How It Works: Holiday Station; fundraising program, PTA fundraiser, holiday school gift program, kids gift ideas

What you do now…

You select the days you want to run. Programs run mid week, during school hours. An average school of 400 students will typically run Monday to Wednesday or Tuesday to Thursday with merchandise pickup on Friday.
Request your confirmation of those dates from Holiday Station. There is no money due at this time. You invoice to Holiday Station is due at the conclusion of your shop after you have collected your payments for gifts.
Holiday Station will project your gift needs based on your schools past history or the demographics of your school and it's enrollment.

The early fall…

In the fall you will receive your program supplies and your program guide.
Recruit your volunteers. You will need 4-8 volunteers to setup, operate and pack up your shop.
Place Holiday Station advertising posters in your school 30 days before your event.
Send out the promotional flyers that Holiday Station provides about 14 days before your first shopping day. Copy your date information and details onto the back of the free fliers that we provide.
Holiday Station will ship your merchandise in accordance with your program dates. There is no cost for shipping.

The week of your shop…

You set up your shop on the day before your start date.
Every item has a clearly identified your "school cost". This is the price you pay when you total your invoice. You reprice the items based on your goals for the program. Most schools run the program more as a "service" to the children and less as a "fundraiser". Either way you decide all of your final selling prices to the children. We will give you retail guidelines for each item that you may use at your option.
Your Master Inventory Sheets summarize your delivery. This easy to use system shows your opening inventory for each item. At the conclusion of your event you will record your return inventory and total your sales of each item. The Master Inventory Sheets are returned to Action Events.
Children shop by class, your volunteers help the children in their selections (especially K- 2). Children receive merchandise and take gifts home with them. Holiday Station provides free "gift wrap bags" for each gift purchased.
At conclusion of your program inventory and pack up your returns. Holiday Station pays for return shipping.
You return your paperwork and payment to Holiday Station.

It's easy!

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