Fundraising-Mini or Full Catalog?

[Jmioni]

I have an opportunity to present a fundraiser for a school with 700 kids!

Has anyone done one for this many students? If so, how did you work the catalog issue? That is a lot of money in catalogs up front. But the mini doesn't really have the smaller priced items that are appealing to a fundraiser. Should i just make a paper with the top selling items?

Looking for advice :chef: Thank You!

 

[patty42240]

I would use the mini's and attach a label to each that says something like "For a complete list of ALL PC products go to www. and add your website.

 

[patty42240]

Ohhh wait...thinking about it.. 700 mini's is a lot of money. If you can create a flier with a few products on it and then add your website that would be so much cheaper especially with the discount you would get at Office Max for printing.

 

[esavvymom]

I would use the mini's and attach a label to each that says something like "For a complete list of ALL PC products go to www. and add your website.

That's what I'd do, too. Don't get stuck paying for that many full-size catalogs. Perhaps the Fundraiser folks can create little business-size cards themselves that remind the folks they talk to they can order anytime on the website (give the Fundraiser Name they need), and the dates. I know that's what we do for the Cub Scouts popcorn sales.

 

[chef131doreen]

I have done both I do the Middle school every year 2 times now
The 1st time I used full catalogs 1000.kids ( I did have TPC money ) but still alot of cash up front
Last year I used mini's and I will use Mini's this year again .... With a letter and sticker on the front to visit my website for the full catalog
Also get permission to put your web-site on the schools web-sit to link right to the order site
Only problem I have is that at that age the kids don't take home stuff . Will see what happens this year
Good luck

 

[Jmioni]

Thank you all for your opinions!

These kids are grades K-4, so I think they'll bring them home. The flyer idea - I had a couple other people tell me they'd probably just look at the flyer and not bother wanting to go online.

So - I'm rather new to this - does PC charge the same price for the catalogs (mini or full) regardless of how much you order? Like if I ordered 1000 of the mini's, I won't get a price break?

This is the coolest website - I had no idea it was even here til yesterday!!! I'm very excited to dig in and read all these posts!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!