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The ULTIMATE Donation List

12 years 2 months ago #159922 by Dolphin Mom
Hi John Travola,

For fun - playing off of your theme Otter Night Fever.

Might be interested in:

Giving Back: Product Donations - OtterBox

www.otterbox.com/product-donations/product-donations,default,pg... - Similarto Giving Back: Product Donations - OtterBox

DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola Cases ... OtterBox 1000 Cases ... The following types of organizations are eligible to receive product donations from OtterBox: ...

OtterBox caught the smartphone wave and now make cases that protect smartphones and other handheld technology like phones, tablets and e-readers.
Susan
Dolphin Mom
12 years 2 months ago #159921 by CPerry
@ Jeff - We cater our requests to the place. A higher end restaurant we'll ask for $50, or fast food we ask for $25. Chili's has always been very kind to us. At places like Monkey Joes, Bounce Town, Chuck E. Cheeses and such we'll ask for passes, four is a great number. Chuck E. Cheeses will almost always give us a certificate for a Large Pizza, Four Sodas and 25 tokens. Last year they gave us 2 of those certificates.

I ask the local grocery store chain for big dollars, $100 or more. Same with Walmart and Target. Small ethnic groceries, we tend to ask for specific things, like soda, hamburger meat or vegetables for our concession foods.

Movie theaters are great for help too. If you live in the western suburbs of Chicago, Hollywood Palms or Hollywood Blvd. will give you stack of free admittance passes and usually one premier package worth $50. (Two entrances and $30 toward food) Otherwise most movie theaters will give you a couple of tickets. We also always hit up local Putt-Putt golf places where we usually ask for a round for four. Our local skating rink will give us a family pass and the same with the bowling alley. We have way more luck asking for things than asking for money.

Hope this helps! Have a good fundraiser
12 years 2 months ago #159919 by Jeff
Replied by Jeff on topic Re:The ULTIMATE Donation List
Just a general question...

When contacting places for donations, such as dicks or restaurants what are you requesting? What $$ value are you requesting in gift cards.

I don't want to seem greedy and ask for too much and get nothing, but I don't want to ask for 25 when they would have given me $50

Any thoughts??
12 years 2 months ago #159918 by Jules
Replied by Jules on topic Re:The ULTIMATE Donation List
Hi, just started looking at this site & have a few suggestions that might help.

Yes
tenmarks. com --year of online math tutoring
Luray Caverns (passes)
Pump it up (5 passes)
Flynn & O'Hara (2 $100 gift certificates)--if you have school uniforms
Giant foods ($25 gc--wrote corporate)
Disney
Cabot Cheese
pinkcalyx. com
gourmetgiftbaskets. com
Massanutten (4 indoor waterpark passes)
Green Mountain Coffee ($25 value)

We're outside Washington, D.C.--a combo church/school fundraiser. Our event is May 19--started online requesting six months out & sent out mass letters on Jan. 2. We have lots of local business & family donations too. Feeling good at this point.



12 years 2 months ago #159917 by nia
Replied by nia on topic Re:The ULTIMATE Donation List
oh.. yeah you have to be careful of what you look up, that also happened to me when I looked it up a while ago. But for the dicks sporting good certificate it wasnt a type-o, they sent 4-$50 bonus certificate, and we took it and bought a couple of items for $100 and they also sent coupons where the first page was $10 off of $60 so we used two of the coupons and were able to get stuff, where we paid $120 and coupons off meant we got everything for $100. Then just auctioned off the other two $50 dollar certificates. We are located in Pikesville, MD.
12 years 2 months ago #159914 by John Travola
Replied by John Travola on topic Re:The ULTIMATE Donation List
Dear Sooo Busy,

Our Spring Auction's is titled "Otter Night Fever" and I would love to know where you sent your donation letter to get JT autogragh!
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