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Money Making ^Ideas

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Are

_munity^thegood_tired^citizensof seeing^ofyourthe

^com- same

oldproduct every year?

Does

the band sell the

same

thing your chapter sells?Lookingforsomething

new

toadd

to your sales inventory? Here are

some new

ideas you

may

want toconsiderfor this

coming

year.

• Soynuts...Chancesarethat

nobody

issellingsoynuts inyourneighborhood.

These tasty, roasted nuggets are a rela- tively

new

productanda

new demand

for soybeansis

good

^{for thefarmersgrowing} them.

One company

producing soynutsis

SuperSoynuts,Inc.ofInwood,Iowa.

FFA member

Scott Lee's family

owns

and operatesthe

company,

whichtheystarted in 1987todiversify theirmarketforthe soybeanstheyproduce ontheirfarm.

The

roasted beans are sold in eight flavors, including carob, yogurt, butter toffee,cherry,orange, Cajun,cinnamon, onionandgarlic,anda plain variety.

CO

B

Q.

CD

o

"When we

started out,

we

didallofthe seasoning,coaling, packaging and shipping from home,"explainsScott,l989Star Farmer ofIowa and state vice president. "During our second year,

we

started shipping the raw soybeans to the Chicago areatoberoasted,seasonedand coated.

The

^seasonersandcon- fectioners then send the proc- essed soynuts back to us for packagingandshipping.

We

also constructedaseparatebuilding on ourfarm tohou.se the busi- ness. This building is

now

af- fectionately referredtoas'thenuthouse

!'"

The

Leesare alsomarketingasoynut butter product similar to peanut butter.

They

saythat likethesoynuts,itislow in fat and calories andcontains nocholes- terol. Those interested can write to Lee SeedCo., Inc.,

RRl.

Inwood.I

A

51240.

Good ^{Profits, More Corn, Less Trash}

Sellingdegradableplastictrashbags

isone

money-making

projectthathelps accomplish three

good

deeds at once.

FFA members

canraise

money

for their chapter,helpincreasemarketsforAmeri- can

com

andhelp cleanuptheenviron-

ment

intheprocess.

The "Com

^In

The Bag"

fund-raising program is sponsored by the National

Com ^Growers

Association(

NGC A

⁾and ICIAmericasInc.

The

programisset-up like this:

FFA members

can sell trash bags

made

out of aspecial plasticcon- taining comstarch that, as early as six

months, starts breaking

down

(degrad- ing)inthesoil.

The

bags

come

inpackets oftenwith- outprintingon

them

andareavailablein threesizes;tallkitchentrash(15gallon, white)outdoor trash (30gallon, white) and lawn andleaf(39gallon,clear).TTie sponsors suggest that chapters

make

$1.00 profiton eachpacket oftenbagsto

keep competitive with conventional plasticbags.

The

sponsorsare alsoofferingcash incentivesandatriptothe

Com

^Classic

(NCGA's

Annual Meeting)in Phoenix, ArizonanextFebruary.

The NCGA

estimates that 150-300

A RENt^

millionbushelmarketfor

com

could be created through the use of degradable plastics. Plastic products,such as milk jugsandothercontainers, areintheex- perimentation stages to be

made

degradable.

The

bags being offered throughthis programcontain 6 percent comstarch.

Chaptersinterestedin thisproject

may

requestafullkitofmaterialsbywriting to:

Com

in

The

Bag, 1000 Executive Parkway, Suite 105, St. Louis,

MO

63141.Allordersforthisprogram must bepostmarkednolaterthan January 15,

1990.

The NCGA

is a

commodity

group supportedbythousands of

com

growers acrossthecountry.ICIAmericasInc.is

amanufacturerof agrichemicals.

Number

offund-raising activities chapterstioldeactiyear

III.

Fouror Three more

One

•Boxtops...Youdon'tsellthem(there isn't

much

ofa

demand

forused boxtops), youcollectthem.Forthepastfouryears,

Wix

Filters has offered an

FFA

chapter fund-raising campaign by redeeming boxtops from theirextensive line offil- ters. All achapter hastodoisaskpeople intheir

community

to save the boxtops, collectthem andshipthemofftothe

Wix

company. Last year, each boxtop

was

worth 20cents.

