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There is a new product available for fundraising. It’s Gourmet Scented Pencils made from 100% recycled newspapers.

If you are needing to raise money for your club, team, school or group, this is a unique and fun way to do it. With such emphasis put on “Green” these days, this is also a great way to incorporate awareness about the environment with fundraising. Because the “Smencils” are made from recycled newspaper, they add a certain flair to environmental responsibility.

Here are some fun facts about this great $1 in-hand seller:

* Sheets of recycled newspaper are rolled tightly around
a #2 graphite-writing core until smencils (pencils) of
typical thickness are formed.

* They then are hardened, allowing them to be sharpened in
the same manner you would a wood pencil.

* Then Gourmet Smencil is soaked with a liquid gourmet
scent.

* Each Smencil is then put into its own Stay Fresh Tube. It is
guaranteed the scents will last for at least 2 years – in or
out of the tubes.

The way it works would depend on your group and how much you want to raise on your fundraiser. The typical school club or team would simply order one to two buckets of Smencils for each of their members. Students would have them sold within one to two days. The group profits $25.00 for each bucket sold.

One group orders two buckets of Smencils for each of their members every report card period. So far this year this group of 15 students has raised $3000.00! The sponsor and the students like it because now when report cards are about to come out, all the students in the school know that it is “Smencil Time” again!

Whatever method of fundraising that you choose, the most important part of it is really the planning. It is best to take your fundraising effort and either go all out and raise all the money that you need in one big, hard, all out effort or to plan it in smaller chunks that don’t tire the members and alienate the community.

You may find yourself in the position of needing to do something to raise the funds for equipment and activities this year. You may find it helpful to have a consultation with a professional fundraiser to help you come up with a fundraising plan that might fit your group and your goals to the “T”. Simply go to http://www.aimfundraising.com We just might have exactly what you need.

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