While they may not be apparent on the surface here
are 5 benefits of participating in a well organized team sports
fundraising campaign.
1.) Personal Growth
Your players will
expand their personal growth by learning self confidence, self-esteem,
and resiliency. They will develop more maturity and learn independence
while gaining a better perspective of themselves and the world around
them. Working in this environment fosters development of practical life
skills and communication as well as problem solving and stress
management practices. Often times just the fact that your players have
an individual goal that they then work to accomplish make great strides
in helping them mature as individuals and as team members.
2.) Teamwork
Your
volunteers are already part of a sports team and therefore understand
teamwork. Everyone working together on the fundraiser can serve to
reinforce this understanding. They will gather that if the idea of
teamwork succeeds in sports then teamwork will succeed in other
endeavors as well.
3.) Goals
Volunteering in a fundraiser
will teach players that goal setting is a powerful force that makes a
huge difference in outcomes. Setting goals and accomplishing them help
your players to learn how the goal setting process works. They can
learn that properly set goals can not only build self confidence but
can be motivating as well. Fundraising is an excellent teacher in the
art of setting goals, both long and short term, and how to achieve them.
4.) Value of Volunteering
The
value of volunteerism is immeasurable. Not only will your players learn
that volunteering can be fun they will also learn that it can be
rewarding in its own right. They will learn new skills, get a taste of
career possibilities, and have an opportunity to do something outside
of themselves and feel good about the accomplishment.
5.) Sales Experience
Regardless
of our chosen profession we use sales tactics every day. Our way of
life has it's foundation on the fact that we sell or trade one item or
another. Sales experience is something that each and every one of us
use in our daily lives. Even if you go to work from 9 to 5 in a factory
you are selling your labor for cash and you have to sell someone on the
prospect of hiring you to do that job. Learning effective sales
techniques is imperative to get the most out of our lives.
There
can be much more going on in a team fundraising campaign than simply
raising money for a particular purpose. It can also entail personal
growth and development. When you are running your events and promotions
remember that your kids are learning some valuable life lessons.