The

campaign runs in the spring so watchforannouncementsthen.If\ou're interestedinthemeantime,writeto:

FFA

FilterFundraiser.

Wix

Corporation. P.O.

Bos

1967.Gastonia.

NC

28053-1967.

•

Be

Creative. ..Fmdaneed, fill the need,

make some

money.

The

best

money making

idea for your chapter

may

^be

waiting right in sour

hometown. Keep

youreyesandears open foran opportu- nity to serve your

community

while

making money

foryour

FFA

chapter.

Your FFA

chapterisnot onlyalarge, eagersales force,it'salso ahealth\.strong

work

force.

Take

alookatgrouptaskslike

lawncare,

snow

remo\alortreeplanting.

Working

together,yourchaptercoulddo alotofgoodwhileitraisesfunds.

Did we miss you?

^Ifyourchapteris

involved ina

more

interesting,

more

ex- citing

money-making

project than what has been mentioned in this fund-raising section,letus

know

b\sendingyourideas to:Fund-raisingIdeas.National

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V A

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There's More ^^

To see what's happening

^with

fund-raising projects in

FFA chap-

tersright

now, see the

special"

Fund

Raisersin

Action"

series

on the next

four

pages.

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AMERICA'SFOREMOSTFUNDRAISINGCONSUITANT

Sealy,Texas

Fruit,

Cattle and

Ptiilosopliy

Our

biggestfund-raiserisour annual fruit sale.

We

trytosellTexas

grown

fruit

when

^{it is}available and

we

don't tryto

make

allofourprofiton onebox.

Inotherwords

we

offer the fruit ata goodprice forour patronsandrelyon volumeforthe dollars

we

need.

As

an incentiveprogram

we

allowthechapter

members who

^sellfruit toorder items fromtheofficial

FFA

catalogatthe chapter'sexpense.

The more

a

member

sells,the

more

he/she isallowedto order.

We

^sell lotsoffruitandget

some

pretty

good

advertising for the

FFA

to boot.

Inaddition

we

alsoearn

money

from our small herd ofcommercialcattle.

We

keepsix tosevenheadof

Brahma

crossfemalesoneighteenacres of school property behind ourlocal elementary school.

Our number

one

management

principle istokeepthe

operatingcostoftheherdtoabare

minimum

forhealthy animals. Withthe goodcattleprices

we

have had lately,

we

have beenabletoclearalmostas

much

as the ^fruitsale whileactually putting forth relatively littleeffort.In facteverything

we

dowithcattlecan alsobe used intheinstructionof our classes.

Eachyearatour countryfair

we

sharea.sodawater concession withthe othertwochaptersandthe

4-H

clubsin our county.

We work

extremely hard forone dayduringthefair, asdoeach ofthe participatinggroups,and then

we

arethrough. Thisactivitytakesalittle bitof preliminaryplanning but^itis

generallyaneffectiveone dayundertak- ingthatproducesgoodreturns.

IfIhadtotieitall together,I

would

havetosay thattheone thingthatallof oursuccessful fund-raisershavein

common

isthat theyall occur annually (and tendtoreturn

more

nextyearif

we

doa

good

jobthis year.) Allour

money

makersarelearning experiencesforour

Washington ^apples

mean ^{healthier sales.}

America's favorite finit is a natural for fund raising.

Wliilc

tunny people can

^p:Ls,s tipcandy,

magazines or

soap,

few can

say

no

tocrisp,juicy

apples

fresh

from

die orchaixis

of Washington

state.

Tlie

pick

(>ftlie

crop

isavailablefor

your club

tt) sellright

now-Red

Delicious,

Golden Delicious or Granny Smith.

Justcall

or

writetotlie

address below

fora free brc

)chure with complete

^details

on how

to

m^ike your

fund-raisingeffoiltlie

most

profitableever.

Washington Apple Commission

Fund-R:iising Division

P.O.B.:: IS,

Wenatchee, WA 98801 Phone:(509)663-9600

The

Original

Health Food.

members

andarehighlyvisible and sendamessagetoour patronsthat

we

wantto

work

for the dollarsthatit takes tosend our

members

to

FFA

activities throughoutthe year. (J.P. Hancock, Advisor)

lnv(/ood, \ovja

Raking In the Money

Two

goodideas

came

fromthechap-

ter.

