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Creatively
Frugal Fundraising
"What fundraising activities have you seen/heard
of/been part of that did not offend your frugal nature?"
"I am an Avon Leadership Representative in Canada. I haven't
actually done a fundraiser with Avon, but know of several who
have. Find an Avon representative in your area and ask if s/he
would be able to do a fundraiser for you. They can either do an
'open book' fundraiser, which allows those purchasing to choose
anything in the brochure they want or need, or they can do it with
one specific item. (This limits sales in my opinion as buyers can
only purchase this single item.)
Avon reps earn a discount dependant on the size of their
order. With a fundraiser, the sales would put the rep's order in
at one of the higher/highest discount levels, allowing a good
percentage of dollars to be passed on to the fundraising group.
For example, if the rep's total order places him/her in the 45%
discount level, s/he could pass on at least 25-35% of the dollars
from the fundraising items to the group. This allows him/her
to cover the cost of expenses and still make a bit for
their time and effort to help your group raise funds.
Please keep in mind that discount levels vary and the dollars
(percentage) that are passed on to the fundraising group is
completely at the Avon rep's discretion.
I hope this helps some of your readers who are looking for
fundraising ideas! If any readers in southwestern Ontario are
looking for an Avon rep for fundraising, I'm more than willing to
work with you!" ~ Sarah
"I have run numerous fundraisers
for local organizations over the last decade or so. A very
easy and successful one is a bowl-a-thon. You need six or
eight bowlers (they don't have to be great at the sport), one pin
counter per bowler and someone to coordinate snacks.
(You have to work out the snacks with the bowling alley
because they make money on the food and drinks. Ours had us pay
for the drinks but let us bring in home-baked goods.) People
sponsor the bowlers and pledge to pay five or 10 cents or
more for each pin knocked down in three games. Remember
the donation is counted by number of pins knocked down,
not the score of the game (which is why you have
pin counters).
< For an average bowler, a sponsor
paying five cents per pin knocked down paid about $12 in donation.
The more sponsors you have the more
money you raise. I ran this twice and both times made about $1,400
for a very easy evening to run.
Other fundraisers I've run are art shows
featuring local artists, quilt shows featuring the work of local
quilters, craft shows and the like.Raffling a donated hand-made
item or selling 50-50 raffles at an event can really add to the
money raised. Keep the price for the raffle ticket low so
people don't feel that they are being taken advantage of." ~
Alene
"I suggest the 'Be up front' approach.
In these financial times it is difficult to subject people to
buying junk for three times the cost for little return. How about a
3 pronged approach?
1). Pancake breakfasts and spaghetti dinner - Night- out dinners
have the most returns. Dinner-night-out is where a group
of people have an assigned menu (simple and frugal and
everyone knows it) (baked chicken legs and salads, etc and a simple
dessert and beverage). Then you sell tickets for $4.00 each $20.00
per family It's quick, simple and you keep 100% of profit
because food is donated (mostly by the committee members). Set
up games for little ones if you'd like, Ten cents each-promote that
for a certain expense (for example craft materials).
2). Ahead of dinner - Teens can do a change fundraiser, or
separate by groups of kids, elementary collect nickels,
middle-school kids-collect dimes, highschoolers-collect quarters.
Each family can sell tickets at their churches/ groups/ friends and
families/work. Always take time to have tickets printed up and sell
first then you have a much better fundraiser. Many people buy
tickets but won't come so that's essentially free money.
3). Games after dinner -Set up games for little ones if you'd
like, Ten cents each-promote that for a certain expense (for example
craft materials). Mini yard sale of donated items, for
people to look at and buy during/after dinner." ~ Tina
"Several
ideas come immediately to mind: First, 'rent-a-kid.'
