Need your Input/Opinions

lovemy2 wrote: I have been elected Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee at Olivia's school - really looking forward to it actually - although the thought of another thing on my plate is a little daunting right now - but it shouldn't be too bad the fundraisers are only twice a year - so anyway.....

In your experience with your kids, neighbors kids, co-workers, etc. which fundraisers did you like, dislike, found the items to be good quality, bad quality, etc. etc.....

Thanks for all your help

MyBabeMaddie replied: We did this wrapping paper fundraiser when I was in school, the quality of the paper was awesome and there was so much to choose from. It always fell right after Thanksgiving so there was plenty of people willing to buy it.

luvmykids replied: We just didn QSP and got a lot of complaints....the quality of the items was a little better than average but also a little pricey, and they didn't give the kids the same prizes they were promised.

Kaitlin'smom replied: Kaitlins school is doing a cookie one its a tub of cookie dough for $9, we did it last year as well and it was NOT worth it IMO. We are not selling any this year and the PTO only made 600 on it, so the letter said. I woudl reather have one with things to buy for christmas presents. However they need to be reasonable in price.

PrairieMom replied: Ben's school does butter braids, they are breakfast pastry that come frozen. We LOVE them, and look forward to the sale every year.

coasterqueen replied: Kylie's school did the wrapping paper fundraiser and the quality of the stuff is great! Her Pre-K class is doing the Kathyrn Beich candy bars now and that is going well. Kylie sold 1/2 of hers the 1st day she got the box.

moped replied: I am all about buying cookie dough! You could soak me for a pile of $

Also popcorn - the stuff at Christmas

Muffin mixes were a huge hit with me as well!

MommyToAshley replied: Ashley's school this year did the peeler cards (there were three restaurants that had peel stickers that were discounts or buy one get one deals). They were ok, and a good deal if you liked those particular restaurants. But, last year, Ashley sold a school card that had many different restaurants and a variety of businesses (oil changes, haircut, ice cream, restaurants, etc) stamped on the back of the card -- all giving different discounts. You could use the card as often as you wanted for a period of one year. The card sold for roughly the same amount, and I liked the card with all the businesses better than the peeler card.

This reminds me Di... I still need to give you your card. I actually brought it to Tristin's fundraiser but forgot to give it to you.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
I was just thinking about that......

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: My kids are too young and haven't sold anything yet, but off the top of my mind, my favorite is popcorn, not the big tubs, but the boxes of microwave popcorn. If I have to look through a huge catalog and try and decide between too much stuff, I will forget it. That's just me, but the easier, the better IMO. Popcorn was pretty straightforward. The wrapping paper and all that, although really nice, just seemed like a PITA to pick out. Too many choices. Same with the boxes of chocolate and cookies. No offense to anyone, jmo.

My2Beauties replied: I always love the wrapping paper ones, I just recently bought a tub of cookie dough, 2 tubs actually, from the neighbor next door (haven't gotten it yet) but those suckers cost me $13 a tub it was for a good cause so I went ahead and did it. Another thing I love is the Krispy Kreme donut fundraisers, it costs $5 for a dozen donuts, normally it's like over $6 per dozen, and you get a certificate when you buy them and you can take your certificate in anytime you want to get your donuts. Those are awesome.

mom21kid2dogs replied: Our school does 3 major fundraisers per year. We do a chicken noodle dinner in November, a soup and salad supper in April and a flower sale in May. Each nets around $3K.

holley79 replied: My overall fav fundraiser the kids bring around is the cookie dough. I don't normally buy the other stuff because I can't afford it/ have a use for it.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I just received our school newsletter (Wil's preschool is in an elem school) and they had this: Albertson's has a card setup so that everytime friends or family shop, they swipe the card and a percentage of the total sale goes to the school. I REALLY liked this idea because everyone needs to shop anyway, so you're not buying anything extra that you may not really need. Plus, it's simple. All you do is pass out the card to family and friends. It didn't say how much the percentage was though. I bet you could go to any grocery store and ask them if they would do something similar. The card looked just like any grocery store card, the keychain kind and all.

luvmykids replied:
Our Smiths/Krogers does that...it's just the regular Fresh Values card (or whatever they call it where you are, you know, where it says 1.99, Fresh Values or Card price 1.59) but you have to ask them to designate it to the shool, and the amount of money that shows on your receipt as your savings goes to the school....we get A LOT of money that way, more than through the fundraisers

mom21kid2dogs replied:
We do this at school, too. It's called SCRIP program. We can get cards for literally hundreds of retailers. Ours goes to our child's account as tuition reimbursement. For those running it, though, it is a pretty nice boatload of work. Here's a link to what we do if your interested in looking at the program.
http://shopwithscrip.com/retailers/index.aspx

Kirstenmumof3 replied: I found that when they had books or calendar fundraisers I liked those a lot more. Selling chocolate bars and stuff like that is difficult because not everyone likes that stuff.

Boo&BugsMom replied: I'll second the pocket peeler cards! They were very useful for us, esp. when we were doing some remodeling because there were Home Depot ones on there! I liked the cookie dough, but when we did it the tubs were much cheaper. I want to say $5 a tub. I think any more than $6/$7 is a bit much for cookie dough.

Tanner just got done selling candybars and his sale went pretty well. It was cash and carry and people seem to like getting their product right away.

I personally like the fundrasiers where you have a mixture of different items to choose from...food, paper, nick knacks, etc.