Woo Hoo....my Grand Total Is....

[Grandmarita]

You sure are an inspiration to me! By your generous offer to give 10% of
your lower commission, you have been rewarded with that unbelievable total!!! Nice going. Thanks for the example you have given to us.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Way to go! Congrats on your half price conference!!

 

[pamperedharriet]

That was one awesome fundraiser, Lisa!!!!!!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing with all of us!!!!!! Hope you get good help to sort the orders when they arrive!

 

[flemings99]

Would love to get some fundraisers going in my area. How do you approach the different organizations to get their business?

Barb

 

[GeorgiaPeach]

Would love to get some fundraisers going in my area. How do you approach the different organizations to get their business?

Barb

This fund raiser came about just by my mentioning it to the teacher in passing. (The kids did one of those stupid "wrapping paper, candy" catalog fund raisers at Christmas. I told her I'd like to talk to her about a Pampered Chef fund raiser for the spring.) She emailed me a few months later and said she'd gotten it approved, what next? I have been floored by the response (handed out 100 packets, 25 students turned them back in, sales are at $3,760 right now )

I plan on sending letters to the area middle and high schools...to the attention of music teachers....and explain what we did and how successful it was. I will not offer to give up my commission to other schools like I did this one, my son is in the show choir. I might offer an additional 5% if their sales reach a certain point so that they can have 20%.

I really think the key to this being successful is that the kids have been trying all year to raise money for this trip. Their sales count directly towards them. That has always been the trouble in the past (with my fundraisers) there really isn't a big incentive to sell because it all went in to one pot. I'm going to focus on groups where the kids need to raise xx amount of funds toward their own trip.

For those of you that are new or have never done a fund raiser like this, you can include my stats (or someone else's) in your letter. You can tell people that "one middle school choir had only 25 students participate in the fund raiser and collected over $3,700 in orders!"

 

[twinkie10]

Way to Go, girl!!! Thanks for sharing your letter!

 

[GeorgiaPeach]

Final Grand Total.....I went to the school today and picked up a couple more orders. I just submitted the fund raiser and the final total submitted is.....

$4,206.50!​

I just had a bowl of chocolate ice cream to celebrate

 

[Jaygreg]

Great Job. Just sharing pumps me up

 

[PChef_ang]

That is amazing!! Kudos to you! I hope you enjoyed your ice cream !!

 

[AlowayFamily]

Bumping...

Lisa,
I am looking at doing some fundraisers and I am curious how you were able to give 25% to each student? How does that work? How is it entered in P3?

Thanks!

 

[dannyzmom]

Bumping...

Lisa,
I am looking at doing some fundraisers and I am curious how you were able to give 25% to each student? How does that work? How is it entered in P3?

Thanks!

I am doing another FR right now so I can answer this one for Lisa. Once a FR goes over $600, PC gives them 15% (under $600 and PC gives them 10%). Then I give them 10% on top of that (bringing their total to 25%) out of my own money that Imade off of the show. I put it in my expenses as a consultant gift or as a donation.

 

[AlowayFamily]

For this fund raiser we didn't offer prizes because each child receives 25% of their sales to go towards their trip. The teacher said that was enough incentive In the past I've offered a PC gift pack to the PARENT of the highest seller (because we all know that's really the person that collected the orders ) I like gift cards to movie theaters, WalMart, Target, etc so they can get what they want. I don't usually provide the money for the gift cards but I do donate the PC gift pack...usually something I had on hand that was a duplicate

Thanks for letting me know about the 10% donation from commission, that helps. I was wondering about the 25% that went to each child. Maybe I'm reading that wrong, but that looks like each child received 25% toward their trip. That would really help with a golf club fundraising I am trying to get.