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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 246501" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>One of the things I hate MOST about fundraisers are those "prizes" the kids can earn. I totally HATE those. There is no real value in them. I did one fundraiser where the prize for the kids who sold ANYTHING was a little keychain flashlight. After we passed them out I had an emergency call from a parent who said that the flashlight was OFF and it CAUGHT ON FIRE! It actually self combusted and was very very scary. </p><p></p><p>I had ALL the kids who got one (almost every kid in school) throw them away with the battery OUT and I made the fundraising co give them all a new prize. I will no longer be involved with a fundraising co who gives anything electrical that is not UL listed. They just are not safe items.</p><p></p><p>One year when Pokemon was really hot I did my own prizes instead of using the fundraising co's. I spent less than we would have been charged and the kids got REAL items that they loved. For 10 items you could choose between a craft kit or Pokemon cards (1 pack). The cards were REALLY hard to find, and most places actually limited you to 5 packs where we lived. I talked a retailer into letting me buy the 200 I needed and giving me a discount on them. I have to say the kids were more motivated to sell things and the prizes were things they really LIKED.</p><p></p><p>This is an idea if you ever run a fundraiser. It really isn't hard to do a prize pkg yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 246501, member: 1233"] One of the things I hate MOST about fundraisers are those "prizes" the kids can earn. I totally HATE those. There is no real value in them. I did one fundraiser where the prize for the kids who sold ANYTHING was a little keychain flashlight. After we passed them out I had an emergency call from a parent who said that the flashlight was OFF and it CAUGHT ON FIRE! It actually self combusted and was very very scary. I had ALL the kids who got one (almost every kid in school) throw them away with the battery OUT and I made the fundraising co give them all a new prize. I will no longer be involved with a fundraising co who gives anything electrical that is not UL listed. They just are not safe items. One year when Pokemon was really hot I did my own prizes instead of using the fundraising co's. I spent less than we would have been charged and the kids got REAL items that they loved. For 10 items you could choose between a craft kit or Pokemon cards (1 pack). The cards were REALLY hard to find, and most places actually limited you to 5 packs where we lived. I talked a retailer into letting me buy the 200 I needed and giving me a discount on them. I have to say the kids were more motivated to sell things and the prizes were things they really LIKED. This is an idea if you ever run a fundraiser. It really isn't hard to do a prize pkg yourself. [/QUOTE]
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