Will you help break last year's fundraising record for Help Whip Cancer month?

[pamperedlinda]

I think they do get the $3
It seems like there were 3 levels of HWC percentages - I don't remember and dont' feel like looking it up right now. Like you, I shoot for the 25% mark (unless my order taker wants the host item)

 

[chefann]

I can't remember where the percentage changes fall, either - maybe $350 and $600.

 

[pampered1224]

Three levels:

150 to 299 - 15%
300 to 499 - 20%
500 plus - 25%

Should be obtainable!

Now, for the fun part. Remember I said I sent out info yesterday. Well, I sent it out to 6 of our branches today. Within minutes I have three ladies who want to be helpers! Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont! They want new catalogs, order forms, all the stuff to do catalog parties but with the understanding that all the orders are part of one giant fundraiser!!! The best part - two of the ladies are past hosts and one had a $900 plus catty party for me last November!!! She already told me that she plans to "strong arm" eveyone she knows in honor of her aunt who passed away 1.5 years ago! And if I know Charity - she will pull in a biggy!
And she already knows there are no host benefits per say and she is OK with that because of the purpose!!! YEEEE HAAAA!!!
And the other lady sent the pledge form out to about 20 people too!!! And has her mom asking to help!!!
YEAH!
What my "point" people do not know is that I am personally going to order them HWC stuff, get them pins and one of our new bags and a few other goodies! It is always more fun when they offer to help without knowing that they are getting anything in return.

 

[BlessedWifeMommy]

Three levels:

150 to 299 - 15%
300 to 499 - 20%
500 plus - 25%

Should be obtainable!

Now, for the fun part. Remember I said I sent out info yesterday. Well, I sent it out to 6 of our branches today. Within minutes I have three ladies who want to be helpers! Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont! They want new catalogs, order forms, all the stuff to do catalog parties but with the understanding that all the orders are part of one giant fundraiser!!! The best part - two of the ladies are past hosts and one had a $900 plus catty party for me last November!!! She already told me that she plans to "strong arm" eveyone she knows in honor of her aunt who passed away 1.5 years ago! And if I know Charity - she will pull in a biggy!
And she already knows there are no host benefits per say and she is OK with that because of the purpose!!! YEEEE HAAAA!!!
And the other lady sent the pledge form out to about 20 people too!!! And has her mom asking to help!!!
YEAH!
What my "point" people do not know is that I am personally going to order them HWC stuff, get them pins and one of our new bags and a few other goodies! It is always more fun when they offer to help without knowing that they are getting anything in return.

You are getting me very excited! I'm going to give it a go. I hope I get the same response that you have.

 

[pampered1224]

Good for you Holly!!

Here is the "definition of a point person" I sent out.

"This may explain things better.
The products on the hs_May09 form are for my point people.
If you act as a point person, you will be getting any one of the host items FREE. Yes, even the appetizer plates and caddy set!
I should have looked at that flyer better but the only thing no one will get is the recipe card holder.
Anything else is fine. You would be acting as a coordinator but with only the one benefit as a fundraiser does not have a host per say.
If a friend or someone else wants to coordinate with you and wants to act as a point person as well, meaning she takes a few sheets, collects names and phone numbers, (I contact them and get orders, handle the payments and what not), she too can get any one of the host items free for helping.
What the point person does is this, they collect the contacts and gets them back to me by the end of April. I make the calls to see if they want to place that order to help whip cancer. I then combine all those orders under the point person’s name. The box(s) will go to the point people for distribution to the people on their pledge forms, a list of which I will provide for you. Does that make more sense? I knew I popped that out a little to fast! I just get so excited about this that I always miss something!"

Now, the one thing different here from Linda is that that are no sperate shows. Just direct ship of orders. It is still way cheaper to ship $200 on one order than to send out say 10 or more at $4.25 each. And yes, Andrea - on the direct ships, I will eat that cost and write it off.

 

[AlowayFamily]

Here's an order form I just created for a Relay for Life fundraiser I will be doing in May. I used this format last year for the RFL fundraiser and it worked well for me.

 

[AlowayFamily]

I do someting similar to what John is doing. I will lump them together onto one fundraiser (each order-taker's order under their name as a seperate order) sort and deliver them to the order taker. If they do not live where it is convenient for me to me to do that,then I seperate it as a diferent show and have it delivered to them. I keep a huge spreadsheet to keep everything organized.

I give each order taker one of the HWC items (I choose which one ahead of time) as my thank you for helping me. I award the one who collected the most orders the Host item. I also tell them ahead of time if they definately want the host item that I will enter thier orders as a seperate FR and they can order it.

Hi Linda, can you email me or post the spreadsheet you use to track the orders? I want to have a great May this year and I hope to need a massive spreadsheet to keep track of all of it!

Thanks!

 

[jenniwest04]

Okay...this is my first HWC time around here...Now, what if someone decides to have a normal show...the guest orders the guest special (as many as they want) and $1.00 is given to ACS, correct? Do the hosts get guest sales for that?And I have an FRG group wanting to do a fundraiser that month for care packets for the military (they are doing one this month, too and want to rebook for May). They would get the traditional %'s, right? I'm mainly wondering about the pink items going to guest sales for normal shows--sadly, not everyone will plan on doing a fundraiser. I am planning on sending out info to Relay For Life Teams--this would be great for them!Thanks for any responses to my questions!

 

[chefann]

Okay...this is my first HWC time around here...

Now, what if someone decides to have a normal show...the guest orders the guest special (as many as they want) and $1.00 is given to ACS, correct? Do the hosts get guest sales for that?

The guest sales totals count like normal for all hosts during HWC, whether those sales are from standard products or HWC items. $1 from the sale of EVERY SINGLE HWC item, whether it was purchased at a show, a FR or individual order, is sent to the ACS.

And I have an FRG group wanting to do a fundraiser that month for care packets for the military (they are doing one this month, too and want to rebook for May). They would get the traditional %'s, right?

Any non-HWC FR gets the standard FR percentages. The only shows that have the special percentages are HWC shows.

 

[jenniwest04]

Thank you for the help!