the tournament will take place. If you are volunteering to raise funds for a charity, be sure to talk with them about your plans.
3. Get participants. Think about what group of people will be most interested in participating. Will you recruit people from businesses to form teams? Create registration and pledge forms.
4. Get sponsors. You'll need to cover some costs such as prizes, trophies, t-shirts and food. Will your corporate teams also be t-shirt advertisers? Will the bowling alley donate the lanes for you? or give you some freebies such as free passes to use as prizes?
5. Create schedules. Set a deadline for registration. Set up the schedule of when each player will bowl. You may need to have a final round for the top bowlers. This will be an exciting end to the evening of bowling!
1. Set a goal. How much money do you want to raise with the bowling tournament? Decide on a registration fee per person. Encourage bowlers to get pledges.
3. Logistics. Decide when and where the tournament will take place. If you are volunteering to raise funds for a charity, be sure to talk with them about your plans.
3. Get participants. Think about what group of people will be most interested in participating. Will you recruit people from businesses to form teams? Create registration and pledge forms.
4. Get sponsors. You'll need to cover some costs such as prizes, trophies, t-shirts and food. Will your corporate teams also be t-shirt advertisers? Will the bowling alley donate the lanes for you? or give you some freebies such as free passes to use as prizes?
5. Create schedules. Set a deadline for registration. Set up the schedule of when each player will bowl. You may need to have a final round for the top bowlers. This will be an exciting end to the evening of bowling!
Resources for Planning Your Bowling Tournament
- Bowling for a Purpose: Tips for a successful bowl-a-thon
- Success tips from Furry Friends Network (FFN), which, throws an annual bowling bash aimed at raising much-needed dollars to support the animal rescue.
- Wii bowling tournament strikes against autism
- What a fun idea! Instead of "real bowling" have a Wii tournament instead! This could take place at a rec center, church, or even a home.
- EventBrite online registration
- Eventbrite makes it easy to set-up online registration for your bowling tournament in just a few minutes.
- Volunteer Spot
- Another online to organize volunteers for the bowling tournament.
- Click and Pledge
- Online bowling registration, payments and donations all in one.
Other Sports Tournament Fundraisers
- Volleyball Tournament
- An annual volleyball event honors Danielle Miller, a volleyball player from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She died in a car accident in March 2004.
- Golf Tournament
- This article describes three important steps for planning a charity golf outing.
- Soccert Tournaments
- A series of stories to help an organization plan a successful soccer tournament.
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