That Is Aweful....our President Was Over Our Fundraiser And He Had To Go Out Of Town For The Weekend And Did Not Put Anyone Over It..we The Pto Members That Were There Had To Do What Ever We Could Because They Were Comming To Us..we Looked Stupid Because We Had No Idea About All Of The Details, We Didn't Even Have All Of The Forms That Were Needed To Contact These People There Are Alot Of Unhappy People

We just sold Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough for the first time along with our usual Kathryn Beich catalog fundraiser. We did so hoping to increase our profits. Our rep took another job and her husband took over for her. He has been doing this work for years, and needless to say, he is not as organized as his wife. Most of our cookie dough didn't even arrive on November 2 like it should have. Parents think that we are idiots and they don't want to support us anymore. This is our last year doing catalog sales, and now we have to think of another way to raise money. What a disaster this has been!

THIS IS A SIDE SUBJECT ABOUT THE COOKIE DOUGH...WE JUST GOT DONE SELLING IT AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST PROFIT FOR THE LAST COUPLE YRS..THIS YR THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF IT WAS NOT PREPARED, THIS PERSON DID NOT ONLY NOT HAVE ENOUGH HELP SORTING (BECAUCE THEY DID NOT ASK FOR HELP) BUT WE HAD MAYBE HALF OR MORE NOT COME PICK IT UP THAT NIGHT WE HANDED IT OUT. THEN THIS PERSON LEFT FOR THE WEEKEND WITH THE REST OF THE PTO TO FIX THIS ISSUE..WE GOT THE COOKIE DOUGH OFF THE TRUCK WEDNESDAY AND ON FRIDAY STILL HAD A LOT SITTING IN TEACHER'S WORK ROOM, NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD NO WHERE TO STORE IT, AND IT SAT OUT FOR DAYS. AFTER GETTING MANY QUESTIONS AND PHONE CALLS A LADY AT THE SCHOOL CALLED AND IT CAN SIT OUT FOR 8 HOURS AT THE MOST WE ARE NOW HAVING TO REFUND THESE PEOPLE AND US BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS WERE HANDLED!!!!! SO I HOPE WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS AND NEVER DO IT AGAIN:mad:

Just my 2 cents.......I feel if the rules were posted...you should stick with them. Our school doesn't allow incentive fundraisers for this reason
as well as...we we try to discourage door-to-door sales. If your Pricipal will not allow magic show to take place at school...perhaps you could hold it an evening or Sat. someplace else (at local library)....

I'd like to know the outcome also. I usually would agree to stick to my rules are rules philosophy, but times being what they are-I am sure it is mostly parents doing the selling and not children going door to door. So I have to say I like the idea of pzettler, if it is possible, let those that want to see the show that were unable to sell the required 5 tubs - contribute the "profits" that would have been made had they sold the 5 tubs in the beginning. It is a win-win for all, your group gets the extra $$'s and you have opened up the event for others to attend

I also agree with One and Only..stick to your guns.,rules are rules..children who did sell 5 tubs of icecream will get demotivated if all other children who didnt sell get to attend the magic show..and thats definitely unfair to them..
so in the future make things clear at the outset...