Gearing Up for Spring School Fundraising

It's that time of year again to plan for Fall Fundraising 2010. We welcome you to give our program a try for Spring 2010. Earth Day is a great time to introduce a green fundraising idea to your school community.

EcoLabel Fundraising welcomes experienced PTA or PTO boards or the first-time board members. We are 100% Customer Service oriented, and very happy to help you in every way through your eco-friendly fundraiser.

Our eco-friendly, fair-trade and/or organic products are a lucrative fundraising choice for school fundraisers.

Learn more about us by reading our How It Works page. Please email us if we may answer any questions for you.

Your 2010 Fall Fundraiser

As Fall Fundraising has come and gone, we have been flooded with PTA board members, parents and school staff hoping to introduce their school community to a greener fundraising option. We welcome and look forward to this cycle of events that happens this time of year. We understand the disappointment felt by some when they are faced with non-green fundraising choices sent home in their child's backpack. We thought we'd write about it to let you know that it is perfectly normal - many feel the way way you do.

If you want to add a greener fundraiser, feel free to drop us a line. Our eco-friendly fundraising ideas are a great change for your school fundraising efforts. We take the work out of your school fundraiser. Let us provide you with A+ customer service, and help your school raise funds.

Our program offers so many products from Food to Gifts to Home items. We focus on quality and making sure we have something for everyone. For example, green fundraising can taste and feel good all at the same time! Your taste buds will enjoy the sweetness of Equal Exchange's Fair-Trade Hot Chocolate and Chocolate with Almonds bars or a saltier fare of Organic Tamari Roasted Almonds or Organic Roasted Pecans.

The best part is that you don't have to gorge yourself with these delectable treats all at once! You can carry a few with you in a Stainless Steel Lunchbot or Kids Konserve Stainless Container.

We look forward to working with your school. To get started, simply Email Us - info@ecolabelfundraising.com.

It isn't our dream to help you raise funds in a more responsible way - it is our passion.

Green Fundraising Treats!

'Tis the season for Holiday Treats! We love 'em. Our Eco-friendly fundraising programs have treats that will undoubtedly satisfy any treat connnoiseur. Whether chocolate or salty tickle your fancy, you will find a fun variety to choose from in our green fundraiser's web catalog.

Green fundraising can taste and feel good all at the same time! Your taste buds will enjoy the sweetness of Equal Exchange's Fair-Trade Hot Chocolate and Chocolate with Almonds bars or a saltier fare of Organic Tamari Roasted Almonds or Organic Roasted Pecans.

The best part is that you don't have to gorge yourself with these delectable treats all at once! You can carry a few with you in a Stainless Steel Lunchbot or Kids Konserve Stainless Container.

Enjoy and best of luck with your Eco-friendly Fundraiser this Holiday Season!

Looking for a Greener Fundraiser?

As Fall Fundraising has come into full swing, we have been getting flooded with PTA board members, parents and school staff hoping to introduce their school community to a greener fundraising option. We welcome and look forward to this cycle of events that happens this time of year. We understand the disappointment felt by some when they are faced with non-green fundraising choices sent home in their child's backpack. We thought we'd write about it to let you know that it is perfectly normal - many feel the way way you do.

If your school community isn't responding to the same 'ol fundraisers, and you want to add a greener fundraiser, feel free to drop us a line. Our eco-friendly fundraising ideas are great as a primary or supplemental fundraiser should your school have already started or completed a fundraiser this year. No need to wait until next year - you can make a greener choice available this year. Contact us - we'll get you started.

Litter Free Lunch

We are excited to announce that Litter Free Lunch Napkins have been added to the great list of eco-friendly fundraising products we include in our programs. These fun, durable and machine-washable napkins are manufactured in the USA in the Chicago area. Litter Free Lunch was started by two Moms, Felice Farran and Megan Wojtyla, in the Chicagoland area. Felice and Megan found a common need that they were trying to satisfy for their own children while packing their school lunches. In between soccer games, doctor's appointments, music lessons and Cub Scout meetings, Litter Free Lunch napkins were born and are filling lunch boxes around the country. We loved this product for our green fundraisers!

Please visit our "For Children>For School" section in our Online Green Fundraisers to find Litter Free Lunch products. To hear what else is being said about our Green Fundraisers, please visit our entire blog here.

