This Idea comes from a middle
school way down in south Florida. They sell over 200
cases each year and have been gracious enough to share
their secret with you. ENJOY.
With the box you can have your
fundraiser working all the time.
Request a box or two from us and
we’ll ship them to you with your order.
Now the fun part:
Using your imagination you can
brainstorm with your kids and choose some location ideas
Like these:
Approach a local business that
supports your organization. A business you know well and
wouldn’t mind putting out the box for your group.
Parents are your goldmine! A well
placed box at a supportive parents business or job may
just keep your cash register ringing.
Alumni or past super student, need
I say more?
The idea behind the remote sales
box is simple and profitable. Once your location(s) are
established assign some students to check on the boxes
to collect money and reload sticks on a periodic basis
that works for you. (Compared to taking half a Saturday
to wash cars this will seem like a picnic)
At first, keep it simple. Test the
waters. Remember people want to help the kids. This is a
way to let them and at the same time they will get
smoked snacks like they have never tasted! You’ll get
people who will buy you out of house and home and your
group will be hauling in the big money.
Secrets to hauling
in the big money
What you are about to read will crack the veil of secrecy as to
the inner workings of an agriculture teacher at Yearling Middle
School in Okeechobee Florida. His name is Buddy Mills and he has
outsold every middle and high school in the United States for
four straight years!
I’m going to tell you how he does it.
Level One:
Most
teachers will sell snack sticks at a certain time each day to
the class and raise money for their group. This will generate
cash flow to help with expenses. Kids will buy their favorites
each day and beg for more.
Level Two:
Select
a group of your best kids and have them help manage the sale
more like a business. Assign bags of 24 sticks to students and
have them sell throughout the day and even take them home,
returning with the money. The families and friends of students
will eat the sticks like they are going out of style. Multiple
sales people will increase your results substantially.
Level Three:
Are
you ready for this. I wish this were my idea but it belongs to
Buddy Mills, the master of the sale. Buddy had some of kids
whose parents owned or worked in businesses set up snack sticks
in jars or boxes at those businesses! The folks that bought
sticks got the best smoked snack in the world and each sale
helped support the kids, everybody wins. But he didn’t stop
there. Then he set up a route of locations in Feed stores around
his town. They are selling like hot cakes! He moved 70,000 plus
sticks this season alone! You could assign some responsible kids
to set up your own route right in your own town. It’s for the
best cause you could possibly think of….your group! The tens of
thousands of dollars raised by such an endeavor could be used to
do the things that will make your kids school experience one of
the highpoints in their lives.
That’s what Buddy does.
P.S. The other two schools in Okeechobee Florida, another
middle school and a high school sell the sticks as well. And
each year they can sell almost as much as Buddy. I don’t think
it’s something in the water, its called leadership.