How Can I Start An Astronomy Club For Kids?

I want to start an astronomy club for kids. I want to take donations of unused video games to fund it. The premise would be underprivileged kids wouldn’t have to pay but, donate any type or amount of old games to be auctioned. I would also need to except donations from outside sources. I had an idea of using (Video Games for Stars) to buy telescopes, books, other learning materials and fund trips. My question is, Do you think this can work?

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Realize that you want astronomy-related stuff, not video games. The video game idea is good, but will require you to have an entire other business to fund your primary club.

Instead, why not get donations of unneeded astronomy gear? Approach local colleges, private schools, companies, etc. to ask for what you need.

Before approaching them, make sure that you’ve clearly created a plan for the club, have a lot of enthusiastic interest, and ideally some stories to tell about the first time a kid looked through a telescope and saw the moon, and how that experience changed their life. This background information would be used to create your strategic marketing plan. The plan would naturally lead to marketing materials (both to attract new club members but also for soliciting donors).

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