Bag Packs
Posted by Rebecca Lynch on Sunday, July 31, 2011
Under: Bigger Fundraisers
Bag packs are simple to organise, they just take a day of standing at tills in your local supermarket with a few of your friends, family and neighbours to help. I have held 3 bad packs, giving a total of over £1000.
The first was at Morrisons. I worked at my local Morrisons store, so my managers already knew about what I am doing. All it took was a quick talk with one of the managers asking if it would be possible to hold a bag pack, and a letter so they had it in writing. Unfortunately they could not offer me a date as they were booked until I would have been away, however, they looked out for cancelations and phoned me Christmas week offering me a halfday of bagpacking that Thursday. This was a great time for a bag pack, as everyone was coming in for there Christmas shopping! Getting a day before a significant date is always guaranteed to do well. From this bag pack a raised £375.
The second was at one of my local Marks & Spencers. This bag pack took place on the last Saturday of January, making £445. For this a wrote a letter and sent it through the post. I then received a letter back with a date and time which I could hold my bag pack. All they asked was that I provide my own buckets and that the people helping me had something to show what the bag pack was raising money for - we just used lanyards with a slip of card with the Project Trust logo on them.
The final bag pack was the first saturday of March, making £305. This took place at my other local Marks & Spencers, where my mum was working at the time. Again I wrote a letter asking to hold a bag pack, however this time instead of posting it, my mum handed it in to the manager. I then recieved a letter with a ddate and time, like the other Marks & Spencer store.
The first was at Morrisons. I worked at my local Morrisons store, so my managers already knew about what I am doing. All it took was a quick talk with one of the managers asking if it would be possible to hold a bag pack, and a letter so they had it in writing. Unfortunately they could not offer me a date as they were booked until I would have been away, however, they looked out for cancelations and phoned me Christmas week offering me a halfday of bagpacking that Thursday. This was a great time for a bag pack, as everyone was coming in for there Christmas shopping! Getting a day before a significant date is always guaranteed to do well. From this bag pack a raised £375.
The second was at one of my local Marks & Spencers. This bag pack took place on the last Saturday of January, making £445. For this a wrote a letter and sent it through the post. I then received a letter back with a date and time which I could hold my bag pack. All they asked was that I provide my own buckets and that the people helping me had something to show what the bag pack was raising money for - we just used lanyards with a slip of card with the Project Trust logo on them.
The final bag pack was the first saturday of March, making £305. This took place at my other local Marks & Spencers, where my mum was working at the time. Again I wrote a letter asking to hold a bag pack, however this time instead of posting it, my mum handed it in to the manager. I then recieved a letter with a ddate and time, like the other Marks & Spencer store.
In : Bigger Fundraisers