The bake sale went better than I could have hoped for! We had so many delicious treats that we had to use two tables (and we still had items in the coolers!).
Trying to figure out prices for the items was the most difficult part. There’s a fine line when it comes to pricing. If it’s too low then you won’t make as much money but if you price it too high people won’t purchase the goods. After some back and forth and some research (thanks, Jamie) we decided to make it donation based. We took what people could give, and created a “suggested donation” sheet for those who had difficulty deciding what to pay (which we hardly used).
Now I’m sure that you’re thinking that there were some people who ripped us off, but that wasn’t the case. In fact, it was quite the opposite – people were very kind and generous. There was one gentleman who donated $40 and took a try of sugar cookies right off the bat! Many donated more than their share and took very little, and some simply just made a donation.
We were forced to close up shop when it started pouring down rain, out of the blue (note to self: bring tent next time). After 7 hours we had sold maybe 2/3 of the treats that we arrived with, but it had been a great day. I was eager to get home and see how much was raised.
Out of curiosity, we calculated what we would raise based on the suggested donation sheet. If we sold every item that we had at cost we would have raised $450!
So I guess you’re interested in how much was actually raised? After counting once and double checking just to be sure, the amount raised was $600!!! Now, based on our previous calculations, if we would have went by the cost sheet we would have only raised $450. We didn’t even sell everything that we had and we raised $150 more than what was estimated! Woo hoo!
I owe a major thank you to everyone that helped out! Thank you to Julie, Jamie, Joni, Erin, Lauren L., Stefanie, Derek, Aileen, and Amy for donating baked goods. All of your treats looked so delicious! Thank you to Lauren T. and Dana for helping me bake, package the treats and load the car. Thank you to Lauren T., Dana, Jessica, and Jamie for helping me set up, sell and tear down – I feel bad that I couldn’t help you ladies set up/tear down and load the car (stupid broken foot) but thank you for being such good sports. I also owe a thank you to Richard from the William Penn Tavern for letting us set up in front of the bar and for being so accommodating. And finally, thank you to everyone who stopped by and donated. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!
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