At least a few weeks ago I was pleased to hear of something new. No, not a new school fundraising idea. just a new 'attitude' about it, which was in itself quite refreshing.
The kids (in this case 9 year olds) were to sell cookie dough by the tub. We all know these prices are inflated to beat the band and we could buy numerous types of similar cookie dough tubs at the local store for probably 1/3 of the price. Still, this is what we do to help our kids, grandkids, neighbor kids, etc.
For the first time though, (that I remember at least), the sales sheet was sent home saying that donations could also be made for 2/3 of the sale amount. That child would still get one 'sale' credit, even though no actual dough was purchased.
Zowie! Finally someone gets smart about this stuff. We bought one tub of dough for $15 and then made an additional $10 donation. In exchange our young grandson got credit for 2 purchases, and we saved $5 in the process. (not to mention an additional inch around our waistlines if we'd bought the 2nd tub too.)
Good job school for setting the sale up like that this year. I'm sure you'll find your revenue increases with the improvement of the project blueprint.
What can you do to YOUR child's or grandchild's project to improve it? Put on your thinking caps - start scrunching up all those brain cells and think of some new way to freshen up an old project. You'll find your school fundraising project will be so more successful in the long run!
Make your project the 'Ultimate Fundraising Success'!
Sherie Smith
The Fundraising Designer
email: fundraisingdesigner@gmail.com
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About Sherie Smith:
Sherie Smith shows people how to achieve the Ultimate Fundraising Success in her free multi-part minicourse which can be found at: http://www.3hourstofundraisingsuccess.com. Her newest book, '3 Hours to Fundraising Success', a step-by-step copycat manual to the '$4,500 in 3 Hours' project, will be released late 2009 to early 2010.
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