GM Names EcoLabel Fundraising a Green Resource

GM is making strides towards becoming more green. One way they are contributing towards sustaining Mother Earth is through their Teach Green resources online. EcoLabel Fundraising is pleased to be part of the resources they recommend to teachers and school affiliates. Our green fundraising program can be a terrific part of the "greening" of a school. Through conducting an eco-friendly fundraiser, you are able to set the tone of your school's green culture in each household that receives a catalog.

To hear what else is being said about our Green Fundraisers, please visit our entire blog here.

Feedback? Suggestions? Email us! We love your input!

We thought we'd share with you some of the places you'll find us in the news. We are always excited to share our Green Fundraising Ideas with people, so we are thrilled when others get as excited about it as we do!

The Eco Chic Blog	WABC-TV News
Green Mom Central	Greenopolis
Modern Eco	Non-Toxic Kids

Green Giveaway

We are celebrating the kick-off of Fall Fundraising 2009 with a Green Giveaway. We look high and low for great green fundraising products to include in our Green Fundraising program, and we think we came up with some products that you'll really love. Actually, we've heard how much you love them! Thanks for all the kudos - we're blushing!

From August 15th-31st, when your school or non-profit Sign-Up for our Green Fundraising Program for Fall 2009, you will be entered to win our Green Giveaway(s). We're not just giving away one prize - we're giving away LOTS OF PRIZES! The 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th school or non-profits will each receive a giveaway basket of a Produce Bag, Fair-Trade Coffee, Newspaper Pencils and a Wrap-n-Mat.

The 50th School or Non-Profit to Sign-up will receive the Great Green Giveaway Basket of a Produce Bag, Fair-Trade Coffee, Fair-Trade Tea, Fair-Trade Hot Cocoa, Newspaper Pencils, Farmer's Market Canvas Bag, Wrap-n-Mat (Eco-Print) and a Wrap-n-Mat (Gingham Print).

And how could we leave out the 51st school or non-profit to sign-up? It seems like you came so close to winning that you should get something, so we'll give you 8 bags of Fair-Trade Coffee to keep you going during those monthly board meetings this year.

Sign-up between August 15th-31st to win! Welcome to our Fresh Approach to Fundraising, which happens to be the the most popular Fundraising program for this Fall. (At least that's what "they" are telling us. We're blushing...again.)

In The News

From time to time, we like to share with our readers places you'll find us in the news. Our Eco-friendly Fundraising or Green Fundraising Ideas are often featured on "Green Blogs" and other publications. Each Green Fundraiser yields 40% of each sale back to your organization.

WABC-TV News (ABC7) of New York

Modern Eco Blog

The Eco Chic Blog

Green Mom Central

In The News

From time to time, we like to share with our readers places you'll find us in the news. Our Eco-friendly Fundraising or Green Fundraising Ideas are often featured on "Green Blogs" and other publications. Each Green Fundraiser yields 40% of each sale back to your organization.

WABC-TV News (ABC7) of New York

Modern Eco Blog

The Eco Chic Blog

Green Mom Central

In The News

From time to time, we like to share with our readers places you'll find us in the news. Our Eco-friendly Fundraising or Green Fundraising Ideas are often featured on "Green Blogs" and other publications. Each Green Fundraiser yields 40% of each sale back to your organization.

WABC-TV News (ABC7) of New York:

Modern Eco Blog

The Eco Chic Blog

Green Mom Central

Picking a Fundraising Program

It's that time of year again. Time for one PTA/PTO board to pass along the keys to the school fundraising responsibilities to the new board. This time is filled with many hopes, goals and aspirations for the year ahead.

Our goal is to fill all those hopes up with reality. We provide a big list of products for your supporters to choose from in our paper and on-line catalogs. Our Green Fundraisers are geared towards teaching important lessons about the environment and raising funds for much-needed areas.

We are here to make a difference. Period. So, don't hesitate to email us with any of your questions. We are happy to help you get set-up on any of our Green Fundraising Ideas.

We don't offer you just one green fundraising idea, but several. Choose from our traditional Eco-friendly Fundraising program, our Water Bottle program or our Seed and Bulb fundraising program.

Best of luck for a successful, fun and satisfying school year to all the new and returning PTA/PTO boards!

Modern Eco Homes Exciting Giveway!

Giveaway - Sustainable Youth Performance Package

Modern Eco Homes did a recent review (read here) for the delectable Sustainable Youth elasticity face cream. Well, it’s been a few months now that, Kristen Baker, the owner of Modern Eco Homes, has been using the elasticity cream and she has seen awesome results. The cream is amazing and a small amount truly does go a long way. She's hooked on the cream. She says, "I'm a full-fledged Sustainable Youth cream junkie. Yes, withdrawals would take place if I were stripped of my beloved cream. "


Yummy Prize

Here’s the really exciting news: Sustainable Youth has decided to kick off the summer with an exciting promotion, “The Keys to Sustainable Youth Contest”!’

