Auction for Rainbow The Clown Artist Bear

[Heidi Tyrrell]

From: "T.L.B." <poo...@thegrid.net>

Good Morning,

I am considering having a raffle for Rainbow The Clown to raise money for
two of my daughters classes for field trips we live unfortunately in a
fairly low income area and I watch these kids week after week trying their
darndest to raise money through bakesales that mostly the teachers donate
the baked goods, read-a-thons and various other things but the fact of the
matter is most parents will either not contribute or just don't give a darn!
I am sick watching it and no I don't have money running out my ears but dang
it I can do something! I would like a show of hands on how many of you would
buy tickets at $1 a piece and how many you would buy if I decide that it
will be beneficial to these kids I will go ahead with it and contact you
with more specific information ,
To See Rainbow Please click on the link to my webpage then go to painted
face Bears page this is a $295 Bear folks it's a chance for a Great Deal!

Hugs,
Heidi Tyrrell
Tender Loving Bears
http://www.thegrid.net/tlb

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Heidi Tyrrell
Tender Loving Bears
http://www.thegrid.net/tlb

[KMP]

I would buy a few tickets even if they were more than a dollar apiece. I
understand what you're going through, although I live in one of those
so-called "high income" places. People, unfortunately, can only take so
much... Let us know if you plan of doing an Internet fund-raiser! Sounds
like a wonderful idea!

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Hugs,
Kathy

"Heidi Tyrrell" <poo...@thegrid.net> wrote in message
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[Steven King]

Hi ,Im in....... I have three kids and we are in the Army
They send those stinkin catalogs home for "fundraising" and explain to the
kids not to go door to door, that its too dangerous..... They "suggest"
asking relatives. Ok, call me a pessimist but they never would answer me
this question:
The kids that go to my kids school are all in the Army (we live on post)
now, tell me, how many of these schoolkids live even remotely near ANY
relatives??
I mean it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that most kids in
on-post schools are basically living with the only relatives they are near.
So, how on earth are they supposed to sell to relatives?? eghads, why dont
they try a spring carnival at school, those are really easy to put on,
assign each class a booth, have the parents man the booths, buy some cheap
prizes and voila!! EASY fundraiser that doesnt leave me broke or with
calendars, candy, and candles I dont use or need.
Do I make sense here or am I the idiot?
thanks
LeAnna

KMP <kathybe...@home.com> wrote in message
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[J.Peterson]

You're making sense LeAnna.
I home school now but there were 2 things I respected about the local schools.
One is they didn't believe in the usual fundraisers. We had what's called a
Scrip program and costs the parents/participants absolutely nothing. You buy
Scrip money from the school and get an even exchange when you use it. For
example: You could buy a $20 scrip money for the local Safeway grocery store,
then go and buy $20 worth of food/merchandise at the store. The store donates a
percentage back to the school. It was always stated what that % was, ranging
from store to store and anywhere from 2-10+%. The PTA gets 50% of the profits
and your child's classroom gets 50%. If you have more than one kid, it's divided
between those rooms.
Our PTA had raised so much money they had to file income tax. We still had to
pay for field trips but it wasn't a burden for those less fortunate. Also it
really helps the teachers out to buy those supplies for the classroom that are
needed but hard to come by. The only downfall is if you child is in a room
where there is little participation in the program. If anyone's community has
this program I strongly urge you to participate even if you don't have kids. It
helps solve those unsafe door to door fundraisers and costs you absolutely
nothing. They had 2 other big event fundraisers: a Gala with auctions and the
Brainwave, which were also highly successful. There are only so many magazines,
candles & cookies one family & neighbors can buy.

Ok, off the soapbox, one of my bears has decided she needs some pants so I have
to go make some.
JoEllen