Hmmm - I think you have some good info here. Also, I'd love to swap
ideas. Actually, I like the patio umbrella idea. But maybe you're right
about the parent involvement.
Jan
-----Original Message-----
From: Sears, Ellen [mailto:ESears@Anchorage.k12.ky.us]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:54 AM
To: ArtsEdNet Talk
Subject: RE: Fundraiser bust.
Jan --
we just had our auction this past weekend - every year I offer to help
classes with their items... some years they go for quite a lot -
one year I spent so much of my time on the items and they went for
almost
nothing (a friend created some steel sculptures from kids drawing of
flowers, and a class painted Oaxacan style - lots of time and money
donated
- went for a couple of hundred dollars - and same with the table he made
-
and a class mosaic-ed) - and then other lame (my opinion) things went
for
much more... boy was I shattered that year -
I did notice this year - that the 9 items I helped work on - the ones
where
I had a parent contact for gathering supplies, maybe helping - did
better.
Our Eric Carle collage on canvass went for $600, a simple handmade tile
plant stand (from an old aquarium stand) went for over $300....
So maybe enlist some parent help - or contacts... then they are more
aware
of what is going on, and have some ownership in it.... that's what
starts
the bidding war -
Now the problem is - monitoring parent involvement - the highest selling
class item this year was a large canvas patio umbrella that a parent
worked
on with the class (wink, wink) - not a stitch of kid work on it - but it
went for $700 -
If you want a list of the things I worked on this year - let me know -
all
were based on activities or lessons in the classroom - so they were
extensions, rather than something extra to do -
I like your headboard idea -
Ellen
> So, ideas for next year ? SHould I continue to stick my head out
on a
> limb and do something different or.... do a project like everybody
else?
>
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