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Post by melanell on Aug 28, 2015 19:36:37 GMT
We have something that is the same idea as that, but not so funny. Ours is only in regards to selling items, though. They still hit us up for the other kinds of things, but I'm okay with that. It's the selling stuff that i really hate.  I have sent in my check every year since they started it. I LOVE it. |
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Post by darkchami on Aug 28, 2015 20:48:51 GMT
We tried something similar to this in order to get away from sales. It raised a grand total of $400. The sales fundraiser brings in closer to $10,000. The reality is that people want a product to show for the money they give.
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Post by SabrinaP on Aug 28, 2015 23:11:50 GMT
If you go to the PTO today website and look up this type of "fundraiser", (Write a Check or Direct Donation) although people say that they would rather write a check and not fund raise, the reality is that the follow through is much much much less than a fundraiser. In other words, many people do not put their money where their mouth is. Write a Check fundraisers are successful in more affluent districts or communities. My son's elementary school had 40% of the children on free or reduced price lunches, so no way could parents write a check. That same 40% most likely skips the fund raisers. You would be surprised. It's often our lower income kids that end up as top sellers. This has been brought up to our PTO, but we make such a ridiculously large amount on our fundraiser that they don't think a straight donation drive would work. We are a working class community, so I'll bet they are right. I do hate fundraisers though. |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 29, 2015 2:03:05 GMT
We tried it and got less than half the funds we had previously gotten doing fundraisers
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I have sent in my check every year since they started it. I LOVE it.
