Why a Food Fundraiser?

Two Tasty Options: Bacon & Fill Your Freezer

Feeling overwhelmed by the never-ending quest for cash to keep your school, team, or club running and full of opportunities?

Whether your old fundraising options aren’t working anymore, you’re itching to try something new, or you have an extra initiative to raise money for this year: food fundraising can help you reach your goals.

At TeamFund, we offer a Bacon Fundraiser and a Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser – both backed by our easy-to-use online platform for everyone involved:

• Bacon Fundraiser: sell 100% fresh Canadian bacon and earn a minimum of $18 per box sold for your group.
• Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser: sell a variety of grocery staples online (burgers, sausages, perogies, chicken, and more) and earn an average of 20% back on all sales for your group

Note: If you live in Northern AB, SK, BC, Winnipeg, or the territories – the Bacon Fundraiser is currently our only option in those regions. Sign up for our newsletter to find out when the Fill Your Freezer is available in your area!

While a Fill Your Freezer might seem like an obvious choice because of its variety, you may be surprised at the benefits of selling fewer products. This guide will help you choose which fundraiser is best for your group.

Reach Your Fundraising Goals with TeamFund Food Fundraisers.

Many families in schools and sports clubs are health-conscious and don’t want more over-processed sugary treats in their cupboards. With the rise of digital tech, people aren’t answering their doors as often. Coupon books usually find themselves collecting dust in your car centre console while you spend most of your time rushing to school drop-offs and sports practices.

TeamFund offers restaurant-quality, healthy, and tasty food options and an easy online fundraising platform.

Your team and supporters get to stock up on 100% fresh Canadian bacon or fill their freezers with delicious grocery staples and earn an average of 20% back for your group. It’s a win-win!

Both fundraisers offer the benefits of our online fundraising platform.

When you offer tasty products that people love, your sales climb, and you meet your goals faster! Better yet, your supporters will want to come back for more.

Benefits of a 100% Fresh Bacon Fundraiser

Bacon is a bestseller! Many families love it for its salty taste and source of protein. 

Whether it’s on a breakfast plate, made into bacon jam, or included in your favourite recipes — it’s a fact that Canadians love bacon (especially when paired with maple).

High-Quality Bacon

We sell 100% FRESH boxes of Canadian bacon that are 11 lbs each. Depending on your area, there are 2-3 options for bacon: Medium, Thick, and Extra Thick (no flimsy bacon here!)

Set Clear Fundraising Goals

With a predictable profit of minimum$18 per box, it is easier to set a goal to sell a certain number of boxes. If you have a team of 10 players and you tell them to sell 10 boxes each, you can be fairly certain that will bring in at least $1800 for your group (and avoid delivery fees!)

Beat Grocery Store Pricing

The Bacon Fundraiser is a small town favourite because of its low price point. Families can stock up on 11 lbs of bacon for less than $100 and raise money to offset the cost of their kids’ activities at the same time!

Easier to Make The Sale

By only selling one prouct (bacon!), it is easier to quickly explain your fundraiser in a day-to-day conversation. When you run into a family friend, you can say “Hey, we are selling 11 lb boxes of bacon. Do you want one?” and get a quick yes!

They just have to open the fundraising link, choose their thickness, and place their order.

With a Fill Your Freezer, there is an extra step to send them to the website and consider what they want to order, since there is more variety. 

Benefits of a Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser

Bacon is a bestseller! Many families love it for its salty taste and source of protein. 

Benefits of a Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser

The Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser offers more variety in its fundraising products. It also includes products that are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and free of other allergens for groups with a lot of dietary variety among its member.

Variety of High-Quality Products, Dietary Needs, and Pricing 

We sell warehouse-sized packages of family-friendly foods that are staples in a lot of families. Boneless chicken wings for the kids, frozen meats like chicken, bison, burgers, sausages, and steaks to keep on hand for easy meals, and maybe even a dessert for an upcoming birthday party. Pricing on items ranges from $35 – 200 depending on what your supporters purchase, and profit margins range from 15 – 30%.

