Fundraiser Crops

My DS's elementary school did it for a couple of years. They did it on a Friday evening. It was 30.00 and you got a snack. Also got door prize. I never went though. The school owns a sizzix so you could use that too. I know they got stuff donated for the door prizes and also had drawings. I seen one of the girls who put it on and asked it she was having one this year and she said no that they didn't make much money on it. His school only has about 250 students. I'm sure bigger schools get better response and if it is advertised. I think they only advertised with the school parents.

Hi Amy

Our local groups meet once a month in a school hall (here in Sydney, Australia) so recently I thought I would put a basket at the door with blank notecards (the front had gorgeous photos I had taken and laminated over the years of things like frangipanis, the harbour bridge, the Opera House, etc) and a bucket inviting people to take cards in return for donations to the tsunami appeal. I got A$4 from the whole night. I'd be interested to hear if your people are more open to combining scrapbooking with charity.

Cheers!

Scrappy-doo (aka Shona)

I actually LOVE this idea. Our church just hosted a free crop last month for the first time. This makes me think that maybe we should each bring a donation for the youth group. They are working very hard to earn money to go to a work camp! I think I will suggest this to them and let y'all know how it works.

One thing that was weird about this crop was that there was NOTHING to buy. It was "advertised" as a free crop, no sales. BUT, when we realized that the woman who arranged it wasn't a CM dealer and nobody else was, we started to panic! Nothing to buy meant when we ran out of something we had to trade off with somebody else. We finally ended up leaving when everybody started running out of tape runner. That was something we absolutely couldn't do without. So, we are supposed to do it again next month and I'll be stocking up BEFORE that day. It was actually kinda fun to trade stuff...I was asking for a white W and somebody else wanted Western stickers (like cowboys or horses) and somebody else needed page protectors, etc. DH was thrilled because I usually come home having spent $$$.

Cecelia

Amy ,Many churches let Scrapbook groups use their buildings for regular and special crops. Usually, people are asked to bring snacks and drinks and to pay a fee that they can afford. The money is used for either the church usage or whatever the group wants to do with it. Some crops are for Breast Cancer or Diabetes,etc Just depends on what is required from your Church, I guess. Most churches have activity centers for the use of their members functions. It will usually require a Sexton or maintainence person to be there to open up,turn on heat or A/C and lock up later. Or somone to be in charge of doing that. Sounds like a good idea.

Hugs, Sabrina in Kentucky

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