| Turn your recipes into a fundraising success. Yes, | | | | to speak. |
| family style personalized cookbooks can be a | | | | OK, You Have Convinced Me. What's Next? |
| tremendous fundraiser for your organization or charity. | | | | The process is not difficult. The basic steps are as |
| Whether it is for a school PTA, a church group, or for | | | | follows: |
| a charity, these popular cookbooks will help you reach | | | | - Form Your Cookbook Committee |
| your goals. | | | | - Gather And Organize Your Recipes |
| What Is So Special About Creating A Family Style | | | | - Design Your Cookbook |
| Cookbook For A Fundraiser? | | | | - Sell Advertising |
| Cookbooks have been helping people raise money for | | | | - Place Your Order |
| decades. One company of which I am aware has | | | | - Market Your Cookbook |
| been doing it since 1947, and is still going strong. That | | | | Each category has more details, of course. The list |
| fact alone proves that cookbooks are a sure-fire | | | | just provides the basics. |
| fundraiser. People are generally anxious to purchase a | | | | Which Company Should I Use To Publish And Print |
| professional looking cookbook that is filled with the | | | | Our Cookbook? |
| best recipes from the best cooks in your club or | | | | Finding a cookbook publisher is not difficult either. There |
| community. They tend to be more than just another | | | | are many on-line businesses that specialize in |
| cookbook, though. Since the names of the contributors | | | | fundraising cookbooks. The key is to find one that is |
| are with each recipe, it becomes a bit of history as | | | | reputable and reliable. The following list is a good way |
| well. Family heirlooms, if you will. Years from now our | | | | to narrow down your selection. |
| grandchildren will pick up the cookbook and thumb | | | | |
| through it to look for something good for dinner. As | | | | 1. Find a company that has been in business a long |
| they do, they'll see the recipe that "Grandma Tina" | | | | time. |
| gave to the project and reminisce about their long | | | | 2. The publisher should have on-line tools and |
| gone relative. | | | | examples. |
| Doesn't Everyone Have Enough Cookbooks Already? | | | | 3. You should be able to design it yourself, or use a |
| To make it short...no. Like many other things, "too many | | | | template they provide. |
| cookbooks still aren't enough." As noted in the previous | | | | 4. Options should be format, types of graphics, paper |
| paragraph they are more than just a cookbook, but | | | | stock, organization, etc. |
| there are other factors that make them valuable. | | | | 5. Last, you should choose a publisher that has a |
| When an organization creates a cookbook, they have | | | | guarantee. |
| made a completely unique item. There isn't another | | | | Guarantee? |
| one like it on the planet. It will provide recipes that no | | | | Yes, a few companies offer a guarantee. If the outfit |
| one else has. My wife, for example, seems to collect | | | | you are considering does not, then I recommend that |
| cookbooks. She literally has dozens of them, and most | | | | you keep looking. You don't want to go to all the |
| of them are cookbooks that were created and | | | | trouble of designing and selling a personalized |
| designed as fundraisers. Over the years she has | | | | cookbook, only to lose money, do you? |
| made a collection of her favorite recipes from her | | | | Get started today. Find that good publisher and begin |
| numerous cookbooks. The best-of-the-best recipes, so | | | | the process. |