Church Fundraising

A Story’s Journey to Print – Father Edmond Hayes, The Heritage Builder

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Church History Leads to a Story to Journey to Print A Story’s Journey to Print Father Edmond Hayes, The Heritage Builder is a booklet that began when Laurie McGargill was researching the history of St Patrick Catholic Church in Imogene, Iowa. She noticed details of Father Hayes’ influence on the church and began noting these facts in a spreadsheet. Laurie knew the story of Father Hayes needed telling. A 20-page story emerged from the spreadsheet. Included in the pages is the early history of the church. It also features Father Hayes’ contributions to growing St Patrick into the church it

Create a Fundraising Cookbook with a Cookie Exchange

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Holiday cookbooks are popular and make a terrific fundraiser! Create a fundraising cookbook of sweet treats with recipes from members of your community. This will give your community a keepsake book with memories tucked in the pages. Creating Your Fundraising Cookbook Set up a Cookie Exchange with your group. As they are digging around for their favorite cookie recipe have them copy down favorite recipes. Have everyone bring a plate of cookies from one of their recipes along with the other recipes they found. December isn’t the only month for cookie exchanges. Consider having one in January when all the

Fundraising with Cookbooks

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Custom fundraising cookbooks are a time-honored way of raising funds for a variety of causes. If you are looking to raise money and need a fundraiser with a proven success rate, check out our custom cookbook program. Fundraising Cookbooks are Easy & Simple! A cookbook project can be as easy or as complex as you want it to be. Personal fundraising projects are easy for an individual to put together and then donate profits. For groups, this is a perfect way to get everyone involved. People who contribute recipes are likely to purchase multiple copies giving groups upfront sales. Community

Sell Cookbooks at a Bake Sale!

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Sell Cookbooks at a Bake Sale! Groups use potlucks to sell cookbooks so people can sample the great recipes inside. With the pandemic, potlucks were closed down but drive through bake sales took off! Take advantage and sell cookbooks with cookies. Select recipes from the cookbook like, cookies and bars that can be made, bagged and allowed to sit for a day or two. Then hold a bake sale with your cookbooks! Set Up A Drive Through Bake Sale Have cookbooks available on the table along with a variety of cookies plus some mixed bags, too. Have a big sign

Plan for Cookbook Sales Success

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Plan for cookbook sales success starting today! If today’s the first day you thought about creating a cookbook start today. If you have all your recipes collected then start today. Today is the best day to start planning for cookbook sales success. Plan to Make Sure Your Cookbooks Are Visible Check with local shops to see if they will sell a few copies. Sometimes offering a commission of even $1.00 a book will encourage them to not only sell the books for you, but also promote them. You can also check with local tourism offices as regional cookbooks make great