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Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs
Posted by sanwin on 3/10/08
On 3/10/08, sanwin wrote:
> 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.
When you do have a book fair, do you take the money? I use
Scholastic, and instead of taking money, I double my profits by
purchasing books from their book fair catalog. I've gotten
encyclopedias, reference sets, vidoes, books on tape,as well as
popular fiction.
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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