Originally posted by Kathie: Something else to consider is the fun and value to a fundraiser. We have no trouble getting Market Day volunteers because we all have a good time talking while we sort orders and it's a real quick 2 hours a month for each of the 9 sales. I am projecting our profit this year to be around $4,500 for our school of 300 kids. Once our customers get hooked on market day, the only work is reminding them about the due date - we don't have to sell it again. This year a couple of our biggest customers are people that no longer have kids in the school.
Along with doing our big fundraiser at the beginning of the school year....wrapping paper and the like we do a Penny Drive starting the 100th day of school and run it for 2 weeks. Last year we collected almost $2000. Hope this helps.
Originally posted by Ivyhall1: Some of these fundraisers may not seem like a lot of work, but in my experience, soup labels and milk tops take a long time to collect. The lenght of the fundraiser is one that I don't like. I like it to start and finish in a couple of weeks so I don't have to keep it on my list. We just did the best fundraiser in my schools history by having our kids sell miracle sponges to their friends and family. The sponge works great and the kids love it. In two weeks we made a couple of thousand and it really didn't take much at all. Try the Xtreme Sponge fundraiser. It worked for us and was great.
I read on here that some of you collect ink cartridges. Our school also collects these along with cell phones. We go through a company called funding factory, they send pre-paid mailing boxes, provide free fliers. About 3 times a year we have contest to see which student, or classroom can collect the most, and then are given a prize for their efforts. One time it was an ice cream party for the class with the most. It just helps to make it fun for the kids and to help the parents to remember to send them in.
Something else to consider is the fun and value to a fundraiser. We have no trouble getting Market Day volunteers because we all have a good time talking while we sort orders and it's a real quick 2 hours a month for each of the 9 sales. I am projecting our profit this year to be around $4,500 for our school of 300 kids. Once our customers get hooked on market day, the only work is reminding them about the due date - we don't have to sell it again. This year a couple of our biggest customers are people that no longer have kids in the school.
