We still have about 20 Christmas trees left to sell and we are trying to round up a place to sell them next weekend.
Everyone deserves a pat on the back for making the 2009 DC Trip group's efforts a success at Lacomb School.
The Lacomb School craft sale and chilli feed was a great success
Finally we had a successful day selling items. After those 2 disappointing craft sales earlier we are finally making some headway. The kids manned the Christmas tree sales, the craft tables, food sales and even managed to sell more candy cane grams. I know I am exhausted from yesterday's activities as I am sure that everyone else it too.
We still have about 20 Christmas trees left to sell and we are trying to round up a place to sell them next weekend.
Everyone deserves a pat on the back for making the 2009 DC Trip group's efforts a success at Lacomb School.
We still have about 20 Christmas trees left to sell and we are trying to round up a place to sell them next weekend.
Everyone deserves a pat on the back for making the 2009 DC Trip group's efforts a success at Lacomb School.
We have Christmas trees!!!
Cindee managed to round up a donation of 25 Christmas trees for the group to sell at the Lacomb School chili[ feed and craft bazaar this coming weekend. All the girls helped with loading the trees on a flat bed trailer this morning after they were freshly cut. Everyone got soaking wet from handling the damp trees and the light rain that fell.
If you happen to be in the Lacomb area this Saturday then drop on by the Lacomb School from 10am to 3pm and say hi. We will be there selling the Christmas trees for $15 for the big ones and $10 for the smaller ones. We are also supplying the deserts for the chili feed. I will be making filled cupcakes, Cindee will be bringing pies and I think that Diane will be making brownies. We also will have for sale jewelry and crafts that the girls have made.
If you happen to be in the Lacomb area this Saturday then drop on by the Lacomb School from 10am to 3pm and say hi. We will be there selling the Christmas trees for $15 for the big ones and $10 for the smaller ones. We are also supplying the deserts for the chili feed. I will be making filled cupcakes, Cindee will be bringing pies and I think that Diane will be making brownies. We also will have for sale jewelry and crafts that the girls have made.
We are in the newspaper!!!
The article about our efforts finally is in the Lebanon Express. You can see the article here. Larry did a good job but he did manage to misspell my last name twice, it's HINTERLANG not HINTERLAND. He must have been using automatic spell check. Also the photo lists Becky Bond and she is not in the photo at all.
The article mentioned Becky's book and when she has it finished you can be sure that it will be announced here. Right now she and her mother are in Utah and she is taking more photos of "Dilbert" (the rubber duck) for the book.
Just to set the record straight about the Christmas trees - that was Cindee's idea and I knew nothing about it. The story made it seem like I was the one in charge of the Christmas tree venture. I just want to give credit where credit is due.
I just checked the statcounter of this blog and so far only one visitor has come from the link in the Lebanon Express story. Hopefully more people will be dropping by later today. Now I have to drive into town and finish up my Thanksgiving dinner shopping and pick up a newspaper with the story in it. I am sure that paper will be collected for many years to come.
The article mentioned Becky's book and when she has it finished you can be sure that it will be announced here. Right now she and her mother are in Utah and she is taking more photos of "Dilbert" (the rubber duck) for the book.
Just to set the record straight about the Christmas trees - that was Cindee's idea and I knew nothing about it. The story made it seem like I was the one in charge of the Christmas tree venture. I just want to give credit where credit is due.
I just checked the statcounter of this blog and so far only one visitor has come from the link in the Lebanon Express story. Hopefully more people will be dropping by later today. Now I have to drive into town and finish up my Thanksgiving dinner shopping and pick up a newspaper with the story in it. I am sure that paper will be collected for many years to come.
The craft fair at the Eagles lodge was a dud
When I say "dud" I don't mean great. The craft fair that the group attended on Saturday, November 23, 2008 was the worst sales we have had yet. I think that after the $10 table fee we netted $2.00 for the whole day. The only sales made were to the reporter from the Lebanon Express.
