Re: Fund Raising Idea
Bob Condon (rec@EPOCH.COM)
Mon, 28 Nov 1994 15:17:54 +0500
>
> While we were sharing Thanksgiving dinner with relatives from the Omaha area,
> we got off on the topic of Scouting. My cub scout nephew mentioned that
> their pack had recently raised money through a father-son cake auction.
> They have competition in several areas such as sports cakes, car cakes, etc.
> and then auction the cakes. In past years they have had a professional
> auctioneer but this year they did a silent auction. (They made more with the
> professional auctioneer.) My sister-in-law reported that the top cake sold
> for $70 last year. It was a suspension bridge. A big cake in the shape of
> stadium sold for around $50. She says it is the only fund raiser they do
> all year and they have plenty of money for their activities. Sounded like
> fun to me and I thought someone else might like to try it.
> JHS8 at OSUVM1.BITNET JHS8 at VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (Internet)
>
Well, We used to do it in Cubs but have gotton away from it.
The problem really gets to be those that have and those that don't.
There were a few people who can continually afford $70 cakes but the
majority of parents can not.
I gave my son a limitation of $40 for the night. Over and over, he was
disappointed because he was outbid. For an 8 year old, this is not
much fun. This was the major event of the month (pack meeting) so instead,
I wrote the pack a check and took the kids to a movie.
We had a much better time MAKING the cake than buying it.
It was cancelled because MANY people complained. We are back to the standard
fundraisers and they are just fine.
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