My youth group did this when I was growing up. Once every 3
months or so, we would advertise a day when we would be
available for a donation to help people out. Maybe we would
babysit for a couple hours or rake leaves or help with a major
cleaning project. Even younger kids (with adult supervision) can
help with yard work, occupying toddlers while Mom shops,
cleaning or even painting walls. Second, dinner functions are a
fun way to raise money. A dinner theater can also showcase some
of the things the children have been learning. For example, if
they are studying the Civil War era, they can put on a play
about this time using the information they have learned. It's
even better if they write the play themselves! Third, check with
your local grocery stores. Many offer rebates on your purchases
credited to your school or organization. Each works a little
different, but I know Krogers, Meijers and GFS all offer some
sort of fundraising program. If you regularly shop at these
places, you won't spend a dime extra but will be raising money
for your organization without purchasing something you won't
use." ~ Carolyn
"I just had an idea about a
fundraiser, but you'll have to figure
out all the details. A silent auction is a good
way to offer products or services that people might
enjoy or would be interested in purchasing as a gift
for someone else. The hard part is acquiring the items
to auction, but many people in your group will have
ideas and resources for this. My husband was approached
by someone to offer his lawn maintenance services
for one month to the highest bidder, so while he
was donating his time, he saw this as a worthy cause
and was glad to do it, rather than needing to go out
to do a job and then be asked to donate cash. See
what services or products people in your group might
be willing to offer themselves, then approach businesses
or other individuals about donating as well. Don't
forget grandparents, siblings and other extended family
members as potential donors for your auction." ~ Dorothy
K., Florida homeschooling mother of 2
"Scrip
is a great fundraiser. The school sells gift cards for stores,
restaurants and gas stations that people already shop at anyway.
The school gets a percentage and the families aren’t spending
any extra money on items they don’t want or need.
" ~ Pauline
"I can't stand the silly 'A-Thons' schools hold. A
rock-a-thon (rock in a rocking chair), a walk-a-thon, even a
read-a-thon doesn't do anything for me. How about a work-a-thon?
Get people to sponsor you a certain amount for each hour you
work cleaning up the school, planting flowers, cleaning up an
old person's house, assembling emergency kits at the Red Cross,
etc. I would gladly sponsor a student who was WORKING to
better the community or his school." ~ Katie
"The best fund-raising
thing the youth at our church have ever done is with
Applebee's Restaurant. ( I think Logan's Road House has a
similar program.) All you do is sign up with them for a
Saturday morning pancake breakfast. Your group sells tickets
ahead of time, also tickets may be purchased at the door. I
think we sold the tickets for $5 each. On your pancake day,
your group shows up, waits tables and helps with some of the
clean up. Applebee's does all the cooking, furnishes all the
food. For the $5 ticket each person gets a plate of pancakes,
bacon and coffee or juice. If they want seconds, they can get
that also, included in the price. By 10:30 or 11:00 AM you're
done. The last time our group did it, just a few weeks ago, we
made $800. It's a popular fundraiser, since there's nothing to
do ahead of time except sell tickets to family and friends.
Usually have good response and everyone enjoys getting to eat
pancakes before they head out for their Saturday errands.
Usually good fellowship too, since most people who buy the
tickets and show up know at least some of the other folks
there. We've done many
fund-raisers and you can't beat this one." ~ Cyndy
"Our school children have sold both
"Entertainment" books and plastic cards
that local restaurants and fun places have
participated in, called "Major Saver Preferred
Cards". They have 15 local businesses
involved. The cards sell for $10 each.
The Entertainment books are available at www.entertainment.com
I believe, and sell for $25 each, but are good at
many more places. Most larger towns have them
available, and children are great salespeople!"
~ Joanne
"I was just a meeting this past Sunday with
other parents of Jr/Sr high kids and the subject
of fundraising came up. Personally, I hate
fundraising. I would rather give a lump sum of
money to the school (or church) at the beginning
of the school year than to have to bug friends and
family to purchase overpriced items. Anyway, a
suggestion for fundraising was to have a 'slave
auction.' Now we have never done this, but what an
awesome opportunity for our children to learn a
servant's attitude. A person from the church could
bid on a student and that student would have to do
any chores necessary for that person for one day.
I really like this idea for many reasons. One:
It gets our youth and our seniors to interact with
each other. Two: It gets our youth not to
think of just themselves, but others; and Three:
Maybe after their one day of service, a regular
relationship might develop between the
generations." ~ Becky
"Our school participates in the 'Box Tops
for Education' program. These are found on
packages of General Mills cereals, Hamburger
Helper, Ziploc bags, etc. For each one of
these turned in, the school receives 10 cents.
It may not sound like a lot but with a school
population of over 400 this really adds up.
Besides, when I combine my coupons with great
deals, I can get these products for pennies. Our
school has used the money to buy new playground
equipment and audio-video equipment in the
recent past." ~ Stephanie in NC
"Fundraising
is a sore subject to most parents but there have
been a couple over the years that were actually
good ideas. Collecting Campbell soup labels can
add up to money for school equipment.
Likewise, cutting out Box Tops for Education
labels from various products nets $.10 per box
top up to a $60,000 annual cap per school!
