Sky Zone Takes Fundraising to New Heights!
Sky Zone of Clifton Park and Queensbury, a local franchise owned by Rusty Monahan, has taken a new approach to fundraising: “Fun-Raisers.” We had the opportunity to speak with the Vice President of Operations for both locations, Matthew Boyce, about what these Fun-Raisers are all about.
SPIRIT NIGHTS
“The main type of fundraisers we host are called ‘Spirit Nights.’ During these events, any organization or school can gather at either location and we will give them a discounted rate to jump for the night,” said Boyce. He continued, “Normally it is around $30 per person to jump for two hours. But on Spirit Nights, it’s only $20 per person and they can jump for four hours. Then, after all the tickets are sold, we also take five dollars from each ticket sold and donate it back to the hosting organization.”
A STREAMLINED PROCESS
For those interested, it is important to note that when it comes to these events, much of the organizational and marketing-based work is already done for you. Boyce explained to us how all of the pre-event logistics are taken care of by the team at Sky Zone, and how they will even take care of the marketing. From flyers to digital posts, you name it and Sky Zone has it covered. The only pre-event work the organization has to do is spread the word and sell the tickets.
Then, when the night of the event comes around, the organization is offered the opportunity to do some in-person campaigning as well. “We’ve seen everything from bake sales to prize raffles to 50/50 tickets,” said Boyce. He continued on to state
how the Sky Zone team usually gets in on the fun by “holding contests and other elements during the event to help ensure the success of the night.” Can’t make it the night of the event? No worries. Sky Zone has that covered too. Boyce reported how they allow “organizations to sell special passes. For example, they can sell a two hour jump pass for only $20 to anyone who can not make it the day of the event to use at a later date.”
THE WHY
When asked how these Fun-Raisers started coming about, Boyce replied, “We care about our community and we want to give back in any capacity we can. We find that these events are truly a great way to give back to local charities and schools.” He continued about the program’s benefits. “Five dollars from each of those tickets goes back,” he explained, “towards the overall donations that the hosting organization receives.”
Since opening in 2017 in Queensbury and expanding to Clifton Park in 2019, the two Sky Zones have held more than 120 of these kinds of fundraising events.
“We make it really easy for everyone who does these,” explained Boyce. “We’ve tried our best to make sure it’s all streamlined and efficient and we’ve got a lot of great feedback from organizations because of that.”
PLAN YOUR “FUN-RAISER” TODAY!
To start planning a Fun-Raiser of your own, please contact Kamani Smith (518-836-5867) at the Queensbury office and Noah Brumagen (518-400-0012) at the Clifton Park office.