The Secret to a Healthy Snack Fundraiser
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Alec Moreland
Alec Moreland promotes wellness, nutrition and healthy snacks in fundraising to reduce obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in schools. "America's #1 Healthy Snack Fundraiser" is The Chocolate Alternative. http://www.healthyfundraisingsolutions.com/ Contact Alec at alec@healthyfundraisingsolutions.com By Alec Moreland
Published on 09/30/2009
How do you go about turning any fundraiser into a successful one? You do this by knowing the secret to a fundraiser that is not just profitable, but is also truly successful.
You may be looking towards a fundraiser so that you can raise enough money for the benefit of some organization. It may be the school group or local team of which you are coach. Or it may be for a charitable cause. Either way, a successful fundraiser will do great good in helping you achieve the necessary purpose. However, organizing a fundraiser is not always easy. You will have to ensure that it is successful so that there is enough money generated. So how do you go about turning any fundraiser into a successful one?
Laws in different states of the USA, such as the California SB-12, have effectively banned school fundraising events that sell chocolate, candy, or snacks with high fat or calorie content. This is in view of the rising number of cases of juvenile diabetes and heart problems amongst children. High calorie food items and lack of exercise is at the root of all these problems, eventually resulting in obesity which carries a lot of further health risks. As a direct consequence of such legislation, the popular chocolate fundraiser makes very little sense in the United States today. However, the chocolate fundraiser used to be the main one groups turned to. Can there be any alternative with the potential to be just as successful?
The alternative is a healthy snack fundraiser. The secret to organizing a successful fundraiser with healthy snack alternatives is to find out the perfect snacks to sell. The reason why a chocolate fundraisers were used is that kids love chocolate. The challenge before you is to look for the perfect substitute healthy snacks, i.e. snacks that are healthy and contain low fat but are delectable at the same time so that they can be a hit with the young crowd.
For a healthy fundraising solution, it is recommended that snacks contains no more than 35% of its calorific value from fat and no more than 10% from saturated fat. Sugar content must also be adequately low. You need to keep all this in mind while hunting for the ideal snacks for a successful healthy fundraiser.
The perfect healthy fundraising snacks are available or order. Items such as healthy rice krispie treats combine both taste and health and the children at your fundraiser will surely love them. Additionally, you will get an assortment of such snacks in the form of "Fundraising Paks" which you can sell to kids. Moreover, you do not have to pay anything up front when you go in for healthy snacks for fundraising. The snacks will be delivered to your school or group sorted and arranged. Subsequently, after you finish selling the snacks at your fundraiser, you send a portion of the money generated as payment for the snacks and up to half remains with you to help you serve your fundraising purpose.
With cleverly made and packaged healthy snacks, a healthy fundraiser can now be just as successful as the traditional chocolate fundraiser. You just need to know the right snacks to choose.
Laws in different states of the USA, such as the California SB-12, have effectively banned school fundraising events that sell chocolate, candy, or snacks with high fat or calorie content. This is in view of the rising number of cases of juvenile diabetes and heart problems amongst children. High calorie food items and lack of exercise is at the root of all these problems, eventually resulting in obesity which carries a lot of further health risks. As a direct consequence of such legislation, the popular chocolate fundraiser makes very little sense in the United States today. However, the chocolate fundraiser used to be the main one groups turned to. Can there be any alternative with the potential to be just as successful?
The alternative is a healthy snack fundraiser. The secret to organizing a successful fundraiser with healthy snack alternatives is to find out the perfect snacks to sell. The reason why a chocolate fundraisers were used is that kids love chocolate. The challenge before you is to look for the perfect substitute healthy snacks, i.e. snacks that are healthy and contain low fat but are delectable at the same time so that they can be a hit with the young crowd.
For a healthy fundraising solution, it is recommended that snacks contains no more than 35% of its calorific value from fat and no more than 10% from saturated fat. Sugar content must also be adequately low. You need to keep all this in mind while hunting for the ideal snacks for a successful healthy fundraiser.
The perfect healthy fundraising snacks are available or order. Items such as healthy rice krispie treats combine both taste and health and the children at your fundraiser will surely love them. Additionally, you will get an assortment of such snacks in the form of "Fundraising Paks" which you can sell to kids. Moreover, you do not have to pay anything up front when you go in for healthy snacks for fundraising. The snacks will be delivered to your school or group sorted and arranged. Subsequently, after you finish selling the snacks at your fundraiser, you send a portion of the money generated as payment for the snacks and up to half remains with you to help you serve your fundraising purpose.
With cleverly made and packaged healthy snacks, a healthy fundraiser can now be just as successful as the traditional chocolate fundraiser. You just need to know the right snacks to choose.