Did I mention that we are all going to be in the local newspaper? Well I am mentioning it now. Larry is the reporter that is doing a story on our group's efforts. The story might be in the Lebanon Express this coming Wednesday. It will give me an excuse to buy the paper tommorrow. Larry did the interview on Friday the 22nd at the school with all the kids going on the trip. The following day he came to the craft fair to take photos of the group.
Hopefully the article will mention this website and we get lots of visitors.
Our next event will be at Lacomb School on December the 6th. The school has asked us to supply desert for the chili feed they are hosting. I will be making jelly filled cupcakes with whipped cream frosting, Diane will be making brownies. There will also be pies. We will have a table of crafts there as well. Cindee is trying to locate someone willing to donate Christmas trees for the group to sell at Lacomb School on the 6th. If you know of anyone willing to donate trees then just leave a comment below. If you put your contact information in the comment I won't publish it but we will be in touch with you.
Did I mention that we are all going to be in the local newspaper? Well I am mentioning it now. Larry is the reporter that is doing a story on our group's efforts. The story might be in the Lebanon Express this coming Wednesday. It will give me an excuse to buy the paper tommorrow. Larry did the interview on Friday the 22nd at the school with all the kids going on the trip. The following day he came to the craft fair to take photos of the group.
Hopefully the article will mention this website and we get lots of visitors.
Our next event will be at Lacomb School on December the 6th. The school has asked us to supply desert for the chili feed they are hosting. I will be making jelly filled cupcakes with whipped cream frosting, Diane will be making brownies. There will also be pies. We will have a table of crafts there as well. Cindee is trying to locate someone willing to donate Christmas trees for the group to sell at Lacomb School on the 6th. If you know of anyone willing to donate trees then just leave a comment below. If you put your contact information in the comment I won't publish it but we will be in touch with you.
Results of The Oaks craft fair
Our group made $62.50 at The Oaks craft fair on Saturday. Colette and her daughter were there all day. Cindee was there for most of the day with her daughters and I was there for 4 hours with my daughter. Colette made a really cute pair of mister and misses turkeys. If she makes more for our next craft fair (which might be this coming Saturday) I'll get a photo of them and put it here on the blog. A little bit of everything sold from cookies to jewelry and even a few items we had left over from the garage sale.
Cindee will be contacting the American Legion to see of they have a space available for this coming Saturday. It is the only craft fair that is running this next weekend.
Cindee will be contacting the American Legion to see of they have a space available for this coming Saturday. It is the only craft fair that is running this next weekend.
Our next craft fair will be at the Oaks
If you happen to be in Lebanon, Oregon on Saturday November 15, 2008 drop on by The Oaks, a senior community living center on the west side of Lebanon we will be there. They are having their annual craft sale and we have a table at the event. Doors open around 8:30am and Collette will be setting up the table. I will be there around 9am with a few items I have made.
Our last craft sale was dismal as the take was only $62.00. That was before the $5.00 table charge so we only gained $57.00 for the whole day but that was $57 dollars than we had more than the beginning of the day.
Hopefully this coming Saturday will be better.
Our last craft sale was dismal as the take was only $62.00. That was before the $5.00 table charge so we only gained $57.00 for the whole day but that was $57 dollars than we had more than the beginning of the day.
Hopefully this coming Saturday will be better.
Our first craft fair sale
One of the moms managed to get a spot at the local Methodist Church's annual craft fair. The craft fair took place on Nov. 8, 2008 from 10am to 2pm. I took in several machine embroidered items and nice baby quilt. One of the girl's Grandmothers had made several beautiful necklaces and I also saw a few cell phone charms. Two of the moms also baked cookies and cakes.
The quilt got sold as did a few other items. Not many of the cakes sold so they will be frozen for the next sale. When you think about it, Walmart freezes all of their baked goods for transport so we are just following their example.
Not many people were at this years craft sale. I visited that particular craft sale last year and there were more sellers as well as many more buyers. Mostly retired people were the shoppers.
The next craft sale will be this coming weekend (Nov. 14-16, 2008) if we can get a spot in one of them. There are about 3-4 in the local area (Lebanon and Albany, Oregon). I will be making a few stadium/lap blankets with machine embroidered pictures on them. Wish us luck and good sales.
