Discover a Delicious Way to Raise Funds with Our Cookbook Fundraiser!

[its_me_susan]

Yes you can do the fundraiser. You may still want to call HO and just be sure to be on the record so that they dont turn around when your placing your order and say that you cant do it!! Cause that would suck!!

It will be the same as a regular fundraiser. The organisation will get the following
- the 10 - 15% depending on the sales amounts
- the donation from the difference in the cookbook prices.

I added the excel sheet that you can use to figure out your totals and number. I have mine with a sale price for the cookbooks at $15. you can change taht if you want. Then just change the tax and it will figure it all out for you.

Let me know if this all makes sense. If not I can try and re-explain...or have LibrarianChef do it!!!

Which part of NY are you in? I forgot taht NY tax is different to CT. I live on teh CT NY border and was actually going to offer this to some NY organisations, so I better remember to change that!!

Great chart (thank you!!!)! I'm from CT too.. so glad to have it written out. What kind of cover letter will you use, explaining the entire catalog is available (and will you have a catalog with each order form?)?

 

[LibrarianChef]

i'm just worried about having enough ink/paper to print all the receipts LOL

Yep. I always have the same worry with regular shows, too. I just remembered that the show I did last week still didn't get their P3 receipts. I need to print those TODAY before their stuff comes in. YIKES!

I suppose we could buy a bunch of the tri-layered receipts if that's cheaper than our printer ink. I'm also going to check with our local printers to see if I were to email them the back of the receipt (the warranty page) and the PDF with everyone's receipts, if would it be cheaper and far less time consuming for me as the consultant for them to print double-sided and just have them waiting there for me to pick up. I know it's my job to take care of receipts, but boy it can get expensive and take a lot of time.

 

[abrahamlaur]

oh geez librarian! you just reminded me i have to print up my receipts form this past weekend! GRR .... I dont think I have enough ink!

 

[PCwithStay-C]

So, how does the order form work if it say's cookbooks $16 but on the line it says $10? I'm just confused on how to explain it to a customer of the fundraisr. Do they need to put the differece in the "donation" box?

From what I got from HO you need to expalin to the customers every detail of where their money is going. So in my order forms. You are charging
$10 for the cookbook (guest special)
$4 shipping
$.84 tax
$.16 donation
= $15 (editedok so mine is $15, you can do $16 just up the donation amount! sorry!!)On the order form that I added, it has a cheat sheet for all of that and in the total columns on the right, all these things are written in there. This is so taht every customer will know how much is shipping, tax and donation.Make sense???

 

[PCwithStay-C]

You know what? Can you imagine how crazy this would be if we had to do these receipts while combining/collapsing several orders?! How would you tell each person on an official receipt how much they paid in shipping and shipping taxes? Would you take the $4 and divide it by how many people were on that form and then add in the tax for each different amount? That would be crazy!

ok, I already had a headache just figuring out the donations and taxes for one person!! so glad I didnt have to figure those numbers out!!! :yuck:

 

[PCwithStay-C]

i'm just worried about having enough ink/paper to print all the receipts LOL

this is one of the reasons Im glad DH works with computers. We get our ink free....dont know what Ill do when we move though!!!! :cry:

 

[PCwithStay-C]

Great chart (thank you!!!)! I'm from CT too.. so glad to have it written out. What kind of cover letter will you use, explaining the entire catalog is available (and will you have a catalog with each order form?)?

Hey where in CT are you? My recruiter was looking for a hospitality group for me, cause shes in GA. do you know anyone close to Stamford?

So I attached the letter Im using to prospect. It has in the letter that people can order online. I guess I should add something to the order form letting people know they can order online too.

Oh man....now Im all discombobulated!! Ok now I got it. You have the people collecting fill out the order forms for the customer to keep! Then I have to make up a tracking chart of some sort for hte order collector to keep tally of how many of each book they sell.
Does taht make sense!!!

