wouldnt be allowed at our school - shcool policy, no junk food sales during school hours.
i have nothing against junk food, just not delievered or offered while in public ed. every parent and kid can make their own choices at home.
no parent is so naive as to think if you dont send a kid to school with 50cents , that their freinds wont lend them money on candy sale day.
the biggest reason not to sell junk at school, is good food during school day = better acheivement. check the research on this. also. after the sugar rush and insulin outpour (from the non diabetic 1 kids), sugar levels drop and you get sleepy. not good learning. so what if the schooll makes money, selling sugar to kids is not good for learning, the data show
I don't know about selling during lunch...can't at our school, but we do candy coke sales 4 or 5 times a year. We charge $1.00 for candy bar (try to buy them when they are on sale), .50 for coke. Easy money. Kids LOVE it. As far as kids with diabetes. I am diabetic and I would never want the kids that aren't to not have a candy bar or coke. Plus, you can get diet cokes. Life is too short, nothing wrong with having a treat once every 7 days or so. Anyway, as a parent, I see nothing wrong with this. If a parent doesn't want their child to have the coke and candy, they simply don't buy it. Send a snack from home. No big deal. We usually make a profit of over $400 for each sale. Small school. Our parents support this fundraiser. Good Luck.
We will presell candygrams Feb 4 - Feb 12 during lunch with distribution one time on Feb 14 to homerooms. Sales would end earlier if we ran out. You need at least one day to prepare for distribution. It's as much about the fun, idea and thought as it is about the candy or money. We pre-ordered the candy before sales.
I learned the hard way last year that I didn't want the actual candy to be anywhere near the school during sales, only the cards that came with the candy should be at the school. This helps avoid the temptation of the parent doing the selling, to distribute the candy as it is being sold.
When we take the order/money, the students complete the card that comes with it. The homeroom of the student to whom the candygram should be delivered goes on the back of the card. We also have a sheet to record the name of the purchaser, their homeroom, the recipient and their homeroom.
Make sure the number of cards you sell is a few less than candy you have. This accounts for breakage. When you are sold out of cards, you are sold out of candy.
There is a dated ziplock bag or envelope for each days cards. It's first come, first served on flavor choices. (No guarantees on flavor) You need to make sure the event leader keeps close tabs on daily sales results from parent volunteers doing the selling and that they retrieve the money regularly. The workers in the school office had a preappoved list of volunteers for each day that may be coming in to retreive the cash box, cards, list and sign.
Hold back a few cards for the orders that are left in the office by parents when your aren't there to sell them. (don't publicize this)
When is comes time for distribution use a use large ziplock bags with homeroom teachers names on the outside. Staple or tape card to each candy wrapper.
Since distribution is limited to one time, parents and administration find this more acceptible. Some ban it outright, so check with the school first.
Depending on the ages in your school or your sensitivity, you have to decide if the PTO will give one to everyone that didn't get one so no one is left out. (from secret admirer). We didn't do this or get complaints at the middle school level for not doing it. Elementary may be different.
I personally would be adamantly opposed to the selling of candy or soda inside the school on a regular basis. Why? Diabetes (as mentioned above), childhood obesity, poor nutrition...just to name a few reasons. That seems like the wrong way to make a few bucks.
As the Mother of a diabetic child, I'd be very much against this in our school! FYI: 20.8 million people—7 percent of the population—have diabetes. Per the American Diabetes Association: Diagnosed = 14.6 million people and Undiagnosed = 6.2 million people!
