Can I Promote Pampered Chef at the Greater Boston Food Bank's Design Home Tour?

[AMTC]

I have this great opportunity...

The Greater Boston Food Bank is going to Benefit from Boston Magazine's Design Home this year. So I volunteered, along with some other PC Consultants in the area, to help with the home tours. The GBFB asked me to volunteer for every Sunday morning tour (7 Sundays in a row and they start at 10:00am and can go until 1:00pm - my hours to be there are 9:30am-1:30pm) and I agreed.

Unfortunately Crate and Barrel is the Sponsor of all the cookware, kitchenware etc. so I don't want to step on toes. But I asked the woman from GBFB and from Boston Magazine if I could display the trivet with a picture frame that explains that when you purchase a trivet $2 goes to America's Second Harvest which then goes to GBFB in this area. They said they don't see why not, but that they would discuss it and get back to me. Although they did say I may have to display it in the garage...fine with me...

I'm also considering asking if I can do a fundraiser for the GBFB and hand out flyers directing people to order from the website and setting up "Food Bank" as the host on my website. Not sure if that's pushing it though.

They did say I could wear my PC shirts/sweaters and feel free to hand out business cards.

I am also going to (upon the recommendation of my brilliant director) put together info about ASH and put a recipe on the back as well, and put my info on the paper.

Any other ideas of how to delicately promote PC without stepping on toes?

I have until 9/14 to get everything together....

P.S. The house alone is worth 1.5 million, the furnishings probably put it over 2.25 and I'm thinking there are going to be all kinds of people coming through so I want to reach all of them in whatever way I can!

 

[pamperedharriet]

Annie, I don't have my fall/winter news in front of me but before you do anything read over the part about ASH. I believe the name is changed or is going to be real soon.

I think it is great what you are doing and that they will let you hand out business cards and let you wear PC logowear. I hope they let you put out the new trivet and information about PC's involvement.

 

[stacywhitlow]

I think the name "Feeding America" starts Oct. 1. I would doublecheck though to be sure.

 

[chefann]

The name change is effective September 1.

 

[AMTC]

Yes - I just saw the name change - for September 1.

I also noticed in September 2007 CN they had an insert for RUFTH and I'm hoping they do that for Sept 2008 as well. I should have it by the first tour on September 14.

Not sure how to handle trivet orders though - would like to strike while the iron is hot. I was thinking of purchasing some and selling there, but don't want to get stuck with a bunch of extras...although I guess I could sell them directly at my shows too, so that would give me a year to get rid of any extras....hmmm....

 

[pampered.chris]

A year?! You will have more than a year to get rid of some!! You could purchase the current ones and the new ones and sell them both!! These will become "collector" items for many and just think, have you ever seen the 1st stoneware heart mold on ebay? Goes for HUNDREDS!!! So I would buy a bunch, if you have the money to, and you can sell them later on. I wouldn't go overboard, I wouldn't want you to get stuck with a ton you can't get rid of, but I would get some of this seasons and some of next if you do this.