> Find fundraising products, pricing, and profit margins in your area. 

Higher Earning Potential

When you sell more variety, people can spend more money stocking up on a variety of groceries. Typically, this means that your fundraiser has a higher earning potential. The average order volume for a TeamFund fundraiser is $200, but it’s not a guarantee that your supporters will spend that much.

Here are two things to consider if you’re choosing the Fill Your Freezer:

Goal Setting Can Be Tricky 

You can tell each member to sell 10 boxes, but it is difficult to know exactly how much you will make from those 10 orders, as it depends on the contents of the order. More communication might be needed between the organizer and seller to reach fundraising goals.

More Effort to Promote Your Fundraiser

It can take a bit longer to explain your fundraiser to potential supporters. You can say “Hey, we are having a Fill Your Freezer Fundraiser,” but you will have to send them to the website to choose exactly what they want to stock up on. TeamFund makes it easy to share your fundraising link, but it might take a bit of extra work to promote your fundraiser.

The Verdict? It’s All About Your Needs! 

Both types of food fundraisers have led to great results in schools, sports teams, and other groups.

You can reach your goal with either type of fundraiser:

• Wolverines Hockey Raised $11K with a Fill Your Freezer in 2020
• Stettler Minor Hockey and Lakeland Lightning Hockey raised over $10K with JUST Bacon!

*Most groups can raise $1500 – 3000 in their first fundraiser with TeamFund! Results depend on group size, promotion efforts, and connection to their local community! 

If you still aren’t sure which fundraiser is right for you, please reach out! Book a 15 minute call with a fundraising expert to create your fundraising strategy. We can help you decide on fundraising timing, the best fundraiser type for your group, and answer any questions you have about the process.

Food Fundraising is Easy with TeamFund

Our sign-up process is as easy as 1-2-3! 

01 Download a Fundraising Package

Our free fundraising package is meant to be shared with your committee and includes important information, goal calculators, and more!

02 Find Fundraisers in Your Area

Find the perfect fundraiser for your group. We have fundraisers featuring local favourites in Alberta and Winnipeg!

03 Sign Up Your Fundraising Group

Ready to get going? All you need to do is sign up for a fundraiser and start planning! Our online fundraising platform takes care of everything except the selling!

Planning your timing for ultimate success

One key to every successful fundraiser is when to time it.

There are a great handful of long week ends throughout the year and it’s best to capitalize on those.

Why? Long weekends are a time for family get-togethers, parties, camping and visiting. So if you can plan to get your delivery just before then, you have capitalized on sales.

Think about these marketing tag lines:

• “Stock up on local meats and support our cause! Orders ready before the May long weekend!” 
• “Support our BBQ fundraiser by buying fresh local sausages-orders delivered for Father’s day weekend!”
• “Get ready for Canada long weekend camping by stocking up on steaks! A great opportunity to support our fundraiser”

Doesn’t this sound great?! 

Now with plenty of long weekends and/or special days of the year, we thought we’d share some most popular ones to promote your fundraiser:

Earn 20 – 30% with TeamFund’s food fundraisers and get your food + profits delivered in just 3 weeks!

See the graphic for our 2023-2024 sign up deadlines to get your delivery by a long weekend or holiday. 

Download a Fundraising Package to share with your group!

Chicken Paprikash

Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 25 minutes | Total time: 35 minutes | Serves: 2

With the cost of food always on the rise, I am always looking for quick and easy ways to use ingredients I already have on hand.

I usually have some form of chicken, always have bacon and everything else is basic pantry staples. 

This is a meal that is really quite simple to make but has some complex flavors going on.

It is a good one to pull out on an evening when you are running to sports or kids’ activities!

My family loves to point out that this is one of Scarlett Witch’s favorite meals because it reminds her of growing up. Hey! Whatever works to get people to eat!

If you don’t like things spicy, use smoked or sweet paprika, if you like it hot, feel free to spice it up with spicy paprika!

I use a blend of smoky and spicy to try to please all the flavour palettes I have around the house.

Is your team looking for a fundraiser? Try online food fundraising with TeamFund Fundraising!

