There are all sorts of ways to get money for your group, school or non-profit group. This article will be aimed primarily at school groups and how they might meet their fundraising needs.

Of course there are nearly as many ways to fundraise as there are people. Nevertheless, not all of those methods are as profitable as some might suppose. So when you narrow down your list to “good and efficient” fundraisers you are left with a managable list of options. Smencils would be at the top of that list.

Smencils are a bit different than the conventional $1.00 Candy Bars that have been around in fundraising for so many years. There are aspects of it that make for a unique reaction from students and parents alike. To begin with, they are not fattening! Actually, that is a pretty big plus in today’s environment. The other is that because they are made of recycled newspaper they are a Green Product. Students are inundated everyday about this manner of thing and truly get excited that they can now do their schoolwork without sacrificing another tree!

Of course the best and most exciting part of Smencils is that they smell. There must be something about all these factors combined that elicit an emotional reaction from students parents and teachers alike. I can not explain it, but I can simply tell you it is thereand it is big. This can be illustrated by the fact that you can go onto Youtube today and do a search for Smencils and you will see student made videos about Smencils! I have been in the fundraising business since 1986 and have never seen the likes of this before. From elementary age students to high school age, it seems Smencils are making an impression.

It is no wonder that groups that sell Smencils, sell out of them very quickly. Many students will buy and collect all of the flavors that are available.

With that said, let’s get to fundraising with Smencils. The first thing you need to do is to settle on how much money you need to raise and choose how much of that goal you plan to raise with your Smencil fundraiser. One way to do this is to divide the amount you need to make in profit by $25.00 to come up with the number of buckets of 50 smencils that you need to sell to hit that goal. Divide that number of buckets by the number of sellers in your group and make sure that you don’t order too many. I continually recommend that you under order. If sales are going strong simply order some more. Never order more than 2 or 3 buckets (150) of smencils per student.

Generally, a student can sell out of a bucket of smencils in one day at school. Many students like to buy one of each flavor. What student wouldn’t want a smencil that breaks the boredom of everyday life at Ye Old School?