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Lots of ideas are out there for your chapter's ways and means. A good membership plan allows for at least one ways and means event each trimester. Please contact the Ways and Means SPM for more information. Plan your events today!
There's a charge of $25 per person; held on two nights. Each night they would bake 10 different kinds of cookies. Dough was premixed and chilled so it was ready for them. They would choose which cookie they wanted to bake and would bake enough so each person brings 10 dozen different cookies home.
Members Participating: 10 member(s) Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Supplies needed: Bananas, cherry, butterscotch & chocolate dip, skewers, napkins, crock pot, and chest freezer. Bananas are peeled; skewers inserted and then flash frozen. Dips are melted and kept warm in crock pots. Bananas are dipped and placed back in freezer. We do this during our county fair. We sell them for $1.75 each. It's a great way to raise money for Ways & Means
Estimated Cost: $600Estimated Time: 1500 hour(s) Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Displays were set up at four businesses with canisters and child's photo on the can. Contest cards were given to the businesses. Publicity promoted voting for beautiful babies.
Click here to contact the Madelia WT chapter for this activity.
A member who had many stamps and other supplies donated them for an evening and we made cards to sell for the chapter. We made an all-occasion card, anniversary card, and birthday and sympathy cards.
Project was announced in the local paper. The town participated by decorating their houses and yards. Each week a winner was chosen and a picture of the owner and house was in the paper. A prize was given to the winners.
Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Plastic duck race in a large water filled tank. Ducks were bought to use in the future. Selection of numbered ducks were placed in the tank and raced with others. Prizes were given.
Members Participating: 21 member(s) Click here to contact the Fairmont WT chapter for this activity.
Chapter member donated her garage for the event. Members were invited to drop off pre-marked items during the days before the sale. The night before the sale as many members as possible helped to set up. Sale ran one day. Members were urged to keep prices low so items would sell. Unless specifically requested otherwise, all remaining items were boxed up and delivered to a local charity group.
Members Participating: 15 member(s) Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Local members were asked to make a craft item for the auction. Live auctions as well as silent auctions were held. Project held at the Golf Club. Tables were decorated with an autumn theme. Tickets were sold for the event. After the auction, a live band performed.
Click here to contact the Marshall WT chapter for this activity.
Many home party companies wanted members to hold parties so we held one big one and invited the public. Each displayer paid $7.50 and a percentage of their sales. Some of the displayers included: Creative Circle , Christmas around the World, Tupperware, Avon, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Home Interiors, Discovery Toys, Shaklee and Fuller Brush. Refreshments were served by the members.
Click here to contact the Redwood Falls WT chapter for this activity.
Liquid lights were sold at the annual Halloween Carnival. The purpose was to provide a safe Halloween for the kids as well as raise money for the chapter.
Members Participating: 2 member(s) Click here to contact the Thief River Falls WT chapter for this activity.
Chapter members collected flower orders and gave orders to a local greenhouse and set up a delivery date and place. The orders were sorted and arranged to have flowers and plants picked up.
Request donations of used books from public, library, schools, etc. Sort books into categories & subjects; store sorted books at empty location prior to sale. Preferably place of sale. Advertise sale in newspaper, etc. Arrange for workers, tables, bags, boxes the day of sale. You may also want a dumpster to get rid of unsaleable books. Sell books for 25 cents each and make big bucks.
Members Participating: 12-16 member(s)Estimated Cost: $100Estimated Time: 150 hour(s) Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Order from factory at cost of $.50 each (Sangnon Mills, NY ). We sold them for $1 each; sold to members and family at the holidays. Dish cloths are well made, long lasting and attractive colors; can almost sell them.
Estimated Cost: $60 Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
One night is spent making calls from a bank to use their multiple line phone system. The deliveries are made by Thanksgiving.
Click here to contact the Detroit Lakes WT chapter for this activity.
In the spring, every other year we line up several houses that are willing to let people tour their homes. We sell tickets and sold coffee and bars as they entered the starting place. We made up maps and ran the tours from 10:00-1:00. There was one worker at each home checking tickets and directing. Signs were made for each home. A gift was given to each family that allowed us to show their homes.
Nine teams played a round robin tournament. Members donated food for concessions. Teams paid $65 to play. Cash prizes given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Event was held at local high school.
Members Participating: 10+ member(s) Click here to contact the MNWT Membership Management Committee for this activity.
Selling concessions at weekend Jr. High or Sr. High games that go all day, so people out of town do not have to leave the building to eat. We order a bunch of pizzas and sell by the slice. You usually get a price break by ordering in a bulk amount.
All members are asked to bring 1 nice gift and 1 white elephant gift. All gifts are wrapped or bagged. Several members act as auctioneers. After $1 is bid the bidder can feel or shake the gift; then bidding resumes. Some gifts have been coming back for years. This is a fun tradition.
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