 

[LibrarianChef]

From what I got from HO you need to expalin to the customers every detail of where their money is going. So in my order forms. You are charging
$10 for the cookbook (guest special)
$4 shipping
$.84 tax
$.16 donation
= $15 (editedok so mine is $15, you can do $16 just up the donation amount! sorry!!)

On the order form that I added, it has a cheat sheet for all of that and in the total columns on the right, all these things are written in there. This is so taht every customer will know how much is shipping, tax and donation.

Make sense???

Right, except that I'm not putting all of that on the front of my order form (I'm still using a GROUP order form). I was afraid it would be difficult for them to understand the breakdown until someone fills in all of those blanks. So on the front of my order form I will have the general details of the $10 cookbook, $4 shipping, ___% taxes, and the reminder is their donation to the organization. Then on a separate page I have my cheat sheet for my state and the customer can see, in detail, where all of the money would go if they want to buy 5 cookbooks, 10 cookbooks, or more. I want them to be able to see exactly where their money is going before they decide how many to get. We're all likely saying the same thing, but having it on different parts of the order form or attached cheat sheet.

Then, of course, their receipts detail everything out down to the penny and can be used for tax deductions. I don't believe there will be any questions where their money is going if they can see my cheat sheet in advance.

 

[jrstephens]

Here is the email I finally got from HODear Jennifer,

Thank you for your email inquiring about the possibility of offering a fundraiser featuring The Pampered Chef's library of cookbooks that are being featured in the guest special for September orders!

There is no limit to the amount of cookbooks that can be ordered by one customer. However, a quantity over 50 of any one item would need pre-approval.

What you are proposing is not reflective of our typical fundraiser. As referenced in our guidelines, a fundraiser is essentially a Cooking Show for a select group and offers special advantages. Details and tips regarding fundraisers can be found in the Consultant Business Guide.

Thanks,


Richard Laiche
Specialist, Consultant Career Solutions
Solution Center
The Pampered Chef®



---- Original Message ----
From: [email protected]
Sent: 15-Aug-2007 8:45:43
To: [email protected]
Subject: General Question

Name = Jennifer Stephens
Message = I am thinking of offering a Cookbook Fundraiser during September because of the special pricing. Are there any limits to the amount of a cookbook(s) that can be ordered by one person and/or organization? At which point would this go into "bulk" orders and I would need permission for the order? Please, give me some details as to how I can handle a fundraiser of this type.

Thank you,
Jennifer Stephens

 

[chefmeg]

IS there anyway to do this better?Getting ready to e-mail the band director for my nephew's High school band and want to make sure my ducks are in a row!!! Here is what I have:
40 band members
Am asking that each band member be expected to sell at least 15 books at $16 per book ($10 book, $4 s&H, $1.02 tax and 0.98 donation)
This will leave us with a MINIMUM of a $6,000 show (40 x 15 x 10), so PC donates 15% ($900), I will donate 10% of my commission ($100) and the minimum donations would be $558 (600books sold @ 0.98 each)
I am going to express that the more books each individual person buys, the higher the donations go, but that $1588total is the MINIMUM they can expect from this fundraiser.....................RIGHT??!!!!

 

[PCwithStay-C]

Getting ready to e-mail the band director for my nephew's High school band and want to make sure my ducks are in a row!!! Here is what I have:
40 band members
Am asking that each band member be expected to sell at least 15 books at $16 per book ($10 book, $4 s&H, $1.02 tax and 0.98 donation)
This will leave us with a MINIMUM of a $6,000 show (40 x 15 x 10), so PC donates 15% ($900), I will donate 10% of my commission ($100) and the minimum donations would be $558 (600books sold @ 0.98 each)
I am going to express that the more books each individual person buys, the higher the donations go, but that $1588total is the MINIMUM they can expect from this fundraiser.....................RIGHT??!!!!

Meg, even though my math brain isnt turned on yet, this sounds about right ot me.
Good Luck, I hope they like the idea.

 

[vdellere]

Yes, please forward. Thank you.