Many celebrities participate in celebrity fundraisers that benefit a variety of causes. These celebrity fundraisers take many forms. Movie stars donate personal items to be auctioned off for charity. Musicians hold charity concerts. In a more creative celebrity fundraiser, country music stars loaned out their tour buses for charity. For a three-dollar donation, visitors could walk around their favorite musician’s tour bus.
Some celebrity fundraisers involve school, church or charitable groups organizing fundraisers and recruiting celebrities to support them. Sure, it isn’t easy to get an A-list star to come out to your fundraiser, but it can be done. How?
First, determine which celebrities are most likely to support your organization. Your group will have to do a little research. Find out what celebrities have supported organizations like yours in the past. Determine which stars have donated to causes similar to yours. Target your efforts to those stars that are most likely to be receptive to your group.
Second, depending upon your budget, your group may decide to contact an agency like the William Morris Agency and hire an agent that would be willing to assist you. By hiring an agent, your group will be much more likely to successfully communicate your idea for a celebrity fundraiser to the star most interested in your cause.
Finally, try to come up with a creative celebrity fundraising idea that ties in with your group or cause. A compelling fundraising idea may attract your chosen celebrity’s attention and persuade him or her to participate in your celebrity fundraiser.