I’ve been involved in both those projects as
both a parent and now as a concerned citizen and
school supporter; they are simple to do and you
can involve lots of people and it can continue
throughout the year, even when school is out!
It’s a great way to let people on low incomes
help because they are simply saving proofs of
purchase from items they already bought.
My
friend’s elementary school offered parents the
option of donating a set amount to the school in
lieu of their child participating in
fundraisers. Since only about 50% of the
money spent on wrapping paper or chocolates goes
to the school and since parents end up buying
the bulk of what’s being sold, it makes sense
to allow the parent to donate 100% of their cash
straight to the school – eliminate the middle
man!
I
don’t mind buying magazine subscriptions as
part of a fundraiser – the prices are usually
pretty good, it can be done on-line so
grandparents in other towns can help and it’s
something I would buy anyway and I will use.
The
all-time best fundraiser has always been a fall
festival or spring carnival – but it takes
lots and lots of work and lots and lots of
volunteers. However, once you do the first
one, you can build on your experience and the
next ones will be better and better.
My
problem with school fundraisers has always been
the vague response I get when I ask what we are
raising money for. I think sometimes
schools just have fundraisers to have
fundraisers. One school I know uses their
PTA money to throw a big party for the 5th
graders at the end of the year and I’ve heard
other PTA folks debating how to spend the money
they raised, trying to come up with a 'worthy'
project before the end of the year! Wrong!
Have a specific goal BEFORE you start, please.
If the school needs to a new roof, I don’t
think I should pay for that; that should have
been budgeted for by the school managers a long
time ago. On the other hand, a
beautification project to add to the grounds
might be good – I’d rather the school buy
books than mulch so I’ll help out with a new
flower bed – but I might want to donate the
mulch and/or my time to spread it instead of
money! If you want to put a computer in
each classroom, count me in. If you need
school supplies, I would rather you give me a
list of what you need and I’ll go buy you
some. If we are buying new couches for the
teacher’s break room, forget it." ~ Cindy
"We homeschool and pay high property taxes to a school we don't
attend. So fundraising for them is not a priority for us! I usually
say no when kids come to the door. They seem to be coming younger
and younger and more times a year then we can count! I think it's
sad that parents go along with this. They need to just say NO! They
are hitting the same houses every time -- not to mention poor old
Gram and Gramps !
Years ago I told a young mom that I was so tired of my daughter (in
government schools then) having to beg neighbors and family
every other week to sell trash so they could buy a swing at school.
I said, 'You wait. When you're daughter starts ,you'll know what I
mean.' And wouldn't you know it? The SECOND week of school this 5
year old was selling wrapping paper!" ~ Lisa
"This is a fundraiser our ladies' ministry is trying
out.
Cell Phones: EcoPhones is the only program that pays for EVERY
cell phone - up to $300 per phone - regardless of whether or not the
phone(s) work and regardless of whether or not the
phone(s) are on our price list.
Ink Jet Cartridges: EcoPhones is the only program that pays for
EVERY ink jet cartridge – up to $5 per cartridge - regardless of
whether or not the cartridge(s) work
and regardless of whether or not the cartridge(s) are on our price
list (see Ink Jet Purchase Price List).
http://www.ecophones.com/
" ~ Susan
"Current
Catalog does fundraising. You order from their catalog, and
(if I remember correctly) about half of the purchase price goes to
the organization. I personally buy a lot from Current; their
prices are good, and most of the products I have ever bought have
been of decent to great quality. There’s also a wide
variety of items to choose from.
Avon
, Tupperware and those kinds of places do fundraisers as well.
Their products are more expensive than Current, but they are also
of good quality and the kinds of things I would generally buy
anyway. Some of the
Avon
fundraisers can do double-duty. They have fundraisers that
send personal hygiene products to soldiers or to people who suffer
from MS. There is one Avon fundraiser that lets people buy a
stuffed bear that is then given by your organization to a hospital
or shelter that can use them (you’d need to decide beforehand
who’d you’d be giving them to so that you can state that
during your fundraiser). Those let you get money for your
group while helping out others at the same time. That’s a
nice thing for the kids to learn.
Another
fundraising idea that I like is a restaurant one. For
instance, my family loves Papa Gino’s pizza, but we don’t get
it often. You can do a fundraiser through them where you
hand out flyers to be brought to the restaurant on a particular
day. Hand in the flyer, and the sponsoring organization gets
20% of the money you spend there. It’s good on takeout
orders as well as in-restaurant orders. Pizzeria Uno and
Coldstone Creamery are other restaurant chains that do such
fundraisers, and there are probably many others as well. I
like this one because the family gets a treat while supporting a
worthwhile organization.
