Will your day care, library, school, church, company's social committee, service club, civic organization, Parent-Teacher's Association (PTA) or other non-profit organization benefit from an easy fund raiser? 

HOW TO RAISE $500+

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3

1. Use our contact form to tell us that you would like to be included in the list of charities and schools on the PayPal Order page.
2. Tell people about The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems.  Ask them to select your charity when they order.
3. Collect 20% on every order that has your name.  That's it.  You don't even have to buy a copy. 

Or, if you prefer a more personal approach you can buy one of our Fund Raising kits.  A kit helps you to sell The Monster on Top of the Bed in trusted environments.  Simply display the material, and a sign-up sheet.

Your investment is $50, which includes 2 copies of The Monster on Top of the Be, A binder with a color presentation and sign-up forms. 

Or, put a kit together yourself.  To assemble a kit yourself:

1.Buy at least one copy of The Monster on Top of the Bed.

2.Download one or both of the flyers on the right,

the "Why You Should Buy and Share" .pdf file, (white backgound, black background) fund raiser sign-up sheet, and

 

3.Print out the flyers and the Why You Should Buy and Share presentation and display it next to the book/CD, along with a sign-up sheet for people to place orders.

4.Read The Monster on Top of the Bed to the children.  Use some of the discussion questions.

 

5.In  daycare and school environments, when parents, grandparents and guardians come in, tell them why their children enjoy it.

6.Explain that you are having a fund raiser, and ask them if they know anyone who might want to buy it.  Give them a brochure. We provide several different posters with each kit, or you can download them for free and print them out.

7.Encourage parents to take a flyer and sign-up sheet and ask their friends to buy, just as you would do if you were selling chocolate.

8.Encourage parents to send the special e-mail out to their friends.

9.Take orders in person and, optionally, by email or on your web site.   

 

Download a brochure that helps you pinpoint how much money you can make.

 

 

 

You may also wish to send an e-mail to people who might want to purchase.  You may also put a link to an order page in your e-mail.  The order page can be on your web site, or with a minimum order of six pieces, we can set up a special order page for you.  The order page that we will set up can send funds directly to your checking account.

 

Listed below are many resources which can help your fund raising efforts succeed. We also have an Excel spreadsheet that you can use to determine how much money you can make.  Fill out our contact form, and tell us about your organization and its goals.  We will respond to you.

•  The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems

 

