Ways and Means: 2011-12 Season
Questions? Email Janet Weiner: MadisonCrewFundraising@gmail.com
SPRING MULCH SALE - Note: Delivery date changed to 3/17. All team members and a family member must participate in delivery.
This fundraiser allows you to sell your friends and neighbors something they are probably going to buy anyway, at an exceptional value, with FREE DELIVERY (for orders of 15 bags or greater)! The team sells mulch for the same price that they would pay at a garden center…and the free delivery is a big incentive to buy from us.
GET OUT EARLY TO SELL…we have competition out there from other organizations.
Key Dates:
All orders must be received by 3/10.
IMPORTANT -- SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 3/17 (and Sunday if necessary) -- DELIVERY DAY! (Note: this has changed from 3/24 because of a change in the regatta schedule)
All team members (even those who did not choose to sell mulch) are required to work delivering mulch on 3/17 from 8 am until all mulch is delivered. In addition, each family (even those families who did not choose to sell mulch) must provide one additional family member to help on delivery day. Rowers and families need to be available on Sunday 3/18 in the event delivery is not completed on Saturday due to weather, etc. (unlikely, but absolutely necessary). Believe it or not, this is actually fun, and you will meet lots of nice people! Even if you can't carry mulch or work on the 17th, there are other jobs you could do (data entry, hospitality, etc.)
Key Documents: We have created two important documents to assist in your efforts: a mulch brochure that you can (and should) type your name in the upper right corner before printing (you want credit for the mulch sales!!); and the other is a sample sales letter you can personalize for distribution to your neighbors with the mulch brochure. Below is an order form (in word and PDF) and a customizable letter that you can distribute with the flyer.
Mulch Customizable letter (doc format)
Mulch Brochure/Order Form (docx format)
Mulch Brochure/Order Form (pdf format)
Fundraising credit: Rowers will receive approximately $2 credit for each bag of mulch sold.
Hot Tip: don’t rely on customers to mail in the order form. Collect the order on the spot, or return to pick it up! The paperwork has a tendency to get buried on customer's counters, etc.!
Questions? Please e-mail Janet Weiner: MadisonCrewFundraising@gmail.com if you have any questions.
GIANT GIFT CARD SALES: Optional
If you do your Grocery Shopping at Giant, please purchase gift cards through the crew team, and use these to pay for your groceries. You pay the face value of the gift card, so you don't pay anymore for groceries, and the team earns 5%! A couple members of the JMHS Crew Family has already raised over $300 for the Madison Crew Team!
If your family spend around $100-$125 a week at Giant (easy to do with rowers at your table!), and use the crew-purchased gift cards, you could effortlessly earn $150 in fundraising credits between October and April. To raise more money towards your fundraising totals, sell the cards to friends and family flyer.
Here is how it will work:
• Cards will be sold at face value – so a $100 card will sell for $100. Cards are available in pre-set denominations from $5 to $100
• Purchase a card from the team using a check. (The order will be placed on the first and the 15th of every month)
• About a week later, your cards will be delivered to you.
• Buy your groceries using the gift card -- the same way you’d use your credit card.
• The team makes 5% on each sale but you don’t pay a nickel more for the card!
• The 5% the team makes will be applied toward your athlete's fundraising requirement.
How to order:
• Fill out the Giant card order form. Write the name of the team member who you want the fundraising credit to benefit.
• Write your check to the James Madison Crew Boosters Organization (JMCBO) and mail the form and check (Attn Giant Card Coordinator, PO Box 1657, Vienna, VA 22183)
RAFFLES: Both raffles are Mandatory (raffles are over -- this information is provided FYI)
For
each raffle, all rowers and coxswains must sell a minimum of $200 in raffle tickets. Athletes who do not sell raffle tickets must pay the $200 out of family funds. Athletes are encouraged to sell more than the minimum number of tickets. Every raffle tick that you sell represents 2.5 bags of mulch that we do not need to deliver (see below). See attached for additional information.
Fall Raffle Info Sheet.docx
Fall Raffle: Prize is an IPad with 64GB, WiFi and 3G.
Tickets Distributed: 10/21:
All hands on deck sales event: Sat 11/19 (team members will sell raffle tickets door to door Vienna/Oakton.
Details for this event
Tickets/Money due: 11/21
Drawing: 12/13
Raffle #2 Winter “Dream Valentines” – prize is a 55 inch flatscreen LCD TV, Diamond Earrings or Cash equivalent
Tickets Distributed: 12/19
Tickets/Money due: 1/24
Drawing: 2/7