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Fall Catalog, Food & Gift Fundraiser for Schools and Groups
Fall Goodies and Gifts Fundraiser
When you are comparing fall fundraising ideas, Fall Heartland Goodies and Gifts gives your group both brochure and online selling in one fall fundraiser. The brochure includes food and gifts.
With our Heartland Goodies and Gifts fundraiser, your sellers can share the brochure locally or invite family and friends throughout the Lower 48 states to shop online. With hybrid fundraising, they can do both.
If you are still exploring, call me and tell me a little about your group. I can explain the selling options and suggest dates based on when you would like your order.
Fall Heartland Brochure Fundraiser
Take a look through our fundraiser brochure and you’ll find chocolates, fudge, coffee, snacks, bakery items, candles, bath and body products, jewelry, pet products, household gifts, American-made gift wrap, and more.
The variety gives family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors plenty to choose from for themselves, fall gatherings, and holiday shopping. Everything is nonfrozen, so your group does not need refrigerator or freezer space when the order arrives.
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Your group can also choose how to sell, with traditional brochure sales, hybrid fundraising, cashless fundraising, and virtual fundraising options available.
40% Profit
Brochure and online sales
Four Ways to Sell
Choose how your group sells
1,000+ More Items Online
More choices in the online store
Orders Boxed & Labeled
Ready for each seller
Online Fall Fundraising Options
Choose the selling option that works best for your group.
Hybrid Fundraising: Brochure and Online Sales
With hybrid fundraising, every seller uses both the fall catalog and the online store. Sellers can show the catalog in person and share the store by email, text, or social media. Friends and family locally and throughout the Lower 48 states can shop online and pay by credit card. Someone who looks through the catalog in person can also place and pay for the order online.
Cashless Fundraising
With cashless fundraising, sellers talk with supporters and share your flyer, but every order is placed and paid for online. Buyers can choose free shipping to your group at the end of the fundraiser or pay shipping to have their order sent to their home sooner. This option works for groups that are comfortable receiving the group order and distributing it to their sellers.
Virtual Fundraising
A virtual fundraiser is completely online.
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Sellers share the store, and supporters pay online. Orders ship to their homes, so your group does not collect forms or handle delivery.
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If you have questions about our online fundraising options, contact me.
Tons of Prizes for Student Sellers
Free Youth Prize Program
Our free Tons of Prizes program gives younger sellers something extra to work toward. The prizes are cumulative, so students earn more as they sell more.
How the Fall Heartland Fundraiser Works
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Choose How You Want to Sell
Most groups sell for about two weeks. Tell me when you would like to receive your order, and I can suggest your selling dates. For fundraisers for Thanksgiving, brochure orders are due by mid-October. Christmas orders are due by mid-November.
Customize the Materials
We'll customize your participant letter and set up the online store when you include online sales. You'll also receive the information needed to track registrations and sales.
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Receive the Seller Packets
Your seller packets arrive assembled with the brochure and selling materials, ready to hand out.
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Begin Selling
Each seller shares the fall catalog in person and the online store by email, text, or social media. Supporters can place and pay for orders online, including after viewing the catalog in person. Keep online orders in the store rather than copying them onto the paper form.
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Submit the Group Order
At the end, collect the brochure order forms and payments. Return the forms with our shipping label or email them for faster processing.
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Review Reports and Pay the Invoice
Once the orders are entered, we'll email your reports and invoice and go over them with you.
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Receive Seller-Packed Orders
Orders sent to your group arrive packed and labeled for each seller. Home-delivery orders go directly to
your supporters.
Profit, Shipping and Payment
Your group earns 40% profit on brochure and online sales. You keep the brochure profit as you collect orders, and we credit online earnings to the invoice. If the credit exceeds the balance, we mail your group the
difference. With a virtual fundraiser, we mail your profit check.
There is no minimum or case requirement, and seller materials have no upfront cost. Shipping to your group is free when combined group-delivery orders reach 400 items.
We accept checks and money orders. Credit cards have a processing fee. Approved public-school purchase orders receive 15-day terms.
Thanksgiving Fundraising Ideas and Holiday Timing
When you are comparing fundraising ideas for fall, start with your delivery date. Fall Heartland works well for Thanksgiving and early holiday shopping.
Fall fundraising is usually strongest in August and September, before families are busy with school sales and holiday fundraisers.
Thanksgiving fundraisers are easier to sell when families can use what they buy for the holiday. Start early enough, and the same brochure can continue as a holiday fundraiser.
If Christmas is your main focus, consider Winter Wonderland. It is our top recommendation for a Christmas catalog fundraiser. Its Christmas fundraiser catalog includes wrapping paper and gifts.
Explore our fall fundraising ideas and Thanksgiving fundraising ideas for more choices. Planning for December? See our Christmas fundraising ideas and holiday fundraising ideas.
Fall Heartland Fundraiser FAQs
Yes. This catalog fundraiser gives your families different types of products to choose from in one brochure. Catalog fundraisers for schools can work well when families want more than one way to support the group.
Yes. It works as both a gift fundraiser and a catalog food fundraiser. The food is shelf-stable, so you will not need to plan for refrigeration before handing out orders.
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Groups that prefer a fall food fundraiser built mainly around food can explore our food fundraising ideas and other fall food fundraisers.
Yes. Fall Heartland can begin when school starts and continue into early holiday shopping. You can also explore our Thanksgiving fundraising ideas and Christmas fundraising options.
Yes. Schools can also explore our school fundraising ideas. PTO and PTA groups can compare PTO fundraising ideas and PTA fundraising ideas.
When groups ask about fundraising ideas for the fall, I start with timing and whether they want one product or a catalog. Fall Heartland is one of the fall fundraiser ideas that offers brochure and online selling.
Yes. The fundraiser brochure includes food and gifts, so it can work as a food fundraiser for schools without limiting your families to food alone. For more choices, explore our food fundraising ideas and other food fundraisers for schools.
Yes. The food is shelf-stable, so your volunteers will not need refrigerator or freezer space before distributing the orders.
Gourmet Goodness is another catalog option. A cookie dough fundraiser or popcorn fundraiser keeps the sale centered on one product. A candle fundraiser gives you a nonfood option. For a savory sale, look at the cheese and sausage fundraiser.
Fundraising Help You Can Count On
When you call, you'll work directly with me. I've helped schools and fundraising groups since 2002, and it's easier
to get started when you have someone to help you sort through the choices.
We'll stay with you from setup through delivery. If a question or problem comes up, call us, and we'll help.
Ready to Start Your Fall Heartland Fundraiser?
Whether you already know how you want to sell or you're still deciding, call me. Tell me a little about your group, and we can go over the options and find the right fundraiser together.