| Personalized church cookbook fund raising and custom | | | | include an appetizer, salad, entrée and |
| fundraising cookbooks in general are a great way for | | | | dessert.o If you see that you are not getting enough |
| your group to make the money it needs. It is not | | | | recipes in a particular category let people know about |
| uncommon for churches, schools, civic organizations | | | | it soon. People will come to your rescue if they know |
| and other large non-profits to report profits of a | | | | your needs.o Don't stop collecting recipes until you |
| thousand to ten thousand dollars every time they hold | | | | have at least 100 pages worth of recipes and enough |
| a cookbook fund raiser. | | | | to complete all the sections you planned.o If possible, |
| So, why do cookbook fundraisers work so well? | | | | include graphics in your cookbook. You can do that |
| Because people love to cook and they like to eat and | | | | with any clip art program or even get people to give |
| they like to see recipes from people of common | | | | you photographs or drawings. A text only book is not |
| interest. So consider offering school fund raising | | | | nearly as attractive as one with graphics.o Make sure |
| cookbooks for your next fundraiser! | | | | some one responsible is put in charge of proof reading |
| Here are some tips on putting together and selling your | | | | your final draft. Try to catch typos. Spell check |
| own cook book:o Advertise the fact that you will be | | | | software is useful but not always complete. So read |
| putting together your cook book fundraiser. Give | | | | carefully.o When determining a selling price try to |
| people an idea of your schedule and let them know | | | | research what other local groups have sold their |
| that you want their favorite recipes. Most people are | | | | cookbooks for. Under no circumstances should you |
| proud to see their old family recipes published and will | | | | charge less than twice whatever the actual printing |
| be happy to help.o Form a committee to sort through | | | | and binding charges are for the cookbook. |
| the recipes you receive. Make sure someone reviews | | | | Finally, if you can not get enough recipes on your own, |
| all recipes to make sure they appear correct. You | | | | consider using fundraising cookbook software such as |
| don't want any major mistakes in your cook book if | | | | the services offered by companies like Fundcraft. |
| possible. You also want to make sure you have | | | | Although we are not associated in any respect with |
| recipes in each of the different major categories in | | | | this company, we have reviewed their website and |
| your cookbook. A good way to insure that is to ask | | | | found it to be a good resource. |
| each submitter to give you three to five recipes and | | | | |