Resources available to help you fund raise

Item	With Pur- chase of ___ Units	Comments
Microsoft Word template that you may modify to print business cards about The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems to give out to prospective purchasers.	1	You may use any laser or inkjet printer to prepare these business cards. It is easy to modify the wording and contact information.
Microsoft Word template that you may modify to print order forms about The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems to give out to prospective purchasers.	1	You may use any laser or inkjet printer to prepare these order forms. It is easy to modify the pricing and contact information.
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher templates of flyers that explain the product	1	You access a web page and download a flyer that we have prepared. The prices and contact information are easily modified using Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word Sign-up form for taking orders in a trusted environment where people feel comfortable putting money in an envelope that is attached to the sign up form.	1	We took a page from Girl Scout cookies.  This sign up form is great for use in a work or other trusted environment.  Put a copy of the CD out in an area where employees will see it.  Display the book, and place a portable CD player so people can experiment with the book.  Put this sign up form next to the book and CD.  Attach an envelope to the back of the sign up form.  Attach order forms for those who want to pay by credit card.
Order Form	1	Print these out to make it easy to take credit card orders, if you do not have a credit card authorization machine that you take with you when you display the product.
Press release templates	1	We provide you with access to press releases that you can modify and send out to newspapers, magazines, radio and TV shows.  These releases will help to drive people to events where people buy copies of the books and CDs and also become more familar with your organization.
PowerPoint shows for presentations.	6	The best way to sell The Monster on Top of the Bed is to demo it.  The best way to demo it make a group presentation.  We provide you with several PowerPoint shows that you are free to use or adapt.  We show you how to motivate venues to help you publicize these events. These PowerPoint shows help parents, grandparents, educators, homeschoolers, Sunday Schools, librarians and children understand the value of the book and CD.  It is likely someone who sees a demo to purchase one copy for themselves and several copies for gifts.
Customized web page for taking orders.  Example	6	We design a web page for you, which you may modify.  If desired, when orders are placed, the funds will be deposited directly into your checking or savings account.  You then fulfill the order.  If desired, money can go into our account, and we will send you commissions monthly, as long as there are $25 or more in commissions due.
.pdf file - 4/color flyers	30	We work with you to design and print a flyer that you can send out via e-mail, or have printed.
Pads of order forms and .pdf file	30	We work with you to prepare an order form and provide you with a .pdf file as well as a printed supply.
Assistance obtaining grants	30	We will help you to find and apply for grants that can be used to help pay for product purchase and for presenting workshops that foster your organization's purpose while raising money.
4-Color Printed business cards (Quantities of 250 -5,000)	30-120	These are professionally printed cards.  We design a card for you.  You can modify the design.  Once we have received payment for your order of a Fund Raising package, we pay for the order, which is shipped directly to you.
Personalized Webinar	60	We will help you to plan, promote and produce a webinar where 5 to 1000 people can attend.  During this webinar, we will demonstrate how The Monster on Top of the Bed  can help the attendees, and you can raise significant funds by selling product.
Personalized press releases	120	Our advertising department and/or advertising agency works with you to develop a series of press releases and to help you distribute the press releases to targeted the media, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters, TV shows, Radio shows and more.  This publicity serves several purposes:  (1) Raises the visibility of your organization; (2) Generates interest in your organization; (3) Lets you raise money from people whom you would never ordinarily contact; (4) Helps you to build membership.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a word document that contains the text of an e-mail that you can use to help you fund raise with The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems.

The Monster onTop of the Bed and Inspirators, Volume 1 fund raisers let you make money without buying anything, and these fund raiser lets you raise money from people beyond your organization.  Simply contact friends, family and business associates anywhere in the world by phone or email and ask them to buy, and select your charity from the drop-down box on our special order page.

We seek partners to apply for grants.  Your organization or agency gets to keep the great majority of the money, which ranges from $1,000 to $100,000, plus. Here are just a few of the opportunities.  If you would like to explore these opportunities, please use our Contact Us page, or call Bruce Silver at (775) 338-7574.

Google Grants - We work with to develop a proposal to Google that will raise money for you through our products.  You apply and receive increased recognition, as well a substantial amount of money from on-line sales of products.  Note:  This is one program that allows you to raise money from people beyond your normal supporters.  It's a great concept to use when you've "gone back to the well" often.

Small Grants for Libraries - July 11, 2008 - This program brings humanities public programming to libraries across the country.  We can use the CD/Book combination to encourage libraries to take an active role in encouraging child to read, write and draw, and to foster the multi-cultural aspects of The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems.

NEA Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth - July 2, 2008 - Helps children acquire knowledge and skills in the arts. We can help them by encouraging them to write, illustrate and record material. 

National Endowment for the Arts - Challenge Grant - $10,000 - A Fast Track Grant.  Deadline - Mailed proposal by 6/18/2008.  (Likely to be presented again for 2009 - These grants extend the reach of underserved populations.  Poplualtions that are underserved where we can make a difference include:

• Young children who are likely to have literacy problems - a small investment in them now with our exciting materials can change their lives
• Children who live in rural areas and can develop reading, writing,  drawing and computer  skills  through workshops, videos, etc. that are conducted over the internet, by phone or both.
• School children who want to learn playwriting, in schools and after schools using technology-based tools such as collaboration software.
• Adults who want an interesting way to build their English skills.

Nevada Arts Council - Offers a wide variety of grants.  These pay up to $100,000.  There are many possibilities for everything from helping children write books and plays to developing computer literacy to extending culture to Nevada's rural areas.  Let's explore these possibilities together. Please contact us.