Car
washes are more work-intensive, but the kids enjoy them, and you
can make decent money in a short time. My son is a
competitive gymnast, and our parents’ association did a car wash
this past July to raise funds to defray the travel costs of the
national competitions. In four hours we made $300 – not
bad at all. My church’s youth group did a car wash this
summer as well and raised over $200 in four hours on a cooler,
overcast day. In both cases, the costs to the group were
minimal. A local business provided the site and the water
– parents provided the car wash fluid, buckets, hoses and
sponges.
Bottle
and can drives are also more work-intensive and can be quite
messy, but they are ongoing through the year and can raise quite a
bit of money. Most people use at least some deposit bottles
and cans, and you don’t tend to think of giving your bottles and
cans to an organization as really costing you money. You can
save bags and bags of cans and bottles, take them to your
supermarket, and get $2 for it. Lots of people don’t even
bother to take them back because they find it more trouble than
it’s worth to them. But those same people will save them
to give to you.
If there are any church flea markets or block parties or
Oktoberfest in your area, setting up a booth at one of them to
sell things like strawberry shortcake or candied apples or to do a
raffle can work well. The cost for the booth space is
usually minimal – maybe $25 or so, and if parents donate the
goods, then all of your sales become profit. Or host a large
yard sale yourself. My church does one every spring on the
church lawn, and they will typically take in at least $2,000 from
that. People in the church know it happens every year, so
they save their nice unwanted items to donate to the church yard
sale. And since we do it every year, we get a lot of repeat
business because people come back year after year to see what we
have. It’s another one that is fairly work-intensive but
only for a short period of time, which makes it nice.
Hope you can find something useful in here." ~ Nancy
"Our homeschooling
group has found an annual garage sale to be a rather painless
way to raise extra funds. Each family contributes
whatever they desire, and prices their own goods - except for
clothing, which is a set price. We have a family who
lives on a main street, and they have graciously volunteered
their garage for the sale each year. We always raise
several hundred dollars, and combined with the $20 annual fee
each family pays, we find this to provide plenty of funds for
our activities." ~ Margie
"I, too am against all these fundraisers--first my kids
were involved and now the grandkids. So
many people do feel obligated to buy and seems the local schools
have a different sale going every month. The most useful items
were the seed/bulbs and the FFA's
oranges/grapefruit. Both these items brought in
the needed funds and were something most people were interested
in buying. Another idea is a silent
auction of donated items from local businesses/artists.
Personally, I'd rather just send a check once a year and be
done with it instead of imposing on friends and relatives!"
~ Dee
"I
agree that a lot of fundraising is 'overpriced wrapping
paper or expensive Christmas wreaths' but you have to think of the extra money as a
DONATION to a group you want to support. There is no way any
organization can offer a good value on wrapping paper,
popcorn, wreaths, or any other item. We cannot compete
with Wal-Mart. If you don't want the item, make a donation
of money! Most organizations would appreciate $20, $10, or
even $5 or $2. To keep everyone honest, write DONATION on
the order form and make a CHECK out to the
organization." ~ Former and frequent fundraising
chairperson
"I suggest you look into Tupperware
fundraising. Though the Tupperware product is more expensive
than the stuff you can get in the local stores, it is much
more durable and comes with a lifetime warranty.
Furthermore, the products last a lot longer than magazines
and paper and are healthier than candy bars and popcorn! The
fundraising products are geared to many different aspects of
life so that there is something for everyone at a wide
variety of prices. In addition, the organization gets a
check for 40% of all products bought. The products are sent
back to the organization packaged for the individuals who
have filled out a form similar to a 'Girl Scout cookie'
form. You can find a Tupperware consultant to by looking on
Tupperware.com or contact me for more info and I will send
more details to you." ~ Susan
"Toilet paper! The youth group in the church I work
for approached a janitorial supply
company and made a deal to purchase 1/2 of a semi-load of cases of toilet paper at cost. They then sold
the cases for a small profit, which
was still less than it sells for in the stores. (They used
the Girl Scout cookie method by taking
pre-paid orders first before ordering the cases
from the supplier so they weren't stuck with a lot at the
end.) It's practical, frugal and
everyone uses it (we hope!) Plus, marketing can become creative and a lot of fun. When you get
started with it you can really get on
a roll!" ~ Christine
"Our school
children have sold both Entertainment books and
plastic cards that local restaurants and fun places
have participated in, called 'Major Saver Preferred
Cards.'They have 15 local businesses involved. The
cards sell for $10 each. The Entertainment books are
available at www.entertainment.com I believe, and
sell for $25 each, but are good at many more places.
