We have partnered with  the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership’s (SSQP) River-Friendly Fundraiser Carwash Program.

Did you know that soapy water from a carwash (often carrying dirt, grease, and other pollutants) may cause harm to fish and other aquatic life in our creeks and rivers?

The River-Friendly Fundraiser Carwash Program was developed to provide guidance and help facilitate successful fundraiser carwashes while protecting local creeks and rivers from the pollution that can be carried in the wastewater from carwashing activities.

Dri Wash N Guard distributors around the country have sponsored hundreds of car wash fund raisers of anywhere from $300 up to $12,000. Remember these fund raisers are only as successful as the amount of pledges collected.  They are based on the amount of cars that are cleaned so the more cars you clean the more money you make. For example: if someone pledged 10 cents of every car you cleaned and you cleaned 100 cars on that day. You will collect 10 cents times 100 cars which is $10.  If you got pledges from friends, neighbors, relatives and coworkers and they all pledged 10 cent a car and you cleaned 100 cars. That means you will collect $10 from each one of them. It's a very simple concept. It is just like a marathon fund raiser where you get paid for every mile you walk. Only difference here is you get paid for every car you clean. Remember, people are donating/pledging to help you raise money for your organization. They are not giving you money to clean their vehicle but they are all welcome to come down a get a free car wash. The more cars you clean, the more money you make.

The day of the event, you advertise “Free Car Washes” with the goal of doing 100 car washes in 2 or 3 hours.

Now how much money can an organization make? Let's see. If you just had 50 participants and each one of them collected pledges of 10 cents per car from 10 different people and you cleaned 100 cars. That would be 50 X $10 X 10 people = $5000. If you had 200 participants that did the same thing, it would be 200 X $10 X 10 people = $20,000.  The more participants the more money for the organization.