If our little group had known which of our ventures was a waste of time, we would not have even tried them. Many indoor craft sales were a waste of our time and not worth the effort we put into them. Most of the "easier" ways I am going to list involve at least several members of a group and they should have some internet savvy.
First up, get a blog like this one and don't have it related to your group activities. I am not saying don't write about what is going on but have it relate to another subject and talk about that. Your blog is not for communication but a way for your group to earn money. For more information on earning money with your blog visit this website for complete how-to's
How to make money with your blog
Next make and sell your own calendars, books and other printed items to sell. Go to lulu.com where you can do all that for free and just pay for your items as you need them. You can also use lulu.com to sell your items for you.
Both of those methods above require more than just one person with technical know how. I knew about these methods when I was involved with our group 2 years ago but I was the only one with internet know how. It is just too much for one person to do. The rest of the parents in the group just baked and made crafts, hence our involvement with lots of failed craft fairs.
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Showing posts with label fund raising. Show all posts
Parents have started early this year (2010) to fund raise for their trips to DC
My own daughter is now in high school and it has been 2 years since that Washington DC trip that this blog was all about. The next batch of 8th graders have started to do fund raising even before the school year has started. From what I have heard so far, the parents lost money instead of getting money. That is not a good start. I don't know if they are using World Strides again this year but I hope they are not. They should give a local travel agency the opportunity to get them some great deals.
I never did get that $100 or so back from World Strides. Their claim of it being "just too small of an amount for them to refund" is such BS. I certainly hope that this blog and others like them have caused them to lose more than $100 over the last 2 years. Just to make sure they do get what they deserve I will up date the blog with any news on World Strides and their nasty business practices.
I never did get that $100 or so back from World Strides. Their claim of it being "just too small of an amount for them to refund" is such BS. I certainly hope that this blog and others like them have caused them to lose more than $100 over the last 2 years. Just to make sure they do get what they deserve I will up date the blog with any news on World Strides and their nasty business practices.
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.
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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