Anyone have suggestions on how to organize a committe to solicit items? What works best for you? Ours is one big free for all. People told to just go out and get donations. No one is sure who is asking which businesses. (though we are getting some great items in). The committee chair is very slow to provide updates as to what items have come in, so people not sure who to follow up with ect. Sometimes she does not return emails with questions from people about this for a week or more. (she is in charge of several things at school so seems she has bitten off more than she can chew). So they cannot cannot act upon ideas when they have the time and waste time waiting to hear from her. I am hoping that we can get better organized. One parent attempted to do this one of our meetings and the chair acted annoyed that the parent was taking up too much of the meeting time with the issue. Seems you could have an entire meeting just on soliciting. Some businesses are receiving multiple requests. Any ideas or suggestions? Do you have one person focus on different types of products like spa's and another on restaurants..and another online applicaitons or do you divide it up by sections of your town and towns in your area?? We are finding that some generous businesses have never been asked because everyone assumed someone else had approached them. Help! We have people wanting to quit the committee due to the lack of organization.
Also, anyone know if you can still request the Keurig brewer from the Keurig website vs the Green Mounatin website?
Is there anyone in the Akron, Summit county area that has any community liason connections, or is willing to dispel some light for event planning and requesting donations.
I just want to say thank you to all of you that posted on here. I am in the process of doing our 1st Tricky-Tray event for our school, and the information that you have all provided has been very informative to me.
Anyone in Missouri? I need help with donations for our school carnival! Thank you!! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
@Carrie,
Would you mind sharing your letter? I updated mine from one I inherited (new Pres.), but thought it was too wordy. I would love to compare.
Also, I'm pretty sure I posted this WAY back when, but thought it might be of use to some of you who are not having any luck:
In addition to all of the letter campaign/canvasing that a handful of us do, we also do classroom baskets. Each class picks a theme then sends home a letter requesting items that fit the theme or a money donation towards the basket. Each classroom parent is in charge of purchasing the items and putting the basket together. We give each class about a month. They can choose to get started immediately, or wait, their call. In the past six years, we have only had two classes not able to come up with something. Mind you, the baskets will range in value from $50 to $500, but that is totally okay. We want items of lesser value so everyone has an opportunity to participate at the auction. Last year, our class baskets alone brought in almost $7,000!
