We have all heard of the wondrous painter Bob Ross who rose to fame in the 80s sharing his magical soft voice and sweet little anecdotes about painting with the rest of the world. We loved looking on as he bashed his paint brush on his canvas and wowed the world with the ease of how he made pictures come to life, with barely any effort at all.
This lack of effort, is exactly with this is a great fundraising angle for you guys!
Bob Ross prided himself on making painting easy and showing you how to do it. Therefore, this is a great opportunity for fundraisers to run an event, watching Bob Ross paint, and allowing students to come into a room and relax, learning to pain with him on screen, for a small fee.
How To Set Up:
- Get in touch with your university and ask them if they can make you some free tickets that you can link to a Facebook page, calling them Bob Ross Paint Along, this is because students who love him are more likely to buy it because of him!
- Research how much the canvasses and paints will be for the particular image you will be painting so that you know you are selling the tickets at a price that will give you a fair profit on the event.
- Make a Facebook event of the Bob Ross event well in advance, maybe three months and make sure you explain that tickets are LIMITED so that students are more interested and more likely to buy the tickets when they come on sale (even if they’re not…)
- Supply the price of the tickets early and buy supplies the week before the event so you know how many people are coming
- Book a room (that could get messy) for the event with a large screen where you can broadcast your Bob Ross event (most of his episodes are on Youtube…)
- Have a prize for the best picture, maybe a cheap trophy off of Amazon.co.uk or maybe just some sweets!
By the time everyone has finished their pictures, you can take a group picture of all the canvasses like this to show off how well everyone has done!
As always, good luck with the fundraising and post your questions below!
The Charity Guru 