Most larger towns have them available, and children
are great salespeople!" ~ Joanne
"I try only to have fundraisers that are
worth it to the recipient or ask for a donation.
No junk for me please and I feel that many
parents, friends and family members feel the same.
Come and go suppers-where people can come pick up
the food and go are always good. Having pre-sales
gives you a better idea of how many people to plan
for. Have pies there to purchase for $5 always
adds to our bottom line. In my opinion NEVER
have just a bake sale. The time involved and
profits do not work out. Pies pre-purchase and
delivered the Saturday before Thanksgiving is
another money maker." ~ Angel
"My grandson
was selling this silly thing for his school. Just
more household clutter. It cost 5.00 dollars. And
I gave him 3.00 and told him to give it to his
school. He's only 7 so I don't know what he really
did. Maybe his Mom put a couple bucks with it to
have a real sale. That 3.00 is probably more than
the school made on the sale of the item, but my
suggestion is that ALL sales promotions involve
the option of a donation instead. And That the
children have an accounting statement with them
that says exactly what the profit margin
is.........Most sales are made to friends and
family, aren't they? As a grandmother, many times
I would rather just make a donation than to be
forced to buy products that I don't want, don't
need and drains the environment. BUT if I'm right
and it's truly friends and family who support the
sales--then would a little performance with some
simple food............sell tickets to that, be
more profitable? Personally, I would rather buy
tickets to a spelling bee or a music performance
or art display BY my grandchildren than one more
overpriced gimmick." ~ Marilyn
"Some unique
ideas I've seen done in the past include: A yard
sale where people could donate unwanted but still
good items and the funds raised go directly to the
cause. A 'loose change' collection - great
for little ones to participate. Place a large
empty container such as an office water cooler in
a communal spot for children (and adults) to empty
their loose change into. If done on an
on-going basis, the funds can add up! There
are of course also the more common ones of bake
sales, spaghetti dinners, and car washes, too."
~ Jen
"I have in the past got a bit fed up with
the constant fundraising efforts of various
groups or activities my children are involved
in. They became very time-consuming as well as
expensive, and it is tiresome to keep asking
people to buy/sponsor stuff. My ' think out of
the box' solution is as follows: What are the
funds really needed for? When my daughter
attended Playgroup there was a massive
pre-Christmas fundraising effort to raise funds
for a Christmas party with gifts for all
the children. When the committee actually asked
the parents/carers, a clear majority preferred
to make a donation of £5 per child to cover the
party costs and have a simple party bag, rather
than another gift and the stress of pre-christmas
fundraising. Similarly my son's Cub Scout pack
have increased their weekly fees from 50p to £1.50
so that their running costs etc. are fully met,
and constant fundraising is no longer needed.
They have one fundraiser per year - usually the
children in a fun 'talent' concert, with
inexpensive tickets and simple refreshments.
Because it's only once a year people look
forward to it and enjoy it without groaning
about 'another' fundraiser. One simple
fundraising idea we did have was to give each
child a tube of 'Smarties' - candy covered
chocolate buttons that come in a small tube here
in the U.K. The idea was that the child ate the
sweets and filled up the tube with loose change, returning
it by a certain time. As the tube
accommodates the size of most of our coins,
everyone could participate whether they
collected 1p's, 5p's or £1 coins, and no-one
was embarrassed in any way." ~ Dessie
"I have
been involved in quite a bit of fundraising at
our school and my favorite thing that does not
offend me is called at Spirit Card from $pirit
Xpre$$. It gives the cardholder a discount
at about 15 different places of business nearby.
The discounts are good...like buy one get one
free (Sonic, Baskin Robbins, Pizza Hut) and
dollars off at oil change and movie rentals.
We charge $10 and it will pay for itself in a
couple of weeks at my house!" ~ Kathy
Why don't you try
a family triathalon? The emphasis is on the
kids to collect pledges. The triathalon is not
actually a race but a participation event so
the entire family can go - little ones in
strollers or wagons. Have
walking/running, inline skating and biking (or
whatever three you choose) as the three
components as rental of a swimming pool can be
quite costly. See if you can get local
businesses to donate prizes with every
participant submitting a ballot into a box and
prizes awarded in a draw as opposed to first,
second and third place "winners".
