The MissionThe Pocketbook Coach for Moms, LLC caters specifically to moms with the intent to teach them about specific sports, while at the same time encouraging communication between them and the young men in their lives.
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Great Ideas
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 Looking for a fun way to reach out to your community, bring people into your business, raise money for charity, or create school and community spirit? We have 40+ fabulous ideas!
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 Taking part in a team sport is fun, exhilarating, self-revealing, and rewarding, but it is even better when a group of moms unite to build up the team.
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 Make your boys’ time with the team worth remembering. Whether you come together through an official organization or not, there is no limit to the spirit and pride you can bring to your favorite team!
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 Football moms, whether Pocketbook-Coached or not, create a powerful force when they rally together behind their boys!
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 Coolness and a steady nerve will always beat simple quickness. Take your time and you’ll only have to pull the trigger once. Anonymous
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40 Ways PBC can help you |
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Looking for a fun way to reach out to your community, bring people into your business, raise money for charity, or create school and community spirit? We have 40+ fabulous ideas!
1. Chamber of Commerce – Host a preseason breakfast for team and parents, during which, every mom is presented a book donated by area businesses.
2. Community Service Organizations – Coordinate with the football coaches a “Night Under the Lights” for the youth and/or families during which they can rotate from one activity station to another and interact with their varsity role models.
3. Booster Club – Buy and sell the books and give the team the proceeds, donate them to the team for them to sell, or sponsor a coach/team-conducted clinic for mom, letting the team make a profit from sales and event fees.
4. Team Sponsor – Present as a gift to team moms to commemorate a special event, such as the first season of football at a new school.
5. Churches – Invite the football team to be recognized during a church service and provide a book for each mom.
6. Business/Organization - Sponsor a preseason tailgate party/pep assembly. As the players are introduced, have them present books to their moms.
7. Multiple businesses – Host a Football Moms’ Jamboree and donate money raised through book sales to a charity such as the Special Olympics, or Autism organization. Invite area football moms to a day of fun and pampering. Conduct it like a free-range bazaar or ladies can choose from a list of activities and pre-enroll. Also another opportunity to give a book to the first 50 or so who pre-enroll. Suggestions for offerings: Referees - program on rules and safety; Coaches – run moms through a football simulation; Professional Photographer – give tips on taking good sports shots; Event Planner or Home Décor Store Owner – football party “tablescapes”, supplies and ideas; Skin Care Professional – spa treatment to prepare skin for weather exposure; Local Radio Station – provide music, entertainment and publicity; Bakery or Caterer – serve lunch and refreshments; College/University Coaches – offer as part of the youth football camp package, one book to each participant to give to his mom.
8. Fellowship of Christian Athletes Huddle – Sell and raise money for a community outreach project or to send to a new huddle starting up in another school.
9. Pop Warner/Youth Leagues - Raise money to pay for background checks for coaches and referees, package together with a team t-shirt and charge $30 (+/ -).
10. Dentists – Give to moms with the purchase of a custom-fitted mouth guard.
11. Doctors and Chiropractors – give to moms at time of sports physical.
12. Business – Sell during a business promotion to raise money and awareness for a favorite charity.
13. Football Equipment Sales Representatives – Throw in a set of books when coach buys a large ticket item. The team can turn around and sell the books to replenish some of their budget.
14. Scrapbooking Direct Sales Consultants – Invite clients to a preseason Scrapping Session to make football scrapbook pages. Advertise the incentive: The first 20 moms who enroll, or moms who enroll before such-and-such date get a free book. Sell more books during the actual event.
15. New Businesses – Invite football moms from nearby schools to visit your shop or business. Those who wear their son’s jersey get a book at half-price. Those who wear their son’s jersey AND bring a friend from out of town, get a free book.
16. Church Mission Groups – Meet for a tailgating party near the stadium gate, with approval, of course. Offer bottles of cold water or hot hand packets as a ministry and sell the book to raise money for missions.
17. Family/Friends – Raise money to fund a scholarship in honor of a loved one.
18. Car Dealerships – Give a book to everyone who test drives a car or to everyone who comes in for an oil change wearing school colors/mascot.
19. Ministerial Alliances – Donate to football families as an outreach to schools, perhaps in conjunction with Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
20. Boutiques – Offer at half-price with a $75 (+/-) purchase of winter wear or “pocketbook”.
21. Private Schools – Give in return for a donation of $25 (+/-) to raise money for program expenses.
22. Private Schools/Youth Leagues – Use money from book sales to provide scholarships to those whose parents have come into financial distress.
23. Barber Shops – Sell to clientele to pass along to moms and wives and donate a portion of the profits to the new press box fund.
24. Booster Clubs – Sell the book at the concession stand.
25. Football Teams – Sell the book and then later charge admission to your annual Football Quiz Bowl between moms and sons.
26. Private Schools – Sell the book and then later host (for a free will donation) on neutral ground a Football Quiz Bowl between the parents of two schools. The winner could be the one with the highest score, the largest turn-out or the one whose jar ends up with more money.
27. Conference Rivals – Same concept, but pitting moms against moms.
28. Newspaper/Sports Publications – Offer the book with a new yearly subscription.
29. Sporting Goods Shops – Give with the purchase of new cleats or a $150 purchase, or…
30. Band booster clubs – Beef up the value of the book by working with community businesses to design coupons and then sell the book with coupons in front pocket at a higher price.
31. Sororities – Sell during homecoming or moms’ weekend and donate $2 per book to Breast Cancer Research. Keep the rest of the proceeds for other needs.
32. NFL Wives – Sell to raise money for a Safe House for women and children.
33. Coaches’ Wives Groups – Give as a gift in return for a $25 donation to a cause.
34. Corporation and TV Station – Give a book to moms donating a certain number of nonperishable food items, a blanket, or a coat for their community service projects.
35. Football Programs – Give to the first 100 to sign up for your annual “Texas Hold ‘em” Tournament, or in return for contributing an item for your sports auction fundraiser.
36. Florists – Advertise Mothers’ Day promotion: Sons can send balloons tied to a wrapped book.
37. Photographers – Sell when taking youth team pictures and give half of the profit back to the program.
38. Pizzeria – Promotion: Give a book with $40 (+/-) take-out order on the first “Monday Night Football” game.
39. Salons – Offer at half-price for clients receiving a new cut and color.
40. Bundle together with a plush toy football, team onesie, and baby sneakers to make a fun baby boy shower gift for a team fan. |
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