The substantial costs and fees associated with extracurricular activities often strain family budgets. This can force families to finance activities with credit cards or, unfortunately when completely unaffordable, cause students to miss valuable opportunities that help them grow

Student organizations and their leaders often try to make training, service, and competitions more affordable through fundraising and sponsorships. However, these efforts aren't always enough, and financial gaps continue to exclude many students.

Drawing from years of experience as parents, volunteers, coaches, and board members, we have taken the very best Fundraising methods and Policies and...

Created a long term solution: Our Hubbub Local Platform

Easy Fundraising for Students

Hubbub Local offers a streamlined platform with customizable programs to help students raise money effectively. Our key approach involves Community Captains – local residents we train to lead efforts in their area. These Captains connect with local businesses to gather exclusive deals and information, which our team then uses to create a unique Discount Club for each community. Students sell annual memberships to their local Club, offering a high-value fundraising product that saves members many times the cost of their donation, making it an appealing offer.

Flexible & Supportive Fundraising

Our platform is highly flexible, allowing diverse groups like faith-based, school, or civic organizations to sell memberships on their own schedules during the year. We support nearly any activity, group size, or experience level with equal dedication, aiming to keep the volunteer burden very low. Our goal is to empower every student to "Earn more than ever before..." helping families manage budgets while enabling students to participate in enriching activities that foster lifelong success.

Smart Sales Tools Boost Profits

Hubbub Local enhances fundraising profits by providing students with essential sales tools and resources. These tools help students connect with friends, family, neighbors, and the wider community. A key feature is the ability to close sales remotely. While our baseline is door-to-door sales, if no one's home, students can leave a custom flyer. Potential donors can then sign up, pay, and activate their annual Club membership directly on their phone through a self-signup process. This method significantly expands the potential donor base (e.g., at church, the park, or work). We've further boosted this by providing each student with a custom social media and email link, making it even easier to reach out. Finally, our programs promote year to year continuity meaning last years success boosts this years goals... AND if even more help is needed we have plans for that too!

Hubbub Local: Expanding Opportunity, Maximizing Results

The development of Hubbub Local has been both challenging and rewarding. Each update brings new improvements in security, usability, and inclusiveness. A recent review identified several smart refinements that enhance donor engagement, increase business partner value, and improve fundraising outcomes.

Promotional Deals: Business partners can run limited promotions on their own schedule

In-Store Sales: Employees at partner locations can now sell memberships directly

Pass-it-On Rewards: Club members can win prizes by referring others to join

Fundraise Anywhere: Our Open Sales Model means that Students, and their family members, can drastically increase the opportunity to sell Discount Club memberships @Home Community(red/black circle), @Work(Parents blue circle/red square), @Grandma's(blue square), and even widely distributed areas @Church(black square).

Direct Donations: In-lieu of Purchase or Supplemental Cash gift to support Student

Targeted Donations: Support Designated Student or Organization Needs with confidence

Sponsorships: Student credit for Event/Field/Program Ads, Production/Expense Gifts

Legacy & Supplemental: Established (Christmas trees & Wreaths, Easter Hams, Lift-a-thons & other events; Candy & other products/services days) and Community-Oriented (Buy a brick/seat, Pinestraw, Senior Citizen work days, etc...) campaigns can now be Promoted and Managed using our same powerful Platform framework.

Hubbub Local can match the structure of your Church, Park, League or Association from one team/class/activity to the full range of the activities you offer. Each sub-group gets a customized fundraiser (goal, information sheet, sales script, volunteer contact info, etc) that is branded for and operating under the direction of the Organization. For students who participate in multiple activities, intensity levels, seasons, camps or special sessions we can inter-link their current activity account to future ones for better management

There are a huge number of students who participate in activities or who have interests that are not traditionally thought of as good candidates for fundraisers. For instance chorus at school holds fundraisers, but there are no programs to support private voice lessons or being part of the travel Choir at Church.

Our "Everyone Else" fundraising services are designed to help students who don't fit the classic model. One of the first differences that distinguishes this program is the fact that each student, AND their family, determine the parameters for their campaign. The second is that this program utilizes a more granular approach to fundraising that starts with an "Annual Activities" assessment (budget) for the entire year. This will let us create a plan that will help most students meet all their needs with just one fundraiser.

Students often explore many interests and activities, and these journeys can take unexpected turns. An injury might limit athletic pursuits, or a passion could lead to more intense training and competition. A summer at a performing arts camp can inspire the next star of the stage, and a service project can open this era's next great Preacher's eyes to the needs of the world. These twists and turns are why we built flexibility into our platform.

If a student needs immediate help—for example, with travel funds for Model UN, roster fees for a regional sports team, or costume charges for a lead role in a play—they can respond right away with a Hubbub Local account. Students in our "Everyone Else" affiliate program can use unspent funds or reserves from their activity budget. Both affiliate and existing organizational accounts can also have their Captain send a Direct Donation "Request for Assistance" email or text to the student's registered supporters.

If the need isn't urgent, we encourage students and families to suggest that their organizational partners use Hubbub Local for their fundraising. Affiliate partners can ask their Captain to activate their account so they can use our Extended or Advanced sales programs to cover new costs.