One

you

may

beabletofind in

your

community

too.

The

FF.^ rakesa large local citypark ^-itcoversabout fourcityblocks. Because it's solarge,it

takes30or40

members

all working togethertoget thejob done. All they havetodo israkethe leaves intolarge pilesforthecity tohaul away.

The

chapter earns

$400

^{for the 2 -}3 hours work.

Then

the

FFA

hasa cookoutanda spring

FFA

meeting.

The

otherideaistoorganize acoop- erative with other chapters inthe immediateareaforfruitsales.

They

have been doingthisforseven years and have found ithas

made

adifference of$700fortheirschoolalone.

One

advisoreachyearcoordinates.

They

alreadyhavea contractdesigned whichtheyusetoget local storesor foodsupplierstobidonfurnishing oranges,grapefruitandapples forthe sixchapterstosell.

Advisor

Gary

DeVriesoffered to share acopyofthiscontract with other advisors.Those

who

wishacopy should sendastamped, self-addressed enve- lopeto

The

Citrus Idea,

FFA

Center,

Box

15160, Alexandria,

VA

22309.

Fowler, Colorado

Bronco Basketball

Forthepast threeyears

we

haveav- eragedatleast

$100

a

member

in supportfromthe

community

duringour annual "labor"sale.

We

havethe saleat thebeginning ofspringbecause usually this isthetime

when

the agricultural

community

needshelpers.

To

attractbuyers

we

have

some

kind of entertainment.

The

entertainmentfor thelast fouryears hasbeenthe Denver Broncos

who

playedabasketball

game

against

some

ofthe

FFA Alumni

of our chapter.

As

asmall incentiveandthanks

we

giveticketstothelastyear'sbuyers.

This yearall 34

members

inour chapterwereauctionedoff.

Perrydale,

Oregon

Sit

Down On

tfie

Job

Denton Davison was one

of the

members who

built100ofthese sturdy

and

portable stoolsinshop.

They

sell

them

for just $5 to folks In the

community.

Last year they

made

a

wooden game

board for Aggravation

and

sold that for $5 as well. Advisor Kirk

Hutchinson

offered to share the plansforthestool.Advisors

who send

aself

addressed stamped envelope

to:

The

$5 Idea,

FFA

Center,

Box

15160, Alexandria,

VA

22309,will get aset.

Union,Missouri

Print Your Own

This largeactivechapter hasa varietyoffund-raiserstoo.

One

addition to their citrussalesoperationistoadd Missouri

grown

pecansto their listof merchandise.

They

marketcracked pecansin5-poundbags. Student incentivesto.sell include 50centsper caseofcitrussoldtoward

FFA

clothing itemsfromthe

FFA

catalog.

The

chapteralsopublishes its

own

fund-raiser calendar.

They

gotoalocal printertomanufacturecalendarswhich haveabout20adsthechapter hassold for$30each.

One

ofthesecalendars goestoevery

new

freshman.

AdvisorElbert alsosharedthatthe

FFA owns

asodamachine which isjust foruseby

members

intheagdepart- ment. Butsince itfeaturesPepsi in bottles,itisabig

money

maker.

The FFA

alsoearns

money

fromthe resaleofmetaland

wood

usedin the shop,and for

FFA

supplieswhich

members

wanttobuy.

Genoa.

Ohio

TtiisLittle

Piggy Went

to l^arket

fhe

FFA

processedandpackaged 24 hogsintosausage.

A

totalof 1.895 poundsof bulkand link sausage was produced on"sausage day."

A

^total of 301 sidesofribs werealsosold.

Parents, alumnimembers, school administrators,

FFA

advisors, andall

FFA members

helped

make

thisyear's sausage salea success.

The

annual saleis

FFA's

largest

money making

project with profitsused for theannual banquet, contestentrance fees,and shop andclassroom supples.

