Fundraising with Faith: Reaching $1000 for ACS

[Chef_2_Four]

Wish me luck! My goal is $1000 right now I have about $560 and 2 of my 3 confirmed had to cancel. So I have 1 confirmed. Let's hope and pray that more people will show. I really want to help ACS as much as I can!

 

[pamperedlinda]

I've got my fingers crossed for you! Let us know how it goes.

 

[Chef_2_Four]

Thanks! I appreciate it! My 1 confirmed called after I posted that message and she isn't able to come so hopefully my whole bunch of maybes will come!

 

[Chef_2_Four]

well one maybe showed. oh well, we still had fun! won't make my $1000 goal but that is ok!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

April, sorry about your poor turn out! but it sounds like you did great with outside orders!

 

[Chef_2_Four]

Thanks! We didn't do relay for life this year at school, which I think helped me get more orders. I have been pushing it very hard! This is my first HWC so now I know what I can do different next year!

 

[abrahamlaur]

april, what did you do? did you have an open house or something? thats great in outside orders!!! good job!

 

[Chef_2_Four]

I actually had a show set up, i ordered postcards from vista and mailed them out, but i guess everyone had plans! I was going to get more people to help sell them but I didn't have any shows in april until today and a march catalog show. i have ideas for next year! oh well i did the best i could!

 

[4kids4me]

So what are your ideas for next year? And how did you do an HWC show in April? I thought that was only in May? (I'm new and confused, lol)

 

[Chef_2_Four]

It was more of a kick off kinda show. I am not closing the show until may and have it entered in P3 as a may show. I have been taking pre-sales for the pink items at school and thought maybe if I had a show to tie into I would have a larger show for HWC. But I guess not!

Next year I hope to have shows in March and April to "recruit" helpers to sell pink items at their business' for a little some extra! I didn't have anything this year except a catalog show. I have 3 people helping me this year, but one hasn't sold anything, 1 sold a couple of items and other has sold some (haven't gotten her sheet from her yet). I want more to help next year. I called everyone to see if they wanted to help and they all said no. Next year I may have a kick off for those that are helping to get them excited but I think it depends on how many people I have helping me.

I know that I still have the month of May, but I work for a school and pretty much ALL of my orders are from there, so I don't want to be hunting people down while they are closing their classrooms for the summer.