<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">The NFB of Washington just did a popcorn fundraiser with DoubleGood. With them you do a 4-day fundraiser. Their popcorn is less expensive ($9-$13 per bag). There’s less popcorn but still plenty. We made $3,481 (our take) in 4 days with 14 sellers. Keys to our success were:</div><div dir="ltr">1. Having a purpose/specific programs we promote it in our advertising</div><div dir="ltr">2. Each person setting up their own pop-up store</div><div dir="ltr">3. Promoting it every day of the fundraiser through social media posts, emails and texts with the link and highlighting Federation program each day/what the Federation means to each person</div><div dir="ltr">4. Creating a text thread to build team spirit (could also be email thread or check-in calls)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Like the online auctions, this is also a good fundraiser because you don’t have to be in the same location and you don’t have to handle money or products. People order and pay through the link and the popcorn ships directly to them. Even if people are going to be out of town during the four-day event they can set up their pop-up store ahead of time, schedule it to begin on the first day and send posts/emails/texts from wherever they are. We had two members who were vacationing in Italy at the time of the sale and they still sold popcorn.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’m happy to answer other questions.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Marci Carpenter, President</div><div dir="ltr">National Federation of the Blind of Washington</div><div dir="ltr">206-604-5507</div><div dir="ltr">mjc59@comcast.net</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The National Federation of the Blind of Washington is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of blind people. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 31, 2022, at 9:43 AM, David Andrews via Cash-and-Caring <cash-and-caring@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to start a discussion of fund-raising that an at-large chapter could do. These chapters are all-virtual, so some things might work better than others.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The popcorn thing seems to be big lately, there is one popin-good I think, or something like that? I think I saw another, but can’t find it. I bought the popcorn, I thought it was good, but a little on the expensive side, which may be how they all are, once everybody gets their cut! What success are people having?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I know some have done Pampered Chef things too. How do they work out for chapters? I think you go through a pampered chef representative, is there someone in the NFB that does this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Other ideas, thoughts etc.?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dave<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">David Andrews, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Minnesota At-Large Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Cash-and-Caring mailing list</span><br><span>Cash-and-Caring@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Cash-and-Caring:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cash-and-caring_nfbnet.org/mjc59%40comcast.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>