Here’s How You Play, My Green Friends:
Simply answer this question: “In your opinion, what are the THREE most unique things about Sustainable Youth Products?” Post your answers in our comment section on Modern Eco Homes' blog.

The winner will receive one FREE Total Immune Performance Regimen Package (3 products for a total value of $225). The contest begins today, Thursday, June 4th, and ends a week from today on Thursday, June 11th, 12:00pm EST). A randomly selected winner will receive the Total Immune Performance Regimen Package!

That’s how you play. This is a contest you’re going to want to win. Have fun and good luck!

Green School Fundraising for Fall 2009

How do you produce healthy fundraising results? With that, we mean, how do you make money to support the many important programs in your schools?

Simple solution: Variety.

We offer three types of eco-friendly fundraisers for your school to utilize for the 2009/10 school year.

1. Our traditional Green Fundraising Program. We recommend you pick a period of 2 weeks to allow your students to take the paper catalog along to friends and family. This program includes many of the same products you find on our eco-friendly web-catalog. We constantly turn over the products we offer to keep the program fresh to your supporters.

2. Water Bottle Fundraising Program. For the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 school year, we are waiving all design work for the BPA-Free, Reusable Water Bottle design work to customize the waters bottles with your school's logo and name. This is a popular program since individuals are moving away from environmentally-harmful disposable water bottles and towards reusable water bottles. Did you know 8 out of 10 disposable water bottles end up in landfills? The reusable bottles are insulated, and come in a variety of colors.

3. Seed and Bulb Fundraising Program. This is an extremely popular program! Did you know gardening is one of the top growing industries in this struggling economy due to the rising cost of produce and the simple joy it brings people? We provide your students with Seed and Bulb catalogs specific to the time of year you are running this eco-friendly fundraiser.

Many schools run more than one or all of the above green fundraisers. It gives a nice variety and peaks the interest of every supporter in one way or another. We offer at least 40% of each sale for the green fundraising programs we offer.

Some Earth Day Plans...

Fundraising and the Earth are our two main focuses. By helping schools to fundraise, we are helping to bring about programs you need and want within your school. It is our hope that conducting an eco-friendly fundraiser will bring focus to a sometimes forgotten environmental awareness campaign within your school. Earth Day does a good job of bringing attention to taking care of good old Mother Earth, too.

We thought a couple people had great ideas for what they were planning to do on Earth Day, so we thought we'd share them with you.

Nathan Winters of Preserve through Exploration caught our eye with his plans. He put a techie spin on it! He is conducting a "Tweetraiser" meaning that he will plant a tree for every new follower he gets to follow him on twitter. That's a cool way to use twitter! Visit him at http://nathanwinters.tumblr.com/post/83230302/plant-a-tree-on-earthday.

My city's green changes: single stream curbside recycling & backyard chickens! (permit required). Town wants 2 go zero waste.NatureDeva, as she is known on twitter, had the above exciting news to share about strides her town is taking towards being more green. Visit her blog at http:.//naturedeva.net/

Some Earth Day Plans...

Fundraising and the Earth are our two main focuses. By helping schools to fundraise, we are helping to bring about programs you need and want within your school. It is our hope that conducting an eco-friendly fundraiser will bring focus to a sometimes forgotten environmental awareness campaign within your school. Earth Day does a good job of bringing attention to taking care of good old Mother Earth, too.

We thought a couple people had great ideas for what they were planning to do on Earth Day, so we thought we'd share them with you.

Nathan Winters of Preserve through Exploration caught our eye with his plans. He put a techie spin on it! He is conducting a "Tweetraiser" meaning that he will plant a tree for every new follower he gets to follow him on twitter. That's a cool way to use twitter! Visit him at http://nathanwinters.tumblr.com/post/83230302/plant-a-tree-on-earthday.

My city's green changes: single stream curbside recycling & backyard chickens! (permit required). Town wants 2 go zero waste.NatureDeva, as she is known on twitter, had the above exciting news to share about strides her town is taking towards being more green. Visit her blog at http:.//naturedeva.net/

We Want Your Earth Day Plans!

What will you or your school be doing to leave or not leave your mark on the environment for Earth Day April 20th?

