School Fundraising Letter to Local Businesses Template

How to Write a School Fundraising Letter to Local Businesses?

To write a School Fundraising Letter to Local Businesses, you will want to include the following information:

1. Your school's letterhead.
2. Date.
3. Name and address of the company (if you know the owner or a contact, include their name).
4. Opening Salutation (either the name of the person or the company itself, such as "Dear Good People of the ACMECorporation").
5. Open the letter by talking about what makes your school standout and how you help each student. If there are specific programs (such as robotics or music) that are unique to your school, talk about how they enrich student lives and help students pursue meaningful future career paths.
6. Then begin talking about how this letter was written to the reader to support your school through your fundraising efforts. Explain that the business' donations help ensure that these programs will continue to be available to students for years to come while also helping support the local community with future skilled workers.
7. If you are using this letter as a way to invite the business to a fundraising event include information about what the event will entail, ways to give back to the school, and departments you are planning to showcase at the event.
8. Close the letter by providing the contact information for the person handling all donations and state once again how grateful you are for their support of your school. If there is a deadline for donations, be sure to mention this in bold typeface.
9. Closing salutation, name, and signature.

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