• Don't try to do it all yourself. At least two months before an event, form a committee with at least 10 members and put everyone in charge of a specific task, whether it's ticket sales or soliciting merchandise for giveaways.

        • Don't pay for what you can get free. Get the facility donated for a fund-raiser. Also check with agents, and look on the Internet and radio station Web sites for bands and other acts that will entertain for free.

        • Keep track of who has tickets, and tell each person or organization who receives tickets to sell that they're responsible for any lost tickets.

        • Have everyone who attends write their names and addresses on the tickets, so that organizers can send personal thank you notes to each attendee.

        • Publicize the fund-raiser, put fliers in local businesses and have pizza parlors put notices on pizza boxes. Hit every media outlet.

        • Keep ticket prices low and offer a variety of entertainment, so that the event can stand alone when it comes to value.

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