Choosing the Best Fundraising Calendar
When you need to raise funds quickly and effectively with minimum cost and fuss, a fundraising calendar can be the solution. As with fund raising cookbooks, there are two main types of calendars, those made or designed by yourself, and those made by a company.
There are good reasons for choosing one over the other and overall it comes down to how much effort and time you are willing to invest before raising the money, such as for printing costs.
The best way to get a good price is simply to buy in bulk, however there is a balance between the number of calendars you can sell, and their price. Don't buy a thousand cheaply if you can only sell six hundred, as long as you follow these simple rules you should be fine.
If on the other hand you decide to make your own calendar, you will have to have a 
small amount of money as an investment. The key to making a best seller calendar and raising money for your school is to get pictures of local areas, monuments and people.
You can ask for students or parents to take the picture or even make them out of art created by the students. An excellent way to promote the calendar is to hold a competition, this gets you both great art and great publicity and this means more money.
Don't forget timing is all important, no one buys a calendar in June, and they make great Christmas presents.
Another option
Vista Print and Café Press give you the flexibility of offering calendars to your supporters one by one. That is, they'll print as many calendars as your supporters order – no over or under ordering, and no waste.
You can get a FREE Calendar with a photo of your choice from Vista Print. That way you can see the quality before you order the rest of the calendars for your fundraiser.
And you can supplement your calendar fundraiser with lots of other products too if you choose Café Press. Your supporters can buy t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs and all sorts of other products that are adorned with your group's logo or slogan...or anything you wish.
They give you a free online store, which you then share with everyone you know. You set the price for all items in your store. There is a base price for all items and your profit is the difference between the base price and the price you sell the items (calendars, etc.) for.
If you already know how many items you plan to sell (e.g., the members of a sports team) they'll give you huge discounts on orders of 15 or more of an item.
Or Create Your Own
Click here to get this FREE calendar software. Create a beautiful calendar with spectacular photos that are included with the software, or add your own photos and mark important dates to give the calendar some personalization.
School calendars for fundraising are becoming increasingly popular items.
Have a penchant for the risqué? How about a nude fundraising calendar?
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