Fearless Continues to Grow in Spring 2016!
- Melanie Ford
- Apr 5, 2016
- 1 min read
Dear family and friends of FEARless,
Spring 2016 marks our most successful semester of fundraising yet! In February, we held chocolate-covered pretzel sales during Valentine’s Day week with an 85% profit margin (photo #1-2). Thank you to those of you who bought or helped with over 60 orders!
Photo 1: Pretzel fundraiser flyer, February 2016
Photo 2: Members and executive officers pose for a funny photo while selling pretzels in Squires Student Center on the Virginia Tech campus, February 2016
For St. Patrick’s Day, we sold Hokie and Irish-themed shot glasses (photo #3) The two-day sales event took place the day before and of the holiday. Our shot glass profit margin was 75%.
Photo 3: Hand-painted shot glasses
Photo 4: Profit, revenue and expenses for our Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick's Day fundraisers are reflected in this graph.
Our last fundraiser, a raffle, will run from March 30-April 15. Raffle tickets are $1 each and can be purchased at our online donation page or on-campus at the times listed on our Facebook page. Local Blacksburg businesses, including Mellow Mushroom, Hello Bagel, Bull & Bones, Preston’s and Chipotle, have donated gift card prizes and random winners will be drawn.
As we move into the second quarter of 2016, we look forward to developing school partnerships and corporate sponsorships. Currently, we are examining educational nonprofits models such as Camfed, Barefoot College, Girl Up and the Malala Fund. We appreciate your support, and welcome your feedback on advancing the future of education equality globally.
Stay FEARless,
The Executive Board
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