<< I have a couple of questions about fund raising.

First off, has anyone done it?

Secondly, HOW do you do it?

And what sort of presentation do you need to really impact those you are

trying to "convince" they need your products?>>

Hi Trish,

We have found fund raising to be very beneficial for introducing our

products and for the nonprofit organization. We just did a one month Fund

Raiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Durham which was very beneficial.

We also do them for churches, local schools, and other local

organizations.

We went to the Ronald McDonald House and presented our product/service

line, our offer to donate 100% of our retail profit to them in the form of

products, and signed a contract with them. They gave us the authority to

use their logos, their name, and to place packets at the House. We

reviewed their "Wish List" and they were in need of many things, but

Cleaning Supplies were high on the list. We (my local success line)

canvassed the surrounding areas and specialized in our Home Care Store to

sell those products (even though all sales of our entire Mall were

available for the fund raiser). By the end of the month we had a little

over $1,000. for the Ronald McDonald House. We purchased many Cleaning

Supplies they needed from our Home Care Store and a Photo Book from our

Photography Store so they have free Kodak film for life. They were

extremely happy with the quality products; and we were extremely happy to

have new customers that are now reordering products; and to order again

from ourselves the products for the house.

We are Product Brokers and we have 16 diversified products/services we

offer so it makes it easy of have something for everyone. In the churches

we find that the Health & Nutrition products are the big sellers, but we

do Product Previews for them once a month and will specialize in different

products each month. We offer 75% of our retail profits to the churches

and other organizations.

It is a great way to introduce your products and to help others that are

in need for whatever their cause is. If you need more information, please