The added bonus of a family triathalon is
family time as well as fitness." ~ GG
"I do
fundraising for our Mothers of Preschoolers
group, and last year we sold calendars that
let you insert a 4x6 picture into a frame
which changed monthly. We got the calenders
from Terry's Village (www.terrysvillage.com).
We sold the calendars for $7.00 each and
bought them for $2.95 each, plus with a $60
order there was no shipping and handling. We
netted over $300 for our group, and these made
great teacher and grandparent gifts. Needless
to say, we will be doing this again this
year!" ~ Cynthia
"Discuss
fundraising with your child. Explain that most
of the incentive prizes are junk, and that
some if not most of the funds raised go toward
administrative expenses, not directly to
benefit the school. Feel free to directly
contribute to the school: time, money, or
other useful items are always appreciated. If
we all refuse to play, maybe the
sales/fundraising game will end!" ~ Dana
"I hate
fundraising, but the only ones I see real
value in are the entertainment books (our
local ones are called Gold-C books) which
offer hundreds of coupons for $10, mostly
'buy one, get one' but other offers as well.
I think there are other restaurant cards,
like subway that go for about $5. My
favorite is Original Works (www.originalworks.com)
which I have been coordinating for the last
3 years. The idea is the kids do an art
project in school, and parents can buy their
art product on some permanent product such
as a magnet, coffee cup, potholder, journal
etc etc. You have a way to keep your kids
art forever, and a great idea for gifts for
grandma etc. The school sets their own price
for each product, but usually gets about 33%
of each item to keep. We've had great
response from parents who don't feel
pressured to buy, but love the product."
~ Penny
"All of my children go to school, and
every year we get brochures for overpriced
items to buy so the school can benefit.
One year our PTO had the idea of a non-fundraiser.
You could just donate the money to the
school, I loved it!!! I sent $20.00 and
knew ALL the money was going to the
school, and I wasn't buying overpriced
items that I didn't need. Our school
only did that one year, others must not
have liked it as much as I did." ~
Toni
"I'm
a big fan of magazine sales. They're
cheap, most people can find something they
like (or renew ones they already have),
plus they make great gifts. The other huge
benefit is NO DELIVERY! Another great
fundraiser is eScrip (http://escrip.com/
) My sister is their school's chairman and
they make huge amounts of money with very
little effort. There is also Scrip, (http://scrip.com)
which is essentially prepaid shopping
cards. I believe there are other companies
offering similar programs, but these are
the one's I'm familiar with. (I'm not a
big fan of prepaid shopping cards or gift
cards myself, but they ARE really
popular.) We have several grocery stores
here in the mid-Atlantic region that let
you choose a school to benefit when you
get one of their shopping discount cards.
Doesn't cost the customer anything and the
organization benefits financially with no
out-of-pocket costs and no effort other
than signing up and encouraging people to
choose their group. As you can tell, I
like opportunities to make money on stuff
people buy already--where they don't have
to pay extra to help." ~ Valerie
"I
live in
Canada
, so I’m not sure if we have the same
fund raising companies as you in the
U.S.
, but here is what worked well for us in
Calgary
,
Alberta
.
Last year my daughter’s school had a
magazine fundraiser, which did very well.
I ordered grandparents & nieces &
nephews magazine subscriptions for
Christmas.
They had a certain percentage off the
retail price too. The company also gave
prizes to the kids, and my daughter won a
stuffie and an expensive set of wrist
walkie talkies – she was the grand prize
winner, and it was worth $135.00 Canadian
Also another one her school does every
year is a province wide coupon book –
SUPT. They have grocery coupons,
restaurants, attracations etc. This
is a great one too.
" ~ Sue
"The Box Tops 4 Education program is
a great way to raise money. Clipping
box tops off of items that I would
normally purchase anyway is an easy and
convenient way to contribute to my child's
school." ~ Michelle
"Did
you know that homeschooling groups can
sign up for Box Tops for Education? This
is a great way to gain funds without
expensive and wasteful fundraisers. Ask
grandparents and neighbors to save their
box tops for you and the fund could come
quickly without having to guilt your
associates into buying items they don't
want." ~ Sandy
Editor's Note: Thanks to these readers for taking time to share
their ideas!
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