Senior Center Best Practices

Managers, Directors and Center Personnel

Senior Center Best Practices

Category
Money Making Ideas

Senior Center/Nutrition Program/Organization Name
Lehigh County Senior Center

Address
1633 Elm Street Allentown, PA 18102

Phone Number
610-437-3700

E-Mail
rick@lehighseniors.org

Contact Person
Rick Daugherty

Event Name
Member-to-Member Phonathon

Description/Overview
Each evening for three weeks members call other members asking for a donation.

Time and Manpower
Twenty volunteers to contact over 3,000 members. One paid staff member to coordinate. Six or more phone lines.

Marketing
N/A

Audience Served
Members

Partnerships Utilized
N/A

Budget/Costs
Pizza and soda for volunteers.

Impact On Center
Raised $12,000

Good Tips/Other
Less volunteers are needed for senior centers with fewer members.