Stock up on bacon, chicken, and more for these delicious recipes!

Ingredients

• Kosher Salt
• 6 slices of Bacon, Diced
• 1 Medium onion, chopped
• 1 Green bell pepper, chopped
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoons paprika
• ½ teaspoon dried marjoram (can substitute Oregano if needed)
• 1 ½ pounds chicken cut into 1” dice
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 8 ounces egg noodles
• ½ cup sour cream (or plain greek yogurt)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add enough kosher salt to make the water salty.

2. Cook bacon in a separate skillet over medium heat for about 2 minutes.

3. Add the onion and the green pepper to the bacon and cook for 3 more minutes.

4. Combine the flour, paprika, marjoram, and 1 tsp of salt in a large bowl. Add the chicken and toss to coat.

5. Push the bacon and vegetables off to one side in the pan, turn the heat up to medium-high, add the chicken and any remaining flour mixture to the other side, and cook, turning until brown on all sides- about 6 minutes.

6. Stir together the chicken, bacon, and vegetables and cook for two more minutes.

7. Add the chicken broth to the meat mixture and bring it to a boil. Stir then reduce heat to medium-low cover and cook until chicken is cooked through about 10 minutes.

8. Meanwhile, add the egg noodles to the pot of boiling water and cook as per the label directions.

9. Uncover the chicken pot, increase the temperature to high and cook for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in the sour cream and parsley and cook for another 2 minutes. Season to taste, and serve over the egg noodles.

** The Calgary Girls Choir runs two fundraisers a year for consistent income to families. They are super-raisers!

Calgary Girls Choir: Singing their way to a Successful Choir Fundraiser

Need a fundraiser that works in harmony with your goals?

First, when the Calgary Girls Choir (CGC) began, they had the mandate to provide a program that was as financially barrier-free as possible.

To do this, they accepted that fundraising would be critical to offset costs.

However, they were finding that previous fundraisers had seen their parents: spend countless valuable volunteer hours organizing and executing fundraisers, with varying levels of success and often disappointing results.

When they discovered TeamFund, they were pleasantly impressed by their new and improved successful choir fundraisers.

Consequently, Nancy and her team have stuck with their new TeamFund routine.

Hitting the High Notes

To illustrate, this successful duet has helped the CGC raised almost $13,000 in the last two years!

Year-over-year, Altadore Gymnastics Club teams up with TeamFund to run online fundraising campaigns to raise money to offset their competitions and facility costs. 

The club has been able to raise over $25,000 over the course of 7 fundraisers.

Altadore Gymnastics Club (AGC) is an organization rich in history as Calgary’s first gymnastics club. They provide recreational and competitive gymnastics programs for athletes of all ages. AGC is committed to being a leader in providing safe and inclusive environments to empower athletes to reach their full potential. 

Some of their athletes even go to the Olympics! 

As a non-profit, AGC relies heavily on their fundraising efforts to make it all happen. For over 5 years, Shannon has been the general and fundraising manager for AGC. Overseeing fundraising efforts means Shannon is always looking for the next best thing in fundraising. 

AGC runs multiple fundraisers every month to ensure affordable access to gymnastics programs for all. One consistently successful fundraiser for AGC is food fundraising with TeamFund. While they have tried almost every fundraiser TeamFund has, their favourite is a combination of Coco Brooks (Pizza!) and Spolumbo’s sausage. 

They are a huge club with a variety of supporters to appeal to. Altadore Gymnastics has found the best fundraising success by combining vendors to cover the widest degree of food options! 

>> View fundraisers in your location 

Who isn’t hungry after a session of gymnastics!? 

Those who participate in the online fundraisers get credits toward their accounts, and each athlete at the gym benefits.

Shannon is an amazing delegator, making delivery day a breeze. Not only is delivery day a breeze, but TeamFund’s online food fundraising program means no order forms, carrying inventory, or asking gymnasts and their parents every time they walk in if they would like to participate.

AGC consistently raises $3000 – $6,000 per fundraiser with TeamFund.

