March

=**March Meeting** = Monthly Meetings

=Book Fair and Bake Sale clears more than $1000! = =media type="custom" key="3517782"= This slide show takes you to picasa for viewing or you may view a smaller size version of it below.

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From Brenda, Here are the amounts:  **: ) **  **Bake Sale: $158.50 ** + $16 + $30 **D****RUM ROLL: Book Donations: $880.01 + $23** Advertising **-$86.40 **

There will be some more trickling in after March 23rd. -Teresa $30 was donated by NPHS staff on March 24th for the remaining baked goodies.

= **Total $1038.51** + $39 + $30 = =$1107.51 =

=Donated Membership Time =

95 hours, $88 donated for baked goodies
Approximately 8 hours of time was spent by members preparing for the book fair and bake sale set-up, 31 hours was spent on Friday setting up, and 42 hours was spent working and/or taking-down on Saturday by 24 members for a grand total of 81 donated membership hours. Members ( Judy, Amanda, Patti, Lisa, Carol C, Carolyn, Jan, and Lucy...did I forget someone?) brought in 9 husbands or sons to help during the set-up and take-down for an additional 14 hours of donated time. Twelve members donated baked goods that cost approximately $88. Five members brought lunch, goodies, and drinks worth approximately $30 for the ladies who worked the event. Patti and Bill took a box of Safeway cookies and muffins to the University Fire Station on Geist. They were greatly appreciative. North Pole High School donated $30 for the leftover baked goods the following day. This was a successful project by our membership and we can be proud of the results.

=Items to consider when planning the next book event! =

Here are the suggestions for if we ever do the book sale again.

1. Better publicity
 * Call radio stations during the weekdays.
 * Posters around town
 * Posters in schools (requires prior FNSBSD approval, can be done online, follow instructions, be sure to include contact name and number)
 * Sandwich boards in parking lots around town or intersections
 * 1/4 page flyers distributed to dog sled spectators downtown
 * insert posters in businesses, CO-OP, If Only, etc
 * tell elementary teachers of event, similar to book exchange from years past
 * FEA Newsletter

2. Have hostesses bring lunch for the workers

3. More tables. We had 15 large ones.

4. Low tables for kid books worked well

5. Enlist Key Club or National Honor Society members to help during the set-up and take-down.

6. Better organize the bake sale.
 * Too many brownies and chocolate chip cookies.
 * Specialty items sold well (cranberry bread, peanut butter cup cookies)

7. Have sale 2 or 3 days at same time of NA dog races.

8. Have at least 2 or 3 hand trucks.