Jewelers for Children

There are a number of fund-raising ideas that you can easily implement in your store to raise money for Jewelers for Children. Here are several possibilities:

Have your store employees wear their JFC lapel pins and display the JFC tent card and canister on your sales counter, then invite your customers to drop a contribution into the canister.
Run a special watch battery replacement program. Donate proceeds or a portion of the proceeds from watch battery replacements to JFC.
Perform a minor service such as watchband sizing or jewelry cleaning for free and ask that your customers drop a donation into the JFC canister in return.
Designate a specific item such as a charm or pendant, as a JFC promotional item, and tell your customers that all proceeds from the sale of that item will go to JFC.
Conduct a special “JFC Week” (or month) in your store, during which time a portion of your sales proceeds go to the JFC. To help promote your event you can use the JFC ad slick and press release with your local media.
Offer to match all customer contributions to the JFC canister with an equal donation of your own.
Offer to make a contribution to JFC for every $100 or $500 a customer spends in your store.
Employees Hero for Hope Campaign – JFC will provide you with the materials you need to hold a Hero for Hope campaign for your employees. We'll send you sign-up brochures along with lapel pins to distribute to your employees.

Promotion Assistance

JFC will assist you in gaining local, positive publicity for your store in conjunctions with any JFC fundraising activity you hold in the store.

The following press release template can be used with your local media market to gain attention for the charitable work you're doing. The release can be adapted to fit the activity you are holding.

Use this press release to generate local publicity about your efforts on behalf of the Jewelers for Children. Fill in the needed information about your store and your promotion, then send this press release on your store letterhead to your local media outlets. Be sure to include your contact information and, if possible, photograph(s) of you and/or your store.

Press Release Template