The quilt got sold as did a few other items. Not many of the cakes sold so they will be frozen for the next sale. When you think about it, Walmart freezes all of their baked goods for transport so we are just following their example.
Not many people were at this years craft sale. I visited that particular craft sale last year and there were more sellers as well as many more buyers. Mostly retired people were the shoppers.
The next craft sale will be this coming weekend (Nov. 14-16, 2008) if we can get a spot in one of them. There are about 3-4 in the local area (Lebanon and Albany, Oregon). I will be making a few stadium/lap blankets with machine embroidered pictures on them. Wish us luck and good sales.
Our second meeting
Tonight we had a brief meeting as a group and talked about several various ways we would be fund raising. Of course we will be participating in several local craft shows/sales. Hopefully they are not booked up by now and the cost of reserving a "spot" or table will not break the bank. After our short meeting we all went to the school district meeting where we all came away with more handouts and ideas for fund raising.
We seem to have a talented bunch when it comes to cooking and crafts. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
We seem to have a talented bunch when it comes to cooking and crafts. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
What we have accomplished so far
Since we came together as a small group of parents last month to raise funds for our children, to take this fantastic trip to the east coast, we have raised just over $400. It was mostly due to the garage sale that Cindee offered to host at her home. All of the items were donated by either us (the parents) or by friends and neighbors. There was a huge abundance of items that did not sell at the garage sale.
Cindee also had many larger items that would not sell and the people that donated them did not want them back. I'll have to give her a call and find out if she managed to sell any of the items or if they are still out in the rain (she only had a carport to store them under).
WARNING: a rant to follow -
It makes you wonder why people use the guise of donating an item for a good cause just to find a way to dump it. Don't they realize that a non-selling item has to be stored, transported to another donation spot or to the dump? All of that costs money to a financially strapped group to begin with. End of rant.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that the people did come back and take back their items that did not sell.
Another way that the kids are raising money is selling See's candy bars. I don't know the figures on those sales but for now the candy selling has come to a halt until the school can get more to sell.
Cindee also had many larger items that would not sell and the people that donated them did not want them back. I'll have to give her a call and find out if she managed to sell any of the items or if they are still out in the rain (she only had a carport to store them under).
WARNING: a rant to follow -
It makes you wonder why people use the guise of donating an item for a good cause just to find a way to dump it. Don't they realize that a non-selling item has to be stored, transported to another donation spot or to the dump? All of that costs money to a financially strapped group to begin with. End of rant.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that the people did come back and take back their items that did not sell.
Another way that the kids are raising money is selling See's candy bars. I don't know the figures on those sales but for now the candy selling has come to a halt until the school can get more to sell.
Welcome to our new presence on the internet
I have been elected (more or less, I volunteered) to be the internet "person" to handle all of the setting up and maintaining all of the technical internet aspects of fund raising for the group. At first I thought a nice website would do but after 2 hours of trying to tweak several photos to go with a pre-made layout I decided on a Wordpress type of blog. After all, blogs are found faster by the search engines than websites so getting the word out about the kids group will be so much easier.
If you have not already done so please read the side column where it briefly states "who we are" and what we are trying to accomplish. We are not your average middle class society families, we are the poor lower class working hard, rural families. We just want to give something to our kids that will leave a lasting impression on their lives. Many of us never had the opportunity that we are striving to enable our children to have.
I cannot speak for any of the other parents but I came from a very strict home where I was not allowed to be away from home even for more than a few hours at a time other than school. I certainly want something better for my child. I am sure that each parent wants for their child this opportunity of a lifetime for their child just as much as I do for mine.
If you have not already done so please read the side column where it briefly states "who we are" and what we are trying to accomplish. We are not your average middle class society families, we are the poor lower class working hard, rural families. We just want to give something to our kids that will leave a lasting impression on their lives. Many of us never had the opportunity that we are striving to enable our children to have.
I cannot speak for any of the other parents but I came from a very strict home where I was not allowed to be away from home even for more than a few hours at a time other than school. I certainly want something better for my child. I am sure that each parent wants for their child this opportunity of a lifetime for their child just as much as I do for mine.
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