Memoirs of a PTA Mom

Every once in a while my mind wanders back to a time long, long ago when I joined the PTA at my daughter's elementary school. I joined right after the kids got on the bus for a test ride at Kinder Roundup. Being a newbie, I also signed up for room mother, to volunteer in the school office, to be on the handwriting lab committee and apparently several other things I wasn't aware of. Yep, I was raring to go! All kidding aside, by putting myself out there I made many many new friends, had the inside track on who the "best" teachers were (they were all the best), and got to play a major role in helping shape the future of the school. (at least for 6 years.)
One of the biggest challenges of being on the PTA Board was always fund raising. We had 2 every year. The first was a carnival and the second was "selling something". The carnival was a major nightmare, but year after year it survived and grew mainly because no one had the courage to do away with it, so we made it better.

The "selling something" fund raiser was always a battle. No one wanted to be in charge, no one could agree on what to sell, and no one wanted to be blamed if it didn't make money. So, usually we just went through our list and found moms who hadn't volunteered for anything else and gave it to them. We did wrapping paper, candy, greeting cards, and a bunch of other things I can't remember.

Oh, if only I knew then what I know now. Oh, if only Mia Bella's Gourmet Candles had been around back then. All we would have had to do is call our friendly Independent Distributor, tell her we wanted to set up a fund raiser and then sit back and pat each other on the back saying what a good job we did.

This incredibly nice, knowledgeable, hard working person would supply us with everything we would need to get started(catalogs, order forms,etc) at no cost to us. She would allow us to pick out what products and fragrances WE wanted to use. She would skillfully guide us so that we could meet and even exceed our profit goals. Of course, she would insist on paying the shipping charges herself, so that WE could make more money. And I am positive that WE would receive our money as soon as all funds had cleared. She definitely would not want us to have to wait for delivery.

So, if only I knew then what I know now, I would certainly go to her website http://www.freewebs.com/texasscents-sa/and let her know that we want her help us have an EASY & Profitable fund raiser.