Goalof nextyear'ssausageday willbe

to raisea netprofitof$4.0f)0. (Robin Bowyer,Reporter)

Oldham

County,Kentucl<y

Five Big Ones

Our

chapter

FFA

duesareS6.00(na- tional, stateand local).

We

raiseover

$12,000 peryearanddon't ask forcon- tributions. Tliechapterhasusedthefol-

lowingsuccessful fund-raising projects:

I.

We

grow twoacres (5,000 pounds)ofBurley tobacco; 2.

We

operate 1,800square feetofgreenhouse forbeddingplants: 3.

We

havea chaptersoftdrink machine;4.

We

are currentlybuilding lawn/outdoorfurniture forsale tothepublic; and5.

We

do landscape

work

forindividualsand

institutions.

We

tryto havefund-raisersthatare educationaland agricultural innature.

(BoydC.Johnson. Advisor) ForestGrove,

Oregon

Run For

ttie

Money

This chapter hasfoundsetting upfor marathon runsagood

w

aytoearn

money

for the chapter.

They

dosetup

work

likeputtingup

tents,chairs,stands,and helping with

crowd

control.The\ have

worked

fora

25K

Portland runandan

8K

springrun.

Usually theycan earn about$1,000 in fourdays.

In additionthey haveahugeplant salewhich has

become

the largestnon-

athleticeventat theschool Lastyear, therewere 1,0(X)customersinthefirst

hour andthe

FFA

earned nearlyS9.(X)0.

The

^{sale isonly run}from ¹ p.m. to6 p.m. attheschool greenhouse ona schooldayjustbeforevacation.

iContinued onPage36)

August-September,I9S9 i^

fM^ ^{In Action}

Springdale,Arkansas

Summer Fund-Raiser Sign

Insteadofsellingcandy andsausage inthefallandwinter, the chapteriscol- lectingfundsinthesummer.

Our

goal

is to visitevery businessinSpringdale andfor$3.00

we

will addthefirm's

name

inblueona large yellow banner.

This should spread our

FFA

supportto the entire

community

^-not justa few firms.

The

bannerwillbe displayedatthe rodeo;inthe4thof July parade; atall

FFA

functions wherethepublicwould see^it; and whenever anysponsoring businesswouldliketouse ^itfor a specialoccasion.

Lake Region Union,Orleans, Vermont

Dunicin' Dough

Our

chapter haslessthan 30

members

and

we

raiseover$7,000ayeartocarry out our chapteractivities.

Our

general philosophyistosupply aproduct ora

serviceatareasonableprice. Although nota uniquefund-raiser,one successis

ourdunkingboothatthecountyfair.

The members

enjoythis activity;it is

goodpublic relationsforus;andraises

$1,000.

We

^{live in}aruralareaanda largepercentage ofthepeople attending

knows

at leastoneofthe

members

to

"dunk."

Otherfund-raisers are cidersales, citrus sales,donkeybasketball,careof towncemeteriesandprojects inour school woodlot.

Members

arehiredto

workinthe woodlot.Firewood,cedar posts and logs,andpulparesold. (Earle Randall, Advisor)

The Ci^icogo High SchoolforAgricultural Sciences, Illinois

Big City Money

The

chapter heldtheirfourthannual beddingplant saleintheschool green- houseand ^raised$10,000!

Studentsbeganpreparingforthe sale inJanuary byschedulingthe planting

datesof seeds sothematerial wouldbe readyontime.Throughoutthespring students

sowed

seeds, transplanted, watered,fertilizedandprovided general care for the plants. Approximately 40,000plantswere

grown

including geraniums,petunias, impatients, marigolds,

wax

begonias, salvia, celosia,periwinkle,

moss

roseandother

common

annuals.

As

thedate for thesalegrewcloser, the students advertisedbydistributing flyersand hangingsigns. Withthe cooperation oftheag-mechanicsandart classes,signs were

made

toidentify plantsinthegreenhouse.

On

theday of thesale,

some

studentstookpartby assistingthecustomersinselectingtheir plantswhile other

members

collected themoney.

The

beddingplant sale raisedcloseto $10,000andtheproceeds were depositedinthe

FFA

treasury. In addition, thissaleservedasagreat public relationseventforourchapter.

(Ron Biondo, Reporter)

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