In October 2021, they raised over $7,600!

With 3 TeamFund fundraisers a year, they raise money to support their club’s facilities, keep membership costs low, and help athletes attend competitions across the country!

In November 2022, they raised over $6000!

By always running a campaign twice a year, supporters look forward to the next time they can stock up their freezers.

A food fundraiser is essential “Economy Proof”.

This means that everyone has to eat, and supporters are happy to support groups like Altadore Gymnastics Club with purchases they would make anyway!

Food Fundraising is Easy with TeamFund

Our sign-up process is as easy as 1-2-3! 

01 Download a Fundraising Package

Our free fundraising package is meant to be shared with your committee and includes important information, goal calculators, and more!

02 Find Fundraisers in Your Area

Find the perfect fundraiser for your group. We have fundraisers featuring local favourites in Alberta and Winnipeg!

03 Sign Up Your Fundraising Group

Ready to get going? All you need to do is sign up for a fundraiser and start planning! Our online fundraising platform takes care of everything except the selling!

Get your own online store to make sharing your fundraiser and collecting payments easy! You gather the supporters, we’ll take care of the boring spreadsheets and logistics. 

Did you know? Even though we are an online fundraising platform, we are human! Throughout your fundraiser, we are here to answer any questions you have.

Nose Creek Swim Association has a fundraising success story that swims laps around the competition

In fact, over the past couple of years NCSA has raised over  $30, 000 with TeamFund Fundraising.

Given those results, it’s important to celebrate this kind of fundraising success.

“Our organization relies on various fundraising initiatives to keep the costs of our program at a reasonable level” – Fundraising Director, NCSA

Consequently, their Director of fundraising, Derrick says that TeamFund is now a “key part” of their fundraising program.

In addition, they also hold bottle drives, raffles and their “Laps for Loonies” campaigns.

However, they realized they needed something to make a splash without requiring as much volunteer time and organization.

The Lengths They Will Go To

Nothing wears down a volunteer as quickly as a disorganized, time-consuming and lacklustre fundraiser.

Teams need to focus on successful fundraising initiatives that make it easy on the people that are promoting and supporting their fundraising goals.

“Our parent volunteers do not have to spend additional hours shuffling multiple order forms and combining entries” 

TeamFund has a sustainable and successful fundraising strategy which:

• First, uses known and trusted food fundraising options in your area
  
• Offers a webpage and store to support your campaign
• Lets you invite participants from your school, team or club to buy and promote the fundraiser
• Has quick order-to-delivery times
• Mails profits directly to your team coordinator/organization

NCSA loves the Fill your Freezer Fundraiser, which offers best-selling products.

Supporters can stock up on delicious products to get them through the season.

Stay in your Lane

By the way, NCSA has provided a competitive swim program to North Calgary and Airdrie since 1994.  Their aim is to:

“promote and support a highly competitive swim program, along with offering a pre-competitive development program. NCSA is committed to providing a superior coaching staff accessible to all levels of swimming ability”

In order to keep providing this program, NCSA needs to have fundraising options that are easy and streamlined.

“The platform is very well organized and fits very well with our organization. The online system and process makes it very easy to set up, communicate with those involved, monitor and manage. Since the process is online and electronic, we can reach a broader audience and increase the amounts that we are able to raise”

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Food Fundraising is Easy with TeamFund

Our sign-up process is as easy as 1-2-3! 

01 Download a Fundraising Package

Our free fundraising package is meant to be shared with your committee and includes important information, goal calculators, and more!

02 Find Fundraisers in Your Area

Find the perfect fundraiser for your group. We have fundraisers featuring local favourites in Alberta and Winnipeg!

03 Sign Up Your Fundraising Group

Ready to get going? All you need to do is sign up for a fundraiser and start planning! Our online fundraising platform takes care of everything except the selling!

Get your own online store to make sharing your fundraiser and collecting payments easy! You gather the supporters, we’ll take care of the boring spreadsheets and logistics. 

Did you know? Even though we are an online fundraising platform, we are human! Throughout your fundraiser, we are here to answer any questions you have.