Many community groups have had great success fundraising through bottle drives. Organizing yourselves makes the process efficient, profitable and fun!
When you book on-line you will receive an email confirming your booking and providing locations where you can pick up your Bottle Drive Kit. This will be followed up with a phone call confirming the pick up time. Pick up times are assigned on a first come first serve basis – we cannot guarantee pick up times but will do our best to accommodate.
Assign responsibility for someone to pick up Bottle Drive Kit(s). The Kits include instructions of which containers have (or do not have) deposits and how much.
Sorting, bagging/boxing & counting tips & instructions. The Kits also include bags, latex gloves and a Count Sheet to track unit counts. Each Kit has enough bags to accommodate approximately $700 worth of containers. Please ask for enough kits to cover your drive. If you have too much, you can give back to the driver at the end of the drive or save for your next event.
One of the most successful Bottle Drive strategies is 3 parts; a) have each group member save containers for an extended period, 1-2 months; b) 1 week prior to your fundraiser have each member distribute 20 flyers throughout their neighborhood. Then on the fundraising day each member collects the containers left out in their neighborhood and brings it in to the sorting location; c) then the group can breakout into smaller 3 or 4 person teams and drive through areas that haven't already been canvassed.
If you have connections with local restaurants and bars, approach them to donate their containers as well.
We suggest you print 4 flyers on an 8 1/2 x 11 page, cut them up & staple together in booklets of 20. Turn your bottle drive into a fun event by having (hot) beverages or even a BBQ.
Following these simple steps can make the difference between a $400 drive and a $1500 drive!
