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Fundraising Your Ministry

Get Started Today!

  • Retain 40% of the proceeds for your various ministries
  • Receive a free copy of every book in the program for your church library
  • Enhance the faith of your community

Fundraising for Your Ministry has gotten even easier to use! Everything you need to get your program started is now available to you at your fingertips. Augsburg Fortress has made our fundraising program completely web based. You will no longer have to wait for your packet of information to arrive; instead you can download it all in minutes. Please note, we will no longer have printed packets available.

It's a win-win-win partnership! You get 40% of the proceeds, lots of great books for your library, and you support the mission of the Publishing House of the ELCA.

  1. Download each of the following:
    • Leaders Guide
    • Posters to promote your efforts
    • 1 Reproducible Customer Order Form
    • 1 Consolidated Order Form
    • 1 Pre-addressed Label
    • 1 Commitment Form
  2. Read Your Leaders Guide
  3. Order Your Display
  4. Publicize Your Event
  5. Set up your display
  6. Sell Books
  7. Consolidate orders and mail in
  8. Receive your shipment
  9. Distribute books


Fundraising Options

This Spring join the hundreds of participants who have discovered the ease and accessibility of Fundraising for Your Ministry. You can choose one or both of the two new fundraising programs offered through the Fundraising for Your Ministry program:


Download Your Starter Kit!
LeadersGuideindd.pdf Leaders Guide.pdf
136 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
FundraisingPoster.pdf Fundraising Posters.pdf
1.2 MB (Less than 3 minutes on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
Customer.pdf New Spring 2008 Main Customer Order Form.pdf
196.00 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
Consolidated.pdf New Spring 2008 Consolidated Customer Order Form.pdf
69.00 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
Customer.pdf Anytime Main Customer Order Form.pdf
2.2 MB (Less than 6 minutes on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
Consolidated.pdf Anytime Consolidated Customer Order Form.pdf
68.00 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
ReturnLabels.pdf Return Label.pdf
16.00 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
CommitmentForm.pdf Commitment Form.pdf
116.00 KB (Less than 1 minute on 56 kbps modem)
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)


Do you have the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader?
Get Adobe Reader. All downloadable resource files are stored in PDF format. In order to view and print these files, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later installed on your computer. If you don't already have Adobe Reader, you can download it for free.

In order to help you promote your Fundraising program, we've created this easy to use free bulletin insert.
  • Open the attachment
  • Type in your congregations information
  • Print off the insert
  • Make as many copies as you need.

Call 1-800-328-4648 today!


Handling Fees:
Starting with the new Anytime Fundraising program Augsburg Fortress will add a $10.00 handling fee on all book displays that are sent out.


Fundraising For Your Ministry - A Proven Success!
Thank you for adding the Fundraising program to your services. We wish to thank you for the incredibly generous gift of the sample books for our church library. We did not have a church library until now. You've started something good for us.
—Rev. Rebecca Wegner, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Brunswick, Maine
  
The program is easy to use. It was the most painless fundraiser that I've ever organized. We were able to get good literature into the hands of our people. We were extremely satisfied with the results.
—Barb Becker, Church Librarian, Faith Lutheran Church, Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Fundraising Logo.