Coolecto partnership
The ball should not come down to the ticket price.
Through our partnership with Coolecto, each graduate lowers their own ticket price by taking part in the fundraising campaigns. The more they get involved, the less they pay.
Cost is the real obstacle
A graduation ball runs around $350 per person. For part of the cohort, that number decides whether they come at all — and a half-empty ball is not the night the committee had in mind.
Individual fundraising changes the equation: each graduate's effort is tied to their own ticket, automatically. It stops being a vague collective pot and becomes a visible reduction on what they will owe.
For the graduates
A direct link between effort and price paid. Everyone watches their own ticket come down.
For the committee
No envelopes of cash, no tracking spreadsheet, no allocation maths by hand.
For parents
A clear amount, a secure payment platform, and the option to contribute to their own child's campaign.
How it works
The committee chooses, Jour J sets up the platform, Coolecto handles the payments. Nobody touches cash.
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The committee picks its campaigns
From the options available, the committee keeps up to three that match the cohort's interests. Running more campaigns does not raise more — it wears the group out.
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Jour J sets up the platform
We configure the campaigns, prepare the communications to graduates and coordinate logistics with the supplier. The committee picks a delivery date, an address and a point person.
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Every profit lowers the graduate's ticket
Every sale and every donation is tied automatically to the participant who earned it. Their ticket price drops as they go, with nobody doing the maths.
A year of fundraising, from the inside
The path of a graduate who joins all three of their cohort’s campaigns.
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1 September
The ticket price is announced
The committee settles its format and announces the price. This is what each person would pay with no fundraising at all.
Ticket price: $350
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15 October
Autumn campaign (product sale)
The cohort launches its first campaign. It raises the most: people buy, and group momentum is at its peak.
Raised: $100
Still to pay: $250
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10 February
Winter campaign (product sale)
A second campaign with another supplier. The graduate goes back to their circle with a personal link.
Raised: $70
Still to pay: $180
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5 April
Final push (collective campaign)
A 50/50 draw, an auction or a fundraising event: one last campaign before the end of term.
Raised: $40
Still to pay: $140
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1 May
Final registration
The graduate pays what remains directly on the platform, at final registration.
Balance due: $140
Result
$210 raised, a $140 ticket instead of $350
That is 60% less, for a graduate who joined all three campaigns. Those who get more involved go lower — and the reverse holds too.
The amounts shown are illustrative. They vary with the format of the ball, the venue, the campaigns chosen and each participant’s involvement.
Less admin, more participation
Is the ticket out of reach for part of the cohort?
Every campaign directly lowers what each graduate will owe.
Is the committee spending its evenings on transfers and spreadsheets?
Registrations, payments and campaign tracking live in one place, with no cash changing hands.
Does nobody see the link between effort and outcome?
Each participant tracks their own total. What they sell lowers their ticket, not their neighbour's.
Shall we look at what this would mean for your cohort?
Tell us about your ball. We will show you which campaigns work for a group like yours, and what they typically raise.