As all good Moms, I was helping my daughter raise money for her Campfire Girl Troop. Our plan was to sell chocolate bars to fund their summer camp program.
Have you ever been a fund-raising Mom? It’s a lot of work getting the candy and organizing the girls as well as their parents. Nothing worthwhile comes without some work, however, so off we went. After finally distributing the candy to the proper parties involved, we collapsed on the sofa. What a day! And tomorrow is going to be so much better since we will actually be out selling the product! A wonderful lesson in economics for our little darlings!
The following morning we used our sales strategy. We set up a booth outside the grocery store (with mgmt approval of course). It was a cold and rainy day, the girls whined and complained until we said ” OK enough is enough “. Day one completed!
Back home for some hot chocolate! We Moms bought more candy the first day than we actually sold anywhere else.
“Off to bed sweetie, tomorrow is another sales day”.
During the night, our big black dog discovered the cases of candy. We awoke to a big paper mess (he chewed right through the case and the wrappers). We had one big bad sad sick puppy! (in case you didn’t know, chocolate can be deadly to canines) We called the vet and were told to keep an eye on him throughout the day. Needless to say, Mom bought 3 cases of Worlds Finest that day.
The dog did well and survived with just a tummy ache.
“Off to bed sweetie, tomorrow is another sales day”.
During the night, the chocolate dog struck again! We awoke to another big paper mess. How did that dog climb all the way over the top of the counter? He found a way along with another big tummy ache! “Lock that dog in the bedroom and keep an eye on him!” Needless to say, Mom bought 3 cases of Worlds Finest again that day.
The dog did well and survived with just a tummy ache.
“Off to bed sweetie, tomorrow is another sales day”.
During the night, Mom checked on the Chocolate Dog. We locked him away from the chocolate.
Next morning we called together the fund raising committee to announce “I have an idea” Out of that meeting a new marketing plan was born. We created a Moms cookbook with recipes containing…chocolate!
“Off to bed sweetie, tomorrow we will print cookbooks!”