If you are considering a car wash fundraiser for your nonprofit group because you are worried that someone might slip and fall on the water and sue your nonprofit group, which already does not have the money it needs to survive hardly. Did you know you can buy one day event insurance in case something were to happen.
Many nonprofit groups that are involved in sports organizations use the city's insurance as part of the park and recreation district. Many sports teams that are associated with the school are able to use the school's insurance. But when you are doing an off-campus carwash fundraiser in a business district and a business owner lets you to use their property you might be shocked to find out that their insurance will not cover you and your volunteers.
In fact sometimes you are automatically accepting liability in having the car wash fundraiser based on your request to use a property. Event insurance is not too expensive and you can usually get for between 50 and $ 75.
Perhaps you might consider using event insurance and come up with an insurance strategy for your next car wash fundraiser. If nothing else please consider this in 2006 and if you do not buy insurance sometimes you can figure out ways to make your car wash fundraiser safer for all participating; both customers and volunteers.
