[Jayhawk-chapter] nuts sales, iowa

[James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR]

>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:39:44 -0500
>To: "April Enderton" <endertona at wildblue.net>
>From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>Subject: RE: looking for info on chapter nuts sales
>
>very cool April,
>thanks for all the details!
>this is very helpful.
>jc
>
>At 05:43 PM 7/14/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>Jim,
>>
>>Here are the answers to your questions:
>>did you get your nuts prepackaged?  No, we packaged them ourselves.  We made
>>one-pound packages in baggies and sealed them.  We packaged them wearing
>>gloves to avoid issues with handling the nuts. We can buy the nuts at alower
>>price if we get them in bulk.
>>which company was your supplier?  Sarah Cranston is our nut chair.  She
>>handles the company.  I know she has had a lot of trouble with them messing
>>up our order, etc.  For the name of the company, you can reach Sarah at:
>>skhye at earthlink.net
>>did your sales earn a lot of money for the chapter?  Yes, I joined the
>>chapter in 2006 and the nut sale was our principle fundraiser severalyears
>>before I joined and it continues to be our principle fundraiser.
>>were you satisfied with the supplier?  We got what we needed, but not
>>without a lot of hassles.
>>did you hit any problems in doing the actual sale?  We have severalnut sales
>>a year at grocery stores, a couple churches and the Iowa Department for the
>>Blind.  They are all quite successful.
>>were you able to sell all the nuts you  brought in for chapter sales?  The
>>last couple years, we have had nuts left over, but I think we can solve that
>>problem by making one big order instead of two orders.
>>
>>if you have done nuts sales for a long time, do you notice any trends?  that
>>is, for example are  nuts sales more difficult than before?
>>and, how effective was this as a fundraiser overall? in other words, did you
>>earn enough money to make the effort worthwhile?  I don't know of any
>>trends, but the nut sales have been worth the time and effert.  We usually
>>bring in a couple thousand dollars profit.
>>
>>If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me and I will do what
>>I can to help.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>April L. Enderton, President
>>Des Moines Chapter, NFBI
>>Changing what it means to be blind