Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Antiquities Fund Raiser

NCC MOPS strives to be self supporting and relying upon the chartering congregation for the charter fees, use of the building and the prayers of the church. Due to the economic stresses many stay-at-home moms are feeling, we choose not to charge the activity fees this year. The fees typically cover a portion of the childcare and supply costs for our meetings. We have done a few fundraisers in the past but those monies will not be able to carry us to the end of the year. So we are going to conduct one large fundraiser in October and perhaps a Spirit Day at Chic-Fil-A in December or after the first of the year. The fundraiser for October is with a group that sponsors MOPS, International. Many MOPS groups around the USA have used them as their primary fundraiser and raise quite sum of monies (often enough to send their leadership team to Convention). The group is called Antiquities. They take sephia pictures of children in overalls, lace dresses bare footed - think Huck Finn. The pictures are very sweet.

Our session time is Halloween weekend. We will take pictures on Saturday morning and if we sale enough we will also take pictures on Thursday and Friday afternoon and evenings. We have the coupons ready for each mom to get and start selling. If each mom can sell at least 10 we should do well. There are some incentives for each of us to sell at least 10, like additional free pictures- the more tickets you sell, the more free pictures you get. (More details to come) The coupons are $10. The parents get a free 10x13 picture. But have the option to buy additional poses and packages at delivery - I am assured that there is no pressure or sales pitch by the representatives! The coupons sales are ours to keep but because we are a MOPS group and booked in October and scheduled pictures for the last weekend-yes, that is Halloween - We have the opportunity to make an additional $200. We do need to sale at least 75 or 80 coupons to assure we have the minimum of 60 sittings scheduled (not everyone who buys evidently ends up scheduling or showing up. These pictures would make wonderful gifts for Christmas and they will be delivered before Christmas to the families. So ask family, friends, neighbors, moms at church, preschool, dance, sports, Scouts,etc. We need name and contact phone number to schedule the sitting times. Checks can be made out to NCC Christian Church. I am excited to partner with this company for our fundraiser and to raise some monies to help provide quality childcare and activities for all of us.

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