Give folks a reason to leave their desks and offices with a perfect break opportunity – good coffee! Contact the management of a busy office building and ask if you could set up a coffee cart in the lobby. Or, have a scout troop or group of volunteers pitch a tent at a busy location. Offer sweet accompaniments such as doughnuts or cookies and folks will hand over the dough! Make sure to place information about your playspace project and donation jar on your cart for those who’d like to give a bit more. You may also want to use this time to recruit Build Day volunteers.
Prep Steps:
1. Secure a coffee break location.
2. Determine how you’ll make the coffee. Will you be located by an outlet when you can plug in a large coffee maker or will the coffee have to be made somewhere else?
3. Gather your supplies. Try to get as much donated as possible.
4. Create your information and promotional materials.
Materials Needed:
1. Coffee, cookies, doughnuts
2. Coffee pots and a heating source
3. A table or cart
4. Cups, plates, utensils, napkins,
5. Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk
6. Information about the playspace and a list of ways donations will be used.
Helpful Hints:
• Have a printer looking for an interesting in-kind donation opportunity? Print special napkins with the date and name of your playspace project.
• Coffee can be made for pennies a cup! Make sure you’re taking advantage of this potential profit margin.
Raised: $$
When: M
Publicity: Low
Volunteers: <10
Challenge: Easy
Audience: 200
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