We would love to hear your stories! Please send us an email with your story to info@ecolabelfundraising.com! We'll publish it on April 20th, so please include your name, school or business name and your story!

Happy Earth Day 2009!

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We are interested in providing the most up-to-date green fundraising ideas to your schools and non-profits, so we spend hours everyday reading about eco-friendly issues and products. We hope you enjoy our eco-friendly fundraising product selections from all our research. Because we can't possibly carry every great eco-friendly products, we feel it is important in sharing things you may want to use around your family, office and home with our friends (that's you if you are reading this)!

For the Love of Fundraising...: Eco-Friendly Fundraising Product Feature

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Eco-Friendly Fundraising Product Feature

What's so great about the fundraising ideas we present in our catalogs? Well, we're dedicating this post and subsequent posts to letting you know!

We've decided to spend some time showcasing some of the wonderful, green fundraising products we carry in our eco-friendly paper and web-catalogs.

When conducting a school fundraiser, it is important that your fundraiser has products your supporters will want to buy. Every time we visit a new school, we are struck by how impressed they are with the quality of the green products we carry.

EcoLabel Fundraising's program is designed to offer quality fundraising products that are eco-friendly. We want your supporters to be able to use the green products they purchase for your school fundraiser for years to come.

Stay tuned for learning about our eco-friendly fundraising products in future posts to come...

Practical Fundraising Ideas

To be practical is to be smart in this economy. One of our eco-friendly fundraising goals is to offer practical fundraising products. We do not want people to fill their homes with fundraising products that they will not use for many years to come.

Green fundraising ideas need to fit in with recycle, reuse and reduce. We offer recycled products to your school for your next green fundraising. We also offer green products that can be reused. Quality is the top priority for us when selecting products to add to our eco-friendly fundraising program. Finally, by offering quality products, we are allowing your fundraiser supporters to reduce what they will have to purchase over time. We want the products they buy to last them for many years.

If you are part of a school or non-profit, email us with your fundraising ideas for products to include in our line. We are always happy to review products that you have used and find to be favorable.

We're In the News!

From time to time, we like to share with our readers places you'll find us in the news. We are often featured on "Green Blogs" or news websites talking about Eco-friendly Fundraising or Green Fundraising. We certainly enjoy any assistance in getting the word out on our program, and further appreciate any feedback from participants or potential participants in our program. We are love you ideas and input!

Here's a couple of places you may have seen heard us mentioned:

• WABC-TV News (ABC7) of New York: http://www.greenrightnow.com/wabc/2009/01/09/forget-the-candy-bars-green-school-fund-raisers-are-hot/2
  
• Modern Eco Blog: http://www.modernecohomes.com/blog/eco-internet/the-worlds-best-eco-blogs
  

If you feel like you have ideas on how our program can serve your Green Fundraising intiatives better, please let us know.

Presenting....Catalogs for 2009!

Our goal is to serve your organization with as much versatility as possible. In aiming to become the best we can be in 2009 at spreading the word about eco-friendly fundraising, we are adding catalogs to the tools we make available to your organization. Because we promote green fundraising, our catalogs are printed on 100% eco-friendly paper using soy-based inks.

Your customers will now be able to purchase on-line to receive their orders within a week or by ordering the traditional method via catalog.

We are thrilled to serve you in 2009. If you have any questions or would like to order an eco-friendly fundraising catalog, please feel free to drop us a note at info@ecolabelfundraising.com.

Being green is not difficult. Leading by example when fundraising is even easier with eco-friendly fundraising.

Green, Going Green, Green Fundraising!

"Going Green" is a term we hear all over the news and in magazines. It really has become a way of life in our everyday lives. Most people recycle and understand the basics of conserving energy around the home, which is a really great step! So, congrats to those of you who have made those strides.

At EcoLabel Fundraising, we hope to expand your eco-friendly reach in to your child's school or your church. Facilitating a green fundraiser is just as easy as any other fundraiser, but comes with many more benefits. For instance, each time a parent buys a green fundraising product they are likely to have one more conversation about the environment than they may have otherwise had before. And, that's pretty neat.

Conducting a fundraiser allows the organizing committee to make a positive impact not only monetarily, but also by leading by example in encouraging others to be environmentally aware.

Eco-friendly fundraising is our passion, and we hope it will become yours!

2009 Earth Day Fundraising Activities

We thought we'd offer you some ideas to kick off your Spring 2009 Fundraising Drives! Luckily we have Earth Day coming up in a couple of months, so we can refocus on the environment. EcoLabel Fundraising's program works well with the activities we have below to tie