2025 Fundraising Opportunities

Smok’n Pig Plates

Smok’n Pig is once again generously partnering with us to enable you to sell chicken plates (they can not do Boston butts this year due to renovating). You sell the tickets (10 per player) & the purchasers go pick it up on the date & time slot at the end of their ticket.

ALL Tickets Are Due Back to Rachel: October 14^th by noon.

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TICKET PICKUP:

Selling the Smok’n Pig plates requires selling physical tickets, so you are responsible for coming to pick up those tickets. We have two dates designated for pickup from inside the Parkstone offices at at 3350 Noble Way, Suite A, Valdosta, GA 31605:

• Tuesday, September 3rd from 9:00am to 5:00pm
• Thursday, September 5th from 9:00am to 5:00pm

If you are unable to make either of these dates, we will have the tickets in a box at the BACK door of our offices from Friday, September 6th until Sunday, September 8th.

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TICKET RETURN:

Fission players/parents keep the short end of the ticket & please write your players name/team (ex- Rachel Dawkins 14N) so we can keep up with it.

Please return your sold tickets (the small part of the ticket) to our office at 3350 Noble Way, Suite A, Valdosta, GA 31605.

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PLATE PICKUP:

Plate pickup dates are per team and as follows:

• 12 Local– Monday, October 21^st from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig
• 14 Regional– Tuesday, November 5^th from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig
• 14 National– Monday, November 4^th from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig
• 15 National– Monday, October 28^th from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig
• 16 Regional– Tuesday, October 22^nd from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig
• 17 Elite– Tuesday, October 29^th from 12pm-8pm at Smok’n Pig

Customers keep the long part of the ticket & must have that with them when they pick it up from Smok’n Pig at their assigned time.

BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPS

The best way to raise a large amount of money is to approach local businesses for sponsorships. We offer advertising in exchange for their support. Please review & utilize the Sales Sheet below.

PROCEDURE:

The digital version is attached above, but if you’d like printed copies, we can give you some when you come pick up your Smok’n Pig tickets.

If/when you sell a sponsorship, please ensure that the sheet is returned to us, you/your player is properly designated, and that the sponsor provides the required materials (the signed sheet, payment, and any assets being used for advertisement such as logos, URLs, instructions, etc).

POLICY:

The signed Sales Sheet, payment, & advertising assets must be returned to us (in person, by mail, by email, or by upload to the website) by 12/31/24. Failure to meet that deadline will result in no advertising being provided for the season.

 

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

If you have friends or family that would like to contribute to your season’s expenses without wanting any advertising in return, they can EITHER:

• Give the money directly to you, for you to then use those funds to pay us for dues or to save for your own travel expenses, OR
• They can give the money to us directly for us to apply the contribution toward your dues balance.

FUNDRAISING POLICIES

Some frequently asked questions and important restrictions regarding fundraising:

• You CAN raise funds over the club dues amount. Any amount given to Fission over your total club dues obligation for the year will be credited back to you personally.
  • Example: you have personally paid the first two installments ($1,750 of the $2,750) for your Regional team’s club dues by the 12/8 deadline. But then, on December 10th, a business agrees to a $2,500 Gold Sponsorship for your daughter. We would then apply the $2,500 sponsorship to your $2,750 annual dues amount, leaving you only personally responsible for $250 toward your dues. But since you had already paid $1,750 at the time of securing the sponsorship, Fission would personally refund you $1,500 once the sponsors funds cleared.
• Fission is NOT a non-profit/501(c)(3) & therefore any contributions are NOT tax-deductible.
• A W9 can be provided upon request if a business requires it for payment processing.
• If you were granted financial relief or aid, then any funds raised must first go toward that relief/aid.
  • Example: due to adverse financial circumstances that were communicated honestly and ahead of time, Cole granted a dues reduction of $500 off of the $1,500 dues for your Local team. However, you were then able to secure a $1,000 Silver Sponsorship after that agreement. At that point, the first $500 raised must go toward the $500 dues reduction. Therefore, the business will have paid $1,000 of the full $1,500, leaving you only personally responsible for $500.
• Club Dues are due on their due dates, even if you believe that you have the funds raised elsewhere and/or the funds are in transit. You can pay personally on time, and then if/when the additional funds arrive, you will be returned any overage once the sponsor’s funds clear.
• The 12/31/24 sponsorship deadline is the hard cutoff for any advertising deliverables to be provided in return for the contribution. Failure to have all forms, funds, and assets returned by that time means that no advertising will be provided. So while you are welcome to raise money throughout the season, you and the supporting business(es) need to understand that no advertising will be provided.