In the past we have used Fun Services I believe and they were okay. Easy to work with, less work than it sounds like you are dealing with. This year we are going with another company both our fall fundraiser and holiday shop or "elf shelf" as its called. I can't remember the name off hand but I believe it's something like American Fundraising or something like that. I'll check on that and get back with you.
Our school currently hosts a Holiday Boutique for our kids which I have chaired for the last 4 years. While I love the event, and we use it more as a "friend raiser" than a "fund raiser", the work involved is overwhelming. We currently drive approx. 70 miles with 3 mini-vans and load up, then return to school where a committee prices everything, we make up a master list, set up the merchandise, etc... Once the event is done, we then need to take the pricing stickers off everything, box it up and drive it back to the warehouse that we purchased it from. While I have to admit that the merchandise is cute and very inexpensive, the work involved can be overwhelming. (We shop as though we were a school of 1000 kids purchasing for 20 people each in order to give our 300 kids a really good selection of stuff).
Has anyone out there used one of the companies that provide a Holiday Boutique to your school? If so, which one? Did you like the quality of merchandise, the prices, were the people easy to deal with, did they do the set-up/clean-up, etc...? I would appreciate hearing from you.
