@ Blippincott thanks for the tip on ethan allen, I'll stop in to ours and check it out, Another thing to think about is maybe a local inflatable rental company ask them to donate a free weekday rental... I know someone in our area and they donated 3 free rentals....this was a big money maker late year!
@ Blippincott thanks for the tip on ethan allen, I'll stop in to ours and check it out, Another thing to think about is maybe a local inflatable rental company ask them to donate a free weekday rental... I know someone in our area and they donated 3 free rentals....this was a big money maker late year!
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[FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]I have started to run out too! I have just been watching everyplace I drive by and call for donations or just stop in while I am out. I am also now keeping all my emails from Justice, CWDKids, Current Catalog, Chasing Fireflies, Barnes & Nobles, VTech Kids, Hewlitt-Packard, etc. and and sending email to their Contact Us links like mad! I got a "no" from Justice (TweenBrands) & from Current Catalog. Don't really think I will get anything, but it doesn't take too long to have the letter template and just change the Dear, name & date...save and then send to the company. They might say yes...who knows??? I received donations from places this year that I did not think I would but I just dropped in and talked with the store manager. I went to Ethan Allen, upscale furniture store the other day and they gave me a $250 g.c. I was surprised!
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[FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Like the others, I have contacted all the Mid-Level Marketing companies. I contact the corporate offices via email and then also search for the nearest consultant and contact them. I usually get somewhere with one or the other. I sell AVON and my husband & I use & sell AdvoCare products. I am putting a basket of products of each in the auction.
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I have ran out of places also. What I have started doing is thinking of products ( dogs, cats, gardening, organic, lawn care, trees, etc) put it in the search and I go from there. Fast and easy. Hope that helps.
We never heard back from Ticket Liquidators either. Nor Garmin.
One idea is to ask parents or teachers to each each donate a scratch off lottery ticket. You can put them all ine one basket or break them up and put them with variousitems. Another idea is to ask people to each donate a roll of wrapping paper or bag of bows and scotch tape. Putting all these little items to make a big basket is great and inexpensive and easy for people to drop off. It,s great when you have people who can,t spend a lot of money to contribute items. It,s just a variation of class theme baskets but you can keep it open to everyone as an option. Saw a post way back where they had each teacher donate a bottle of wine and had a wine cellar basket.
