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raymond - 2005-03-16 09:52:30 I planted about 100+ new bulbs and anxiously await **any** sign of them - only trouble is, they were replacement bulbs from a company who sent a whole first shipment of duds. What's the chance of them being magically different from the original crappy batch? Sigh.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 14:30:29 What's the chance dear sis that they ran the dud batch through the mail and just sent it right back atcha? No, of course they didn't. Course not. And those bulbs will be coming up aaaaaany minute now. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-03-16 14:53:56 The dud batch were all summer/fall bloomers, and after I ranted -n-raved, I got to pick all new spring plants. They were replacements for a big fundraiser, and I must admit, though I gave participants some token new bulbs, I skimmed off of the replacement order to pad my beds. (Some people had already left and I couldn't hunt them down from last year) So dishonesty is why they won't come up, you'll see. * * * * * * * * * * * * Lima bean - 2005-03-16 14:54:51 As ye sow, so shall ye reap.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 14:55:43 Dear sis was this one of the famous five dozen yearly fund raisers at school? Was it a bulb sale fundraiser?* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-03-16 15:12:54 Yeah, &^%$(#@ fundraisers. I'm not opposed to giving people a product for their donation (something I've learned that people want - straight donations are nonexistent, despite several easy opportunities to do so) but despise the solicitation of family to 'help out' which is why, dear sis, you have not been hit up for Cookie Crap Dough (our biggest moneymaker, after I was forced to sell it) or Little Caesar's Pizza Kits (an astonishing 66% profit for Tom Monahan or whoever owns that racket these days for zero sales effort on their part). I wanted to do a Florida Citrus sale which I thought would be worthwhile for Christmas, but was astonished at how hard and expensive it was ($40.00 a case and up). I also kept all of the free fertilizer tabs that came with the replacement bulbs. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 16:29:50 Sounds like they just need to bump up tuition a bit instead of wasting so much time on silly fundraisers. But anyways, I wanted to tell you one school here got fed up with fundraisers and they decided to do a big auction instead. They made so much cash they cancelled all the fundraisers for the rest of the year. Maybe that's something to think about. Businesses and service providers could kick in the goods/gift certificates (everyone would donate something to as worthy a cause as a school)--then stand back & let the money roll in. Do a silent auction for the little stuff & a live auction for the big stuff. Have hors d'oeuvres (put platters around the room & call it a "strolling supper"). Would be fun. Just a thought. And an auction wuld actually be *fun*, a party (whee!) not the mixture of guilt, dread, and annoyance that fundraisers.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 20:14:09 Iss: You could have kept the fertilizer tabs as the next round of products for the next donation. That would have been a barn-burner of a fund-raiser. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 20:22:13 Iss: Another idea is that Meijer's lets organizations sign up to plans that issue shopping cards that when used automatically donate 3% I think to the group. Groups like the Boy Scouts use them. Maybe it's just for nonprofits; dunno. But that might be an option. Sierra Club does a similar thing with EarthCash--you buy the face value of certificates which can be used like cash and the group gets a cut. A local Catholic church has a Las Vegas night with gambling (needs special city permit). * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 20:25:45 Or you could install metal detector gates at the school's entrance and apologetically tell people they'll have to empty their pockets of change and then "forget" to return it to them. Or say their wallet set it off and then take the wallet to the back room for a "special inspection."* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-03-16 21:03:21 This discussion has strayed far from Spring's burgeoning hopes but, indeed, several ideas you have mentioned we have done (Meijer's cards, raise tuition.) I even lobbied hard for a special mid-year playground repair fee that people could plan on (in neighborhood of $20 or so) but we are a low-cost co-op preschool and already have several members that are stretched thinly. We have toyed w/ the idea of an auction before - your complete picture does sound very nice - but no one wants to do the organizing. That said, I need some ideas to keep the lovely deer in my EL suburban backyard from devouring my bulbs and garden this spring. They can hop the back fence as if it were not even there.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 21:43:50 One more $-raising idea: venison BBQ blowout.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-03-16 21:53:08 Each of my 5,000 gardening catalogs from last week alone has deer-B-gone products. I'll bring some up on the big birthday blowout, sticky-noted for your convenience (tiny finder's fee is a small price to pay for un-nibbled daffs).* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |