Yesterday was the big day of my book sale that turned into a DVD sale as well. A lot of my coworkers and friends donated some great items and I had a large selection to sell. There was less turn-out than I had hoped, even with the help of Aaron trying to advertise outside, but it was still quite successful. After the full day sale, I came out with over 2000RMB (about $350) and I still have two boxes worth of books, some promised future sales, and over 200 DVDs. Because of the high excess, I may hold another one; on the other hand I don't know if I should bother because the turn-out for this one was quite low despite frequent reminders and encouragement to come and check it out.
A generous friend of a friend who recently opened a book shop has offered to set me up with my own table, set my prices, and come up with a poster description of my cause and he'll put the remaining books into his shop. I left the DVDs at one of the schools with a sign so hopefully people will look through those and buy a few more if they're interested as well.
A couple more ideas that have been floating around have been: bake sale, BBQ, Fourth of July/Canada Day party, and pancake/pool party. Hopefully I can get everything (and everyone) into gear and get these going. Summer will be quite busy as we will only have one day off per week so I'll have to plan well. For now, I'm happy with the moderate success of my book sale and encouraged about my next fundraising event!
A generous friend of a friend who recently opened a book shop has offered to set me up with my own table, set my prices, and come up with a poster description of my cause and he'll put the remaining books into his shop. I left the DVDs at one of the schools with a sign so hopefully people will look through those and buy a few more if they're interested as well.
A couple more ideas that have been floating around have been: bake sale, BBQ, Fourth of July/Canada Day party, and pancake/pool party. Hopefully I can get everything (and everyone) into gear and get these going. Summer will be quite busy as we will only have one day off per week so I'll have to plan well. For now, I'm happy with the moderate success of my book sale and encouraged about my next fundraising event!
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