2010 Fundraising information was provided to Team Managers the May 11th manager’s meeting.  All of the documents presented are in the links to the left.  2010 programs include:

CANDLES & COOKIE DOUGH II:  Sales for Spring are over.  Candles are in the office for pick-up.  Coookie dough MUST be picked up Thursday, 7/15 between 10 and 5 at the office.  We do not have a freezer to store it past then so please pick up that day.

WORK FOR CREDITS (ongoing):  Work concessions at Chukchansi Park to earn $$$ for your team!  Requires a huge commitment and contract between team and Ovations Concessions.  If your team is interested, please email Debbie @ devand@sbcglobal.net for more information.

YEARBOOK SPONSOR ADS (thru October):  50% profit on all ads sold for the NEW 2010-2011 Odyssey Yearbook.  Teams will also have two pages in the yearbook to show off your accomplishments.  A few sample yearbooks from SVU 2008 are available to use as examples of the final product.

COMMUNITY FUN PACKS:  This program will not be available in 2010.  We are working on an alternate program and will post it when available.  Sorry...a major sponsor didn’t renew with the program so it was not published.

POINSETTIAS (thru October):  Sell beautiful poinsettias for holiday decorating, $12 each - $5 back to your account  Pre-sell form at left.  Delivery in late Nov/early Dec.  Good item to sell to businesses!

ODYSSEY CELL PHONE SKINS (due 1st of each month indefinitely):  Show off your Odyssey style with a cell phone skin customized for your device.  Pre-pay and have it here within a month!

ONGOING FUNDRAISERS:  Umbrellas/stands, SaveMart/FoodsCo, Magazines, OneCause, Recycle to Earn (see info & rules below).  Odyssey families earned $12,000 on the SaveMart program last season.  It is SO easy to just swipe your card and turn in receipts!

REMINDER:  DO NOT TURN IN CASH!  WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY ORDERS WITH CASH IN THE FUTURE.

Your SaveMart, Food4Less, and Foodsco credits from 2009 will carry over to 2010.  You can continue to use the same cards you have used in the past.   STARTING IN AUGUST 2010, IF THE GROCERY REBATE RULES LISTED BELOW ARE NOT ADHERED TO, YOUR CREDITS WILL NOT BE APPLIED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.  PLEASE REVIEW THE RULES AND COMPLY.  THANK YOU.  As of August 2010, SaveMart will be paying 2.4% instead of 3% rebates on all purchases.

Use this link to start your own magazine sales campaign by email.  It is easy and all profits sold (40% for each subscription) will go to your player’s account.  Credits will be applied when Odyssey receives a check from the program (monthly).

http://www.magfundraising.com/GroupPage.aspx?gredirection=1&e=1155226

Fundraising Opportunities 

COSC’s intent is to offer the players and their families’ significant opportunities to raise funds to help pay for club fees and team expenses.  Please review the Fundraising Calendar and Summary to determine which programs are offered in what months.  Additional programs may be running but most information will be posted on the website as available.  Check with your team manager if you need more information.

If you have an idea for a fundraiser, want to join with other teams that are looking for partner teams, or need information, feel free to email me at devand@sbcglobal.net.

Good luck!

Debbie Winsett 

1.  COMBINE ORDERS for the same fundraiser.  Teams should try to turn in all paperwork and money from each fundraiser as a team and minimize individuals turning in paperwork.  Set a deadline 3-4 days before the club deadline so the manager can verify that all orders and payments from players are accurate.  Team managers need to make sure that the orders are accurate and full payment is made before they are turned in.

2. EACH fundraiser must be documented separately (ie. all cookie dough orders in one envelope, candle orders in a separate envelope).  Please do not combine different fundraisers into one packet as they have different coordinators and COSC just has to then sort them out before processing which delays the BIG orders.

3.  PAYMENT for each fundraiser must be kept separate.  If Mrs. Jones buys cookies & candles, she needs to write a check for EACH one separately.  Make sure that the selling player’s name and team is listed in the memo section of EACH check.  COSC needs to know who to recover the funds from if the check does not clear the bank.  If a bad check is received by COSC, the player account will be charged for the amount of the check and any fees so please be sure that you know they are good before turning them in.  Checks can become separated from the orders and it is often difficult to trace them back so staple or clip them to the orders.    Do NOT turn in CASH under any circumstance.  If cash is separated from an order, it can be difficult to reconcile and CASH puts the team, player, and COSC at risk.  Please turn in ONLY checks for payment even if you have to convert the customer’s cash to your own check.  COSC will NOT be responsible for any cash that is turned in so please do not risk it.

4.  DEADLINES are deadlines.  Plenty of time is given for selling and turning orders in so please do not ask for extensions.  We often have to place the big order right after the Club deadline in order to meet the committed delivery date.

5.  CONTACT INFO - Please include a phone and email contact on every form.  While you may think we already know it, the person processing your order may not and lack of contact info makes it difficult to fill your orders in a timely manner.

If you need help, ask Tiffany, Debbie, or your team manager for assistance.

STARTING AUGUST 2010, YOUR CREDITS WILL NOT BE APPLIED TO YOUR ACCOUNT IF THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE NOT ADHERED TO.  PLEASE REVIEW AND COMPLY.  THANK YOU.

FOODSCO:  You must USE YOUR CARD ONCE/SWIPE IT AT THE STORE and then register your FoodsCo card at FoodsCo.net to get credit.  Slick on Signin/Register, click on SIGN UP TODAY, complete the registration process.  If you do not register, you will not earn credits.

SAVEMART/FOODMAX: 

1.  You do not have to register this card but you do have to turn in your end-of-month receipt to the Odyssey office with your player’s name and team printed on each receipt. 

2.  Do not turn in receipts from every shopping trip - only turn in the last receipt of the month. 

3.  Do not use a highlighter as it ruins the ink on the receipt.  All dates, card #’s, and point totals must be legible.

4.  You do not need to calculate your earnings as each receipt is input into a master spreadsheet which calculates your earnings. 

5.  Receipts must be turned in within 90 days after the end of the month (ie. turn in by Aug 31 for May receipts).  Late receipts will be discarded. 

6.  Turn in receipts for a month only one time but within 90 days (ie. do not turn in January’s receipts in February and then additional January receipts in March).  The 2nd submission will be discarded as it is too time consuming to ensure they are not duplicate receipts.

BOTH PROGRAMS:

1.  Pick up as many cards as you will use from the Odyssey office but please return any you don’t.  You can have friends, family, and others earn for you but you must turn in their receipts too...or just give out the cards and let Odyssey earn the credits for the club.

2.  Your account will be credited in the month after we get the check from the grocer.  Both pay quarterly.  As of August 2010, SaveMart will be paying 2.4% instead of 3% rebate on all purchases.