Family Campaign Tools

The pitch in 90 seconds

How sponsorship outreach actually works

1. Build your warm list (15 min). List 5 local businesses your family already has a real relationship with: dentist, mechanic, restaurant, parent's employer, neighbor with a small business. Skip big-box stores and strangers.
2. Visit in person if you can. Lead with the relationship ("I've been coming here for 8 years"), make the ask, hand them the leave-behind 1-pager, set a follow-up week, thank them. 90 seconds, not a sales pitch.
3. Follow up. Most yeses come on the second contact. Most nos are about timing. Mark them to ask again later.
4. Share the giving link. The sponsor can give without signing in. Confirmed gifts appear in your sponsorship total. Staff reviews public recognition; the booster team reconciles check payments.

Tools

Online tracker

Add businesses your family knows and mark each business after you make contact. If you request a band introduction, staff reviews the request before sending. Check its status in the tracker before you visit. Warmed leads appear when businesses have expressed interest and are available to claim.

Print materials

Printables you can take into a business

Closing the loop

When a business says yes

1. Share your student link or the business payment link from your Family Sponsorship dashboard. No donor login is required.
2. For a paper sponsorship form, special arrangement, or follow-up request, email robert.parker@nhcs.net with subject: Sponsor commit - [Business Name] - [Your Student Name]
3. Mark “I contacted them” in your Family Sponsorship dashboard.
4. An online gift is confirmed after payment completes. A check gift stays pending until staff verifies receipt. Confirmed gifts receive an automatic receipt; public sponsor recognition follows staff review. Student attribution recognizes participation in program support and does not create a personal spending balance.