Fundraising Cookbooks

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Fundraising Cookbooks

No matter what organization you
belong to, at one time or another
there will be a fundraising drive.
One of the most interesting and
enjoyable ways, which involves the
entire organization is to create a
cookbook.

I was personally involved in one
for a parents program at an
elementary school my grandchildren
attended in Alaska. Setting up the
committee to create this was a
great deal of fun, and we found
some wonderful talent in our
parents program.

We started with a contest to name
the book, of course the children
were the contestants, and the
grand prize was their name and
picture on the editors page.

Our next project was to decide on
the theme, we decided on a
cultural theme, as there was a
wide variety of nationalities
represented in our school.

We asked students to draw pictures
of their favorite foods, and the
art work pored in! The hardest
part of this process was deciding
which art to use for which recipe,
they were all so wonderful.

A notice was sent home with each
of the students, giving a deadline
for recipes, and we were well on
our way.

Some of the recipes were
definitely from unusual cultures,
we had one for ice cream made from
whale blubber, and (did I mention
that the school was in Alaska?)
Our chapter titles were chosen as
our recipes came in, there was
even a special section for
childrens recipes.

A couple of the volunteers did the
typing, several did the
proofreading, (yes, there were
still a couple of errors; we were
all new at this).

The recipes were saved to a disc
and another volunteer reformatted
them to the same font, and added
the pictures. The school provided
the supplies, including paper, ink
cartridges, and even paper clips,
so there was no cost to the
committee, other than our time.

The cookbook was very well
received, as the childrens names
were on the recipes, every family
in the school wanted at least one
of the books.

Many families bought several, to
be given to various family members
as gifts.

The fundraiser was a success, and
there were books left over for
later sales, it was a great
experience for everyone involved.

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