We always put out donation jars at our chili supper, and have never had any complaints. I think you just are always going to have some of "those" people. Just realize that you did nothing wrong, and that you can't please everybody all of the time. [img]smile.gif[/img]
This is such a great idea!!!!! I would love to do this at our school!!
deemariemcp, I don't understand why anyone would be uspset by a donation jar. You are giving them hot dogs, popcorn and drinks. The only thing they paid for was chocolate bars for a $1.00?? I would feel guilty NOT making a donation. Some people!
We just had a family movie night and we showed WIlly Wonka and it was very successful. - Almost too successful. We usually have about 120 people or so show up for our events and almost 250 people came. We served complimentry hot dogs, popcorn from a popping corn stand we rented and drinks. We ran out and got 200 more hot dogs. We sold 200 chocolate bars for a $1 each and hide 5 golden tickets. The prizes were a copy of the book and a gift certificate. We could have sold at least twice that. We did do one thing that a lot of people are very angry about. We put out a donation jar and we have gotten some really upset parents. So my question is, have any of you put out a donation jar and how did your parents react. I did not expect the reaction that the donation jar generated.
To put the golden tickets in the Wonka Bars I used a sharp knife to cut just under the seal on the backside of the bar. You will understand better when you see one. I slid the ticket inside and the folded the seal back over where I slit the wraper open. Just make your tickets a little smaller.
One of our school families had the movie. We used a large sheet hung over a large bar for a screen. We are a K-8 school and fortunately a couple of our 8th grade boys are techies and set the LCD player and DVD player up to show the movie. You could probably hang a large sheet from a ceiling or on a wall. I bet you could get it through Amazon if you can't find someone who has the movie. We didn't charge admission so we would not violate our licensing agreement.
