As a volunteer, I helped sell tickets several times with our horrible, too-small cash boxes. They were the kind with only about 3 bill slots, so it never worked out right.
Once I became Prez we bought new money boxes - the large ones that resemble the drawer of a commercial cash register. They are wonderful!! A slot for each type of bill and coin and the lids lock. They were about $45 each but well worth it.
Your larger office supply stores (Office Max, Office Depot, Staples) carry a pretty good assortment of cash boxes and replacement trays - if not in the store, then in their catalog.
Wow Scottmom you have 2 Walmarts! We don't even have one.
For some booths I think the aprons are alot easier, especially if you use tickets. I realize that is not what you are looking for but I thought I'd share that places like Home Depot, Lowes, and local home improvement stores would usually donate them.
At the elementary I used to pres for we had a small wooden tray, but we never used it.
[ 05-18-2005, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: C. Brooks ]
We have 2 walmarts in our town. I couldn't find them at one but they were next to the caskboxes at the other. We also have a store that does work with cash registars (sells, rents, fixes) and they had some but were more expensive.
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ScottMom, were they in the office supplies section? (I looked at Wal-mart too and didn't see anything in a small size). I was thinking of trying the toy section (for play money trays).
Oddly, I don't see a manufacturer name anywhere on our cash boxes. They look like the MMR brand sold at Office Depot, though. I haven't found a small MMR replacement money tray online, only the larger ones. I'm just trying to do some "pre-shopping" before loading up the kids and embarking on a whirlwind tour of all the local office supply and discount stores (which, from what I've seen online, seems unlikely to be sucessful).
