Fundraiser- Advertise your Cause

Let's take a poll on how many of you have heard of "Candy Bar Fundraisers". I bet every one of you have heard of this. Candy bar fundraisers are the most popular way to fundraise. So you ask why? Cause everyone "Loves Chocolate"! Fact is Americans eat 3.4 billion pounds of chocolate a year. Wow! That a lot of chocolate.

But one thing that bugs me about tradition candy bar fundraisers is they don't advertise your cause. You sell a bar of Hershey candy and the person has no reference about your cause. To maximize your fundraiser efforts, I highly recommend using personalized candy bars. For the same price, you can still use Hershey's candy bars, but you can put a personalized message on the front and back of the candy bar. Personalized candy bars create an emotional connection to your cause by allowing people to visually show their support of a cause. The eye catching personalized wrappers will easily make others aware of your cause. People can then visit your website, blog, or email for updates.

Candy bar fundraisers are very easy to organize and they are inexpensive, so many people will be willing to pay a couple of dollars for a yummy chocolate bar (for a good cause). Can you envision how successful a personalize candy bar fund raiser could be? How could you use personalized candy bars to raise funds for your organization? Please share

10 Tips Save Money on Your Wedding

Congratulations! You said YES, I will marry you. That was the easy part. Now the planning phase begins. What day is the wedding? Place? Colors? and so on. Well below are the 10 ways to save money for your wedding.

1. Plan your wedding during the off season. Many wedding facilities, DJ, photographers & more will offer lower prices during non-peak season. For ex. Jan and Feb wedding are during non-peak season


2. Plan your wedding during a weekday instead of a Saturday. Some wedding chapels offer cheaper prices for weekday weddings.


3. Plan a brunch wedding instead of an evening wedding. These are usually a cheaper and plus you can save on food.


4. Since Invitations set the tone of your wedding, I do not recomend being cheap on invitations and reception favors. But one way to save is by earning discounts. For example, have a catalog show to earn free bucks to apply towards your invitations. Give each of your bridal party and family a catalog to sell products on your behalf. This can add up fast and you can easily earn your invitations for free.


5. If you are getting married at a wedding chapel, they usually do two weddings a day. Find out what DJ, photographer, etc the other couple is using. Contact those vendors. If you like the vendors request they cut you a deal because they will only have to travel to one place and set-up equipment once. (this worked for me).


6. Trim your guest list. If you have not talked to this person in over five years. Then you probably should not be inviting them to your wedding.


7. For the receptions serve fancy refresments instead of a sit down dinner or buffet.


8. Have your wedding and reception at the same location.


9. Set Priorities, you and your spouse discuss your wedding goals and priorities.
10. Rent wedding attire.

Have you done, any other things to save money on your wedding?