I have spent the last 30 days testing balloon pumps with our nonprofit team, comparing 12 models across three benefit concerts and two silent auction fundraisers. We inflated more than 4,000 balloons between us, timed each pump to the second, and tracked volunteer fatigue across age groups ranging from teenage volunteers to retirees. When you … Read more
Putting up balloons for a silent auction is one of those tasks that looks simple until you have to inflate two hundred of them by mouth the night before the doors open. After helping plan auctions for school PTOs, church galas, and small nonprofit fundraisers for years, our team at the American Association of Fundraising … Read more
I have spent the last decade helping nonprofits and community organizations pull off fundraisers that actually raise money, and I will tell you straight: the single most underrated piece of equipment at any charity gala is the balloon pump. After coordinating everything from 200-guest black-tie auctions to school gymnasium carnivals, I have seen volunteer crews … Read more