Plus Effort
Fundraising · Schools, teams, booster clubs

The hoodie fundraiser that runs itself

We design the hoodie, run the store, and ship every order direct to the family that bought it. Your program keeps $25 of every $75 hoodie sold.

A hoodie fundraiser with us is a two-week online pre-order at zero cost to your school: nothing is produced until a family has paid for it, and there is nothing for you to collect, store, or hand out.

(434) 280-3200 a founder answers

Custom embroidered team hoodie, rotating 360 degree view

How it works

01

Text us your school and colors

Text (434) 280-3200 with your school, mascot, and colors. A founder answers, and free custom mockups land inside 48 hours. You approve the design and we build the store.

02

Share the store link

We open a two-week pre-order window. Families pick their own size, Youth S to Adult 3XL, and pay online. No order forms, no cash envelopes, no size spreadsheet.

03

Collect your check

The window closes, we produce the batch, and every order ships direct to the family that bought it. You get a full ledger of what sold and $25 for every hoodie.

The math

A hoodie sells for $75 and your program keeps $25 of every one sold. The other $50 covers the blank, the decoration, the shipping, and our work.

$25of every$75hoodie stays with your program.

If 100 families buy one, that is $2,500 to your program from one two-week window.

Zero cost to the school. Design, mockups, and the store are all free.

No inventory. Nothing is produced until a family has paid for it.

No minimums and no unsold boxes in a storage closet.

No cash envelopes. Families pay online and you get one check and one ledger.

Versus the old plays

Booster clubs have run the same plays for decades, and most of them turn volunteer hours into thin margins. A hoodie drop is the easiest school fundraiser there is: spirit wear families were going to buy anyway.

  • Candy bars

    A margin of a dollar or two per bar means hundreds of hallway transactions to match what a dozen hoodies raise.

  • Car washes

    A full Saturday of volunteer hours, weather permitting, for a few hundred dollars.

  • Discount cards

    Families pay for coupons that die in a kitchen drawer. A hoodie gets worn to school all winter.

  • Cookie dough catalogs

    Paper order forms, a pickup day in the gym, and frozen product to hand out. We ship every order direct to the family instead.

The hoodie

The fundraiser only works if the hoodie is worth $75 on its own. Ours is the heavyweight piece kids reach for all winter, not a fundraiser-grade blank.

  • 80/20 heavyweight cotton-poly fleece, brushed inside
  • Double-needle stitching
  • Embroidered art available, plus screen print, DTG, and DTF
  • Sizes Youth S to Adult 3XL
  • Optional name and number personalization
  • Your design, approved by you before anything is produced

Blanks from brands like Nike, Under Armour, Adidas, Augusta, Holloway, and Champion

Who does what

We handle
  • Custom design and mockups
  • The online store
  • Size and payment collection
  • Batch production after the window closes
  • Shipping direct to each family
  • Support and exchanges
  • The sales ledger and your check
You do
  • Approve the design
  • Send the link when the store opens
  • Send it once more before the window closes

Hoodie fundraiser questions

What does a hoodie fundraiser cost the school?

Nothing. Design, mockups, and the online store are free, and hoodies are only produced after families pay.

Nothing, at any point. We design the hoodie and send mockups for free, build and run the online store for free, and only produce hoodies that families have already paid for. There is no setup fee, no inventory purchase, and no bill if the fundraiser underperforms. The school approves the design and shares the link, and that is the whole job.

How much does a school raise with a hoodie fundraiser?

$25 per hoodie. Hoodies sell for $75 and the program keeps $25 of each one, so 100 hoodies raises $2,500.

Hoodies sell for $75 and the program keeps $25 of every one. The arithmetic is simple: 50 hoodies raises $1,250, 100 raises $2,500, 200 raises $5,000. Because families are buying something they wanted anyway, the order count tracks the size of your community, not how hard your volunteers push.

How long does a hoodie fundraiser take?

Mockups inside 48 hours, a roughly two-week pre-order window, then batch production and shipping direct to each family.

Free mockups land inside 48 hours of your first text. Once you approve the design, the store opens for a roughly two-week pre-order window. When the window closes we produce the full batch and ship every order direct to the family that bought it. From first text to closed window is about three weeks, with delivery following production.

How do you set up a spirit wear fundraiser?

Text us your school and colors at (434) 280-3200, approve a free 48-hour mockup, share the store link, and collect a check when the window closes.

Text us at (434) 280-3200 with your school name, mascot, and colors. A founder answers and sends free custom mockups inside 48 hours. You approve the design, we build the online store, and you share the link with families. Two weeks later the window closes, we produce and ship every order, and you collect the check. No committee required.

What raises more for a booster club, a year-round spirit wear store or a pop-up fundraiser?

The pop-up drop. A short window concentrates orders, and there is no storefront for the booster club to manage in the off-season.

The pop-up drop concentrates demand. A two-week window gives families a reason to order now instead of someday, and producing after close means no inventory risk for anyone. A year-round spirit wear store spreads the same demand thin and leaves a booster club managing a storefront through the off-season. Run the drop when the season starts and the energy is highest.

Who handles sizing, payment, shipping, and returns?

We handle all of it: sizing, payment, direct shipping, and exchanges. Nothing lands on the school staff.

We handle all of it. Families pick their own size, Youth S to Adult 3XL, and pay online in the store. After production, every order ships direct to the address the family entered. If something arrives wrong or does not fit, they contact us, not you, and we make it right. No hoodie pile in the athletic office, no distribution day.

Can families add a name and number to their hoodie?

Yes. Optional name and number personalization, entered by the family at checkout and produced with the batch.

Yes. Families can add a name and number at checkout, and the personalization is produced with the rest of the batch. The buyer enters it during checkout, so nobody on your staff is collecting spellings and numbers on a clipboard. It is optional hoodie by hoodie, so a family can go plain or personalized in the same order.

What happens if nothing sells?

Nothing. No fees, no minimums, no unsold inventory; every hoodie is paid for before it is produced.

Nothing happens. There are no fees, no minimums, and no boxes of unsold hoodies, because a hoodie is only produced after a family has paid for it. If orders come in light, the families who ordered still get their hoodies, your program still keeps $25 on each one, and you owe us nothing.

Start with a text

Text (434) 280-3200 with your school and colors. Kevin or Scott answers, and mockups are in your inbox inside 48 hours.

or emailhello@pluseffort.com(434) 280-3200, call or text