Information Card Templates

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CHECK YOUR INVENTORY:

• Determine how many donors you can expect for your next event.  (Look at your donor history on the dashboard, and perhaps Reports/User Report to look at new registrations (Sort the data on that column)
• Do you have enough reusable bags?   If not, a typical reorder timeline is 4 weeks from Holden Bags.  
•  Do you have enough information cards? ("Thank you" and "Sorry we missed you")

Thank You Cards; these are stapled to the bags.  They have a “needs list’, next event date, and a QR code pointing to https://JoinSG.org with a message to tell their friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers.   (see next section for our templates)

Sorry We Missed You;  these are left instead of a bag.  They have a QR code pointing to SimpleGesture.org’s donation page, the next event date, and a reminder to say “no” to the email/text so a driver doesn’t come to their door next time.  (see next section for our templates)

Printing Cards:

Note; there may be policies regarding what must be on the cards, especially if your chapter is under an umbrella group that has a 'Brand Sponsor'.  Often, a Brand Sponsor will have certain requirement of how their brand is displayed, and what else is permitted.  

You can design your own cards or use our templates.  If you use the template be sure to modify to fit your specific chapter.  Edit the pickup dates and the email for 'more information'.  You can add your brand, such as Rotary or a Retail business.   But please do not use the cards to solicit business or provide any political, religious, other message regarding your organization. 

PAPER:  We recommend using 5x7 cards.  These can be purchased at a very good price on Amazon, use THIS LINK.  Or you can buy 8.5" x 11" card stock (100lb or 120GSM is recommended) at Staples and have them cut the entire ream in 1/2 with their special equipment.    NOTE: the templates we provide are for 5x7 paper, if you print on 8.5" x 5.5" you may need to change things around a bit. 

INK:  We prefer to use printers that can be refilled (vs. a cartridge) for expense reasons.  This is a great link for ink. 

PRINTER:  We've tested a lot of printers, and the EPSON ET 2980 is our favorite.  It's a top loading machine without a lot of bells and whistles, but is far less to jamming than the more expensive printers.   Here is a link.