1. WHAT IS A QUARTERMANIA?
A QuarterMania is a cross between an auction (where you hold up a numbered paddle to bid on an item), a raffle (where you are trying to win a prize), bingo (using a chip or ball with a number on it), a home party (gathering with friends), a new way of 'FUN'draising (collecting money/quarters for a charity) and it's a ton of FUN!!
There are a LOT of different types of Quarter Manias, Quarter Raffles, Quarter Auctions, being played these days! Each one is filled with fun & excitement from the organizers who love what they are doing, to the vendors who love sharing their business information & products, to the guests who love to play & support different charities, and to the organizations who appreciate this new way of 'FUN'draising!!
Everyone has 'donated' money at one time or another to a cause that is near & dear to their hearts! These QuarterMania type events are being held to help support charities & worthy causes within the local areas! It's a different way of "FUN"draising!! And we are just giving people another way of donating funds for these causes while winning some prizes for themselves!!
Our thoughts are that if you are going to donate money anyway to help out your charity why not come to one of these events and have some fun and maybe even win a few prizes too!! Tell your supporters, tell your friends, tell everyone - to check out this different way of raising funds for others!!!
WE here at QuarterManiaParty would like to explain the BASIC fundamentals of how these events work. We do need to let you know that each organizer has their own way of actually doing their events - so it's advisable to check with them whenever you contact them to help you put on an event for your charity, go as a guest or participate as a vendor. Find out what they require, what their rules are & how they want you to play!!
2. HOW DOES IT WORK??
* PADDLES: Each bidding 'paddle' has a numbered written on it - (fyi: the paddle might be an actual paddle, a card attached to a wooden handle, a paper plate, etc) - the paddle is then used to hold up in the air when you place your bid - this is where the 'auction' part comes into play.
* CHIPS: The chips used (poker chip or bingo ball type) have a number put on them that correspond with each paddle. Once you buy your paddle(s) - the corresponding numbered chip(s) is placed in a container with everyone else's chip. The auctioneer will stir them up and then pull from these chips to match the winning paddle number that is held up!
* AUCTION ITEMS: Vendors & Local Merchants donate business related items for our charities to raise money from and for our guests to win!! Usually around 60 items is a good number to have - 30 items for each half of the game. Each item has a quarter bid associated with it depending on the retail amount of the item.
Examples: $7 - $15 = 1 quarter bid, $16 - $35 = 2 quarter bid, $36 - $75 = 3 quarter bid, $76+ = 4 quarter bid. (Each event organizer determines their own Retail quarter bid amounts and how many actual quarter auction items they have on display to be bid on.)
* AUCTIONEER: This person will help explain how the 'auction' will work for the event. They will also read a description about each item that is up for bidding and will tell the guests how many quarters each item is going for. They will pull a 'chip' from the container and show it to everyone to announce the winner!
* PLAYING: OK - you've registered, gotten your paddle(s)* and your extra raffle and 50/50 tickets. You've secured your seat at a table, ordered your food, spent some time looking at all the auction items up for display - maybe you've gotten a program that helps you to know exactly what each item is and how much the quarter bids will be (This is like the RAFFLE part). You've visited all the vendors - filled out their door prize slips & maybe placed an order or two!! You've gotten your food & joined your friends at the table & now its time to play!!
Ok - The auctioneer is describing the first item & telling you how many quarters it is - you would really like to win it so you put your quarter(s) into the container - just like everyone else does! You hold your numbered paddle(s) way up high (cuz you really want that item!!), just like everyone else does! Now, the auctioneer stirs the chips & reaches in - pulls out a number and reads it to the crowd - (This is the BINGO part.)
Now if it's your number - you WIN the item and you've only paid from 1 to 4 quarters for it - however, if you didn't win the item it's ok - you've just 'donated' from 1 to 4 quarters to the charity ~ The auctioneer will continue to pull chips and read the numbers until a winner is called!
NOTE: ALL the quarters collected from your bid & everyone else's bids for that item - will be collected for the charity - remember you were going to donate some money to your cause anyway - so it's a Win/Win situation!!
3. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QuarterManiaParty FUNDRAISERS?
There are 2 types of fundraising events: (remember to check with the event organizer you are attending as a vendor or a guest and or, if you want to host an event, which one you want to have put on.)
Our Fundraiser type:
1) A 'BENEFIT' Fundraiser: is where both the vendors and the charity can make some money from the quarter auction items. All the quarters from the bids of each of the auction items are collected and placed into a corresponding envelope and will be given back to either the vendor & or the charity - the auction items used for each envelope recipient will be determined by the vendors.
A QuarterMania is a cross between an auction (where you hold up a numbered paddle to bid on an item), a raffle (where you are trying to win a prize), bingo (using a chip or ball with a number on it), a home party (gathering with friends), a new way of 'FUN'draising (collecting money/quarters for a charity) and it's a ton of FUN!!
There are a LOT of different types of Quarter Manias, Quarter Raffles, Quarter Auctions, being played these days! Each one is filled with fun & excitement from the organizers who love what they are doing, to the vendors who love sharing their business information & products, to the guests who love to play & support different charities, and to the organizations who appreciate this new way of 'FUN'draising!!
Everyone has 'donated' money at one time or another to a cause that is near & dear to their hearts! These QuarterMania type events are being held to help support charities & worthy causes within the local areas! It's a different way of "FUN"draising!! And we are just giving people another way of donating funds for these causes while winning some prizes for themselves!!
Our thoughts are that if you are going to donate money anyway to help out your charity why not come to one of these events and have some fun and maybe even win a few prizes too!! Tell your supporters, tell your friends, tell everyone - to check out this different way of raising funds for others!!!
WE here at QuarterManiaParty would like to explain the BASIC fundamentals of how these events work. We do need to let you know that each organizer has their own way of actually doing their events - so it's advisable to check with them whenever you contact them to help you put on an event for your charity, go as a guest or participate as a vendor. Find out what they require, what their rules are & how they want you to play!!
2. HOW DOES IT WORK??
* PADDLES: Each bidding 'paddle' has a numbered written on it - (fyi: the paddle might be an actual paddle, a card attached to a wooden handle, a paper plate, etc) - the paddle is then used to hold up in the air when you place your bid - this is where the 'auction' part comes into play.
* CHIPS: The chips used (poker chip or bingo ball type) have a number put on them that correspond with each paddle. Once you buy your paddle(s) - the corresponding numbered chip(s) is placed in a container with everyone else's chip. The auctioneer will stir them up and then pull from these chips to match the winning paddle number that is held up!
* AUCTION ITEMS: Vendors & Local Merchants donate business related items for our charities to raise money from and for our guests to win!! Usually around 60 items is a good number to have - 30 items for each half of the game. Each item has a quarter bid associated with it depending on the retail amount of the item.
Examples: $7 - $15 = 1 quarter bid, $16 - $35 = 2 quarter bid, $36 - $75 = 3 quarter bid, $76+ = 4 quarter bid. (Each event organizer determines their own Retail quarter bid amounts and how many actual quarter auction items they have on display to be bid on.)
* AUCTIONEER: This person will help explain how the 'auction' will work for the event. They will also read a description about each item that is up for bidding and will tell the guests how many quarters each item is going for. They will pull a 'chip' from the container and show it to everyone to announce the winner!
* PLAYING: OK - you've registered, gotten your paddle(s)* and your extra raffle and 50/50 tickets. You've secured your seat at a table, ordered your food, spent some time looking at all the auction items up for display - maybe you've gotten a program that helps you to know exactly what each item is and how much the quarter bids will be (This is like the RAFFLE part). You've visited all the vendors - filled out their door prize slips & maybe placed an order or two!! You've gotten your food & joined your friends at the table & now its time to play!!
Ok - The auctioneer is describing the first item & telling you how many quarters it is - you would really like to win it so you put your quarter(s) into the container - just like everyone else does! You hold your numbered paddle(s) way up high (cuz you really want that item!!), just like everyone else does! Now, the auctioneer stirs the chips & reaches in - pulls out a number and reads it to the crowd - (This is the BINGO part.)
Now if it's your number - you WIN the item and you've only paid from 1 to 4 quarters for it - however, if you didn't win the item it's ok - you've just 'donated' from 1 to 4 quarters to the charity ~ The auctioneer will continue to pull chips and read the numbers until a winner is called!
NOTE: ALL the quarters collected from your bid & everyone else's bids for that item - will be collected for the charity - remember you were going to donate some money to your cause anyway - so it's a Win/Win situation!!
3. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QuarterManiaParty FUNDRAISERS?
There are 2 types of fundraising events: (remember to check with the event organizer you are attending as a vendor or a guest and or, if you want to host an event, which one you want to have put on.)
Our Fundraiser type:
1) A 'BENEFIT' Fundraiser: is where both the vendors and the charity can make some money from the quarter auction items. All the quarters from the bids of each of the auction items are collected and placed into a corresponding envelope and will be given back to either the vendor & or the charity - the auction items used for each envelope recipient will be determined by the vendors.