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Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs
Posted by sanwin on 3/10/08
On 11/28/07, Librarian79 wrote:
> Applying for grants is always a good way to get funds. A little
> time-consuming but worth it if you get one. Try Dollar General
or
> Target. They have some good ones.
>
> Also, an elementary school in my area had a few fundraisers
> including a spaghetti dinner in order to remodel their LMC.
> Little things like that or a Chinese auction or something would
be
> good. Again, time-consuming and involved, but it's a great way
to
> show support for the LMC!
>
> On 11/16/07, Kevin wrote:
>> On 11/16/07, Booklady wrote:
>>> On 11/16/07, Jennifer wrote:
>>> I would
>>>> like to do another type of fundraiser other than a book
>>>> fair. (I have a book fair planned for the spring) Do you
>>>> have any suggestions? Thanks for all your help!
>>
>> My wife had the same problem last year. She weeded out a couple
>> hundred books (it doesn't sound like many, but the library is
>> tiny), and started buying books that were needed. She had only
>> the book fair proceeds last year, so we ended up donating some
>> books. The Parent Club gave all the teachers $500 each for
>> supplies over the summer, and gave the library $300. That
>> bought about 50 books at the local used book stores over the
summer.
>> My wife visits the main used book stores about weekly, looking
>> for books the library can use. She usually also picks up a
>> dozen or so at the semi-annual Friends of the Library booksale.
>>
>> The book fair itself results in several books bought by parents
>> for the library, with a nice bookplate inside. (Today is the
>> last day of the book fair, and it's running until almost 10pm,
>> since the 6th grade class is doing their "Parents' Night Out"
>> fundraiser, babysitting younger kids.)
>>
>> She tried having wish lists at the local bookstores for parents
>> to buy books from, but that only resulted in one or two books,
>> so she isn't bothering with that this year.
>>
Does your school have a supply store? I sell pencils, pens,
highlighters, lead, poster board, etc. I'm not making a forturne,
but it helps.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Jennifer.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Booklady.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Kevin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/28/07, by Librarian79.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/19/08, by Dee.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 4/28/08, by SH.
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