2013 Fundraising Opportunity
Is it
really possible to raise over $10,000
in a simple calendar fundraiser? YOU BET!
If you are selling the one of a kind, unique Sign Language calendar
at the suggested retail price of $15.00 each, and buying them from
Color of Language at the $6.00 non-refundable price, your
organization will earn $9.00 on each sale. For each 100 your
organization sells, you earn $900 (minus shipping costs of $15 per
50 shipped. Profit = $870.00). Let's do the math!
Sell 100, earn $900 (-$30 shipping) =
$870 profit
Sell 150, earn $1,350 (-$45 shipping) =
$1,305 profit
Sell 200, earn $1,800 (-$60 shipping) =
$1,740 profit
Sell 300, earn $2,700 (-$90 shipping) =
$2,610 profit
Sell 400, earn $3,600 (-$120 shipping) =
$3,480 profit
Sell 500, earn $4,500 (-$150 shipping) =
$4,350 profit
Sell 600, earn $5,400 (-$180 shipping) =
$5,220 profit
Sell 700, earn $6,300 (-$210 shipping) =
$6,090 profit
Sell 800, earn $7,200 (-$240 shipping) =
$6,960 profit
Sell 900, earn $8,100 (-$270 shipping) =
$7,830 profit
Sell 1000, earn $9000 (-$300 shipping) =
$8,700 profit
Sell 1100, earn $9,900 (-$330 shipping) =
$9,670 profit
Sell 1200, earn $10,800 (-$360 shipping) =
$10,440 profit ($10,000 + $440 for rewards for top
sellers of teachers and students)
HOW CAN I SELL 1200
CALENDARS?
This year's calendar is designed so that you can sell
not only at your school or organizational site, but also to every
doctor's office and medical facility in your area, or your student's
and parent's area! Can you mobilize your program, school or
organization to get on the band wagon and show a flyer or calendar
to their family doctor's staff? Bet they could sell one to every
staff person in the office!
Know someone or can you find someone at the
local hospital who would get excited about having such a helpful,
fun learning tool on every floor or nurses station in their
facility? What if your student's parents carried flyers to the
hospitals and medical facilities they visit in their area?
Offering incentives to those committed parents,
students and teachers who get involved will increase the chances of
them doing a bang up job of getting the word out for you. We have
listed below some suggestions for incentives and rewards you might
offer.
JUST IMAGINE!
Purchase enough calendars to send home with each
student/parent/teacher/member of your school/group. Flyers are an
option, if that is not possible. We provide the flyer template for
you to use or you can make your own with images we can provide
(these images will be available to download when
the 2013 calendar is in the final stages of printing)
(Purchase price: $6.00 non-refundable or $7.00 refundable,
if undamaged)
If you have 10 students, parents, teachers, members
selling/buying...
5 calendars x $9 profit = $45 profit per person or $450
total profit!
10 calendars x $9 profit = $90 profit per person or
$900 total profit!
Wow! Almost $1,000 profit with only 10 people buying or selling 10
calendars each.
If you have 50 students, parents, teachers, members
selling/buying...
5 calendars x $9 profit = $45 profit per person or
$2,250 total profit!
10 calendars x $9 profit = $90 profit per person or
$4,500 total profit!
Incredibly, almost $5,000 profit with only 100 people buying or
selling 10 calendars each.
If you have 100 students, parents, teachers, members
selling/buying...
5 calendars x $9 profit = $45 profit
per person or $4,500 total profit!
10 calendars x $9 profit = $90 profit per person or
$9,000 total profit!
YES Really! Almost $10,000 profit with only 100 people buying or
selling 10 calendars each.
If you have 500 students, parents, teachers, members
selling/buying...
1 calendar x $9 profit = $9 profit per person or
$4,500 total profit!
5 calendars x $9 profit = $45 profit per
person or $22,500 total profit!
AMAZING! Over $20,000 profit with 500 people buying or selling 5
calendars each.
10 calendars x $9 profit = $90 profit per person or
$45,000 total profit!
EXTRAORDINARY! $45,000 profit with 500 people buying or selling 10
calendars each.
YES, IT CAN BE DONE! With some
effort, promotion,
and enthusiasm YOU can do it for your
school or group. BUT don't try to
do it all alone. Find a group of committed people and .......
ORGANIZE A COMMITEE AND PROMOTE YOUR FUNDRAISER!
- Have a "Kick- Off" Assembly at the beginning and an Awards
Ceremony at the end to create enthusiasm and increase sales
GREATLY.
a. At the "Kick-Off Assembly" announce the fundraiser, emphasizing what the funds are for and how it will benefit your school, program, or organization.
b. Plan prizes for members, individuals, classrooms, grade levels, teachers who sell 5 or more, with the prizes increasing in value for the number sold.
c. Announce and demonstrate all the incentives and prizes being offered. Plan skits to increase the fun and excitement.
d. Set a goal/deadline for the whole school to aim for and put up a display to track the progress. Something simple like a giant thermometer. Get creative!
e. Set a weekly time to paint the thermometer to show the progress and announce the leading persons, classrooms, teachers, grade levels, dorms.
f. Have each classroom, grade level, dorm make/monitor their own progress indicator and display it in their area, updating it daily or weekly.
g. Go through your local phone book/directory to locate medical facilities in your area. Assign a committee to make personal contact with a demo calendar or a flyer OR assign certain areas to classrooms, dorms, grade levels, and challenge them to make contact, either in person or by sending flyers to their addresses.
h. Encourage students and parents to do the same in their home towns. Suggest hey check local phonebooks and directories and visit or send flyers to as many as possible.
- Send a letter home with each student,
parent, teacher, member. Encourage them to:
a. Purchase the calendar to help the organization/school's fundraising attempts, explaining what the funds are for and how it will benefit the school/organization.
b. Purchase 5 more for family, friends, or co-workers (they make great Christmas gifts).
c. Sell 5 more to family, friends and co-workers for them to give as Christmas gifts.
d. Show the calendar/flyer to their doctors or any medical facilities they visit.
- Offer incentives to students and parents for their efforts in the fundraiser:
a. If someone purchases or sells 5 or more, they can keep the one sent home for free. Pay for 4, get 5, plus...
b. Ice cream float or sundae for those students who sell/buy 5 or more, or classrooms that sell 25 or more.
c. Pizza party for those students who sell 10 or more, or for classrooms that sell 50 or more.
d. Larger prizes for those who sell more than 10, or classrooms that sell 100 or more, such as a field trip or movie.
e. An outstanding prize for the person and the classroom that sells the most.
f. School wide FUN DAY for the whole school
g. Check with local businesses that would love to help out by offering services, trips, free gifts in exchange for the publicity.
- Offer incentives to teachers for their
efforts in the fundraiser:
a. Offer days off, trips, money for classroom purchases or bonuses to teachers whose classrooms sell above 100 or who have personally sold the most among all the teachers.
b. Check with local businesses that would love to help out by offering services, trips, free gifts in exchange for the publicity.
- Set up an area on your Website to
advertise the Fundraiser AND display the calendar. We
can provide the images for you. If you have the capabilities to
receive donations or process credit cards on your website, direct
potential customers to purchase there.
If you don't have that capability, contact Color of Language about the possibility of establishing a webpage dedicated to your school or organization on our website where all your purchases can be processed through Color of Language, and a check and sales report sent to you monthly. Click here for more information.
- REMEMBER: We are here to help! Let us know what you need and how we can help you make this the best fundraiser for your school or organization has ever had!