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Home » Blog » Excite donors with creative winner announcements
Excite donors with creative winner announcements

Fundraising By Ashley Carroll | 3 min read

Excite donors with creative winner announcements

Your donors are eager to win your Raffle or Sweepstakes prize; make your winner announcement one to remember.  

Imagine this: you just ran a Raffle or Sweepstakes with the most irresistible prize(s) that had donors flocking to your fundraiser. Now it is the time everyone has been waiting for – the drawing of the lucky winner(s)! 

On RallyUp there are many ways you can creatively draw your prize winners: 

  • You can use the RallyUp randomization algorithm to draw your winners for you (we like to call this the fair and ethical approach). You can pre-set a drawing date or do it when you’re ready. 
  • You can draw your winners manually. This approach can only be used for Raffles and not Sweepstakes (sorry! Our hands are tied by the Sweepstakes rules and regulations). 
  • You can jump on a Livestream and announce your winner(s) live! Add a fun countdown clock, an online spinning wheel, get your winner(s) on the phone, print and pull the winning names out of a hat, even blast confetti everywhere while you do it (hey, confetti is always a good idea)! 
Viva Las Drawings

Now let’s talk creative ways to determine your winner(s) at your Event.  

There are many out-of-the-box ideas when it comes to how you can determine your winner(s) (and yes, these are all real examples if you can believe it): 

  • In this Avon Grove Lacrosse Cow Plop | RallyUp, actual cows graze around until one of them plops down on the lucky winning plot! 
  • In this Laney’s Legacy of Hope’s Helicopter Golf Ball Drop 2023 | RallyUp, a helicopter drops golf balls from the sky and the lucky ball closest to the hole wins the 50/50 Raffle! 
  • Talk about a unique and fun drawing idea. This MRV Rotary Duck Race 2023 | RallyUp  had ducks drawing the winners – yes, ducks!

Here’s how:

Go to Experience Setup and select Raffle or Sweepstakes in the timeline at the top: 

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Scroll down to When does your Raffle/Sweepstakes end? and enter the date and time of the drawing: 

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Scroll down to How do you want to draw the winner(s)? and select your preferred drawing method: 

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Learn more     

Now that you have creative ways to announce your winners, head to RallyUp and set up your next Sweepstakes or Raffle (or both) today! With RallyUp, your drawings are so fun, your supporters will definitely be back for the next one!    

Launch your Sweepstakes and Raffle today!
Let’s go!

About the Author

Ashley Carroll

Ashely Carroll is a Fundraising Specialist at RallyUp. Ashley has dedicated her career to helping charities and causes she cares about. After working in nonprofit education for a decade, she joined RallyUp. As a Fundraising Specialist, she loves hearing people's stories and helping their organizations thrive. Ashley’s here to make sure everyone is comfortable and confident using the RallyUp software and getting the most out of every fundraiser!

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