{"id":39,"date":"2014-04-08T21:51:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T01:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tealdragon.net\/wp\/?p=39"},"modified":"2014-04-08T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T01:51:39","slug":"stampin-up-saleabration-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/2014\/04\/stampin-up-saleabration-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampin’ Up! SaleABration Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post was originally on my previous blog December 2012.<\/p>\n

With the Stampin’ Up! annual Sale-A-Bration (SAB) promotion coming up soon, I thought it was a good time to share my ideas for making your SAB party a fundraiser!<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, I really didn’t want all the hostess gifts that I earned with each workshop. (Hard to believe, I know, but I’d been stamping and collecting for over 10 years.)\u00a0 I decided instead to share the hostess gifts with my guests in exchange for them helping me raise money for a charity.<\/p>\n

Over the next couple of years my demonstrator,\u00a0Amy<\/a>, and I developed a plan that worked well for us.<\/p>\n

Each guest who placed an order of $50 or more AND made a $10 donation to my chosen charity would receive one of the hostess gifts from the workshop.\u00a0 I found that all my guests were quite willing to make a $10 donation and it seemed reasonable for a chance at a hostess gift that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to get without hosting a large SU party.\u00a0 Several friends consistently gave much more than I asked.<\/p>\n

I made a Hostess Gift Preference Form so that each person could let me know their preference for the various types of hostess gifts (see below).\u00a0 I required that each person send me their preference form a couple of days before the workshop so that I could have the hostess gifts mostly planned out ahead of time.\u00a0 I spread them out and then try to honor as many first choices as possible, then second choices.\u00a0 Usually I can give most guests their first choices.<\/p>\n

I also encouraged my guests to send their orders ahead of time even if they were attending so that I could have the hostess gifts partly planned out ahead of time.\u00a0 Anyone ordering but not attending was asked to email their order and Hostess Gift Preference Form two days ahead so that we could make final hostess gift choices at the party.<\/p>\n

I don’t include an option for Level 3 hostess gifts in order to maximize the number of gifts available for my guests.<\/p>\n

I ask each guest to write a check for their donation separate from their order payment so that they can receive the tax write-off for it, and to simplify order processing.<\/p>\n

We found that those who received the free merchandise needed to choose an item not exceeding the amount they were given.\u00a0 If it exceeded, it really complicated the processing of the order for the demonstrator.\u00a0 (I don’t recall the issue exactly, but it involved requiring the hostess to pay any amount over the free merchandise credit.\u00a0 While that doesn’t seem so complicated, for some reason the way the orders are submitted, it was.)<\/p>\n

My hostess gift preference form says that free merchandise “will be at least $5; hopefully $10 or more.”\u00a0 The “at least $5” is included primarily as a disclaimer.\u00a0 I think it was always $10 or more, but if you don’t get a lot of orders, then you’re covered.<\/p>\n

It’s up to the hostess how to award the hostess gifts to her guests.\u00a0 As I mentioned above, I disregarded how much my guest spent since they all fulfilled my base requirement of $50 order and $10 donation. But as long as you state it ahead of time, you could use the order amount as a factor if you wanted.\u00a0 You could also auction off the gifts (payments going to the charity).\u00a0 Originally, I drew the forms from a bowl as in a raffle, but I found that I could satisfy most of the first and second choices much better by just comparing and planning them out.<\/p>\n

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Hostess Gift Preference Form<\/p>\n

Please\u00a0number ALL of the following in order of your preference<\/b>. Where indicated, please fill in the hostess gift or Sale-A-Bration gift you would like if you win that item.\u00a0 You will receive ONE of these items, but must indicate your preference for ALL of them since I can’t guarantee which you’ll get.\u00a0 Please let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n

___ Level 1 Hostess Gift- Item name and number ________________<\/p>\n

See the main catalog, page _______<\/p>\n

___ Level 2 Hostess Gift Item name and number ________________<\/p>\n

See the main catalog, page ______<\/p>\n

___ Additional Sale-A-Bration Gift Item name and number _______________<\/p>\n

See the Sale-A-Bration catalog.<\/p>\n

___ $ for free merchandise (will be at least $5; hopefully $10 or more, but will depend on the workshop total;\u00a0 if you win this gift, I will contact you and ask for your choices)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Happy party planning and happy stamping!<\/p>\n

Stacy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post was originally on my previous blog December 2012. With the Stampin’ Up! annual Sale-A-Bration (SAB) promotion coming up soon, I thought it was a good time to share my ideas for making your SAB party a fundraiser! A couple of years ago, I really didn’t want all the hostess gifts that I earned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papercrafts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4w3yf-D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tealdragon.net\/tealdragongal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}