Do you have specific items that you request from the folks on this list? Do you send a form letter? We are in the process of completing our 501(c)3 application, and would love to knock everyone's socks off with a game plan on how to use the exemption. Of course, I'm clueless - thank goodness for this forum!!

just out of curiosity, did you get a good response from this list? thanks, maggie

Here are the solicitors that I have nationally. Can anyone add to this list?

Wikki-Stix Omnicor Inc 2432 W. Peoria #1188 Phoenix AZ 85029 602-870-9937
Barry's Bakery 9010 Kenamar Drive San Diego CA 92121 858-547-0648
Foxwoods Resort and Casino P.O. Box 377 Mashantucket CT 06338 860-312-3000
WWF 1241 East Main Street Box 3857 Stamford CT 06902 203-352-8600
Disney World P.O. Box 1000 Lake Buena Vista FL
Color Bright Portraits 13101 Canterbury Road Savannah GA 31419
Claires Accessories 2400 W. Central Road Hoffman Estates IL 60195 847-765-1100
Jeepers, Inc. 800 South Street Suite 355 Waltham MA 02453-1457 781-890-1800
General Mills Consumer Services P.O. Box 1113 Minneapolis MN 55440 800-328-1144
Build a Bear Workshop 1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive St. Louis MO 63114 908-429-0221
Baker and Taylor 2709 Water Ridge Parkway Charlotte NC 28217
Oriental Trading Company PO Box 2659 Omaha NE 68103 800-228-0475
Lands End 1 Lands End Lane Dodgeville WI 53595
Lillian Vernon Corporation 100 Lillian Vernon Drive Virginia Beach VA 23479-0001
Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th & Ben Franklin Pkwy Philadelphia PA 19104 215-763-8100
Independence Seaport Museum 211 So Columbus Blvd at Walnut Street Philadelphia PA 19104 215-925-5439
National Canal Museum 30 Centre Square Hugh Moore Park Easton PA 18042 610-559-6613
National Canal Museum, Hugh More Historical Park and Museums, Inc 30 Centre Square Easton PA 18372
Blue Mountain Ski Area P.O. Box 216 Palmerton PA 18071 610-826-7700
Sesame Place 100 Sesame Road P. O. Box 1579 Langhorne PA 19047
Camelback Ski Corporation PO Box 168 Camelback Road Tannersville PA 18372
Philadelphia Eagles 3501 South Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19148
Camelback Beach WaterPark Exit 45, I-80 Tannersville PA 18372 570-629-1661
Philadelphia Phillies 3501 S Broad St Philadelphia PA 19148 (215) 463-6000
Philadelphia Zoo 3400 W. Girard Avenue Philadelphia PA 19148 215-243-1100
Shawnee Mountain Ski Area PO Box 339 I-80 Exit 52 Shawnee on Delaware PA 18356 570-421-7231
Please Touch Museum 210 N. 21st St. Philadelphia PA 19104 215-963-0667
Crayola Factory 30 Center Square Easton PA 18042
AAA - Mid Atlantic 2040 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19103-3302
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom 3830 Dorney Park Road Allentown PA 18104 610-395-2000
Railroad Museum of PA Route 741 Box 15 Strasburg PA 17579 717-687-8628
Gertrude Hawk 9 Keystone Industrial Park Dunmore PA 18512
American Music Theatre PO Box 10757 Lancaster PA 17605 800-648-4102
Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103 215-299-1000
Highlights for Children 1800 Watermark Drive PO Box 269 Columbus OH 43216
Sam Ash Music Box 9047 Hicksville NY 11802
iMar 494 8th Avenue 21st Floor New York NY 10001 212-239-1124
WPLJ Penn Plaza 17th Floor New York NY 10121 212-613-8962
Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conversation Society 2300 Southern Blvd Bronx NY 10460 718-220-5100
Union Square Café 21 E 16th St. New York NY 10003 212-243-4020
Chevys Restaurant 259 W. 42nd Street New York NY 10036 (212) 302-4010
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 513 West 54th Street New York NY 10019 212-468-1709
Intrepid Museum Pier 86 West 46th & 12th Ave New York NY 10014 212-245-0072
Playland Playland Parkway Rye NY 10580 914-813-7010
NY Skyride 350 5th Avenue 2nd Fl Empire St.Bldg New York NY 10001 212-279-9777
Marsh USA Inc. 1166 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10036 212-345-3792
Live with Regis and Kelly 7 Lincoln Square 5th Floor New York NY 10023 212-456-2410

Could anyone who has this list of national companies to approach for a school auction please e-mail it to me? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thank you so much!

We have an auction every spring and need some input. We solicit all of our local businesses in town, but with 6 grammar schools running auctions, you tend to see the same stuff at every auction. I would like to spice it up with some nationally recognized donations, things our parents don't see everyday.
I have been reading alot on this site about who NOT to solicit, but not a complete list of who we SHOULD be going after.
Does anyone have a spreadsheet with names, addresses etc. that they would be willing to share? If so, does anyone know how that can be posted to this site, instead of everyone sending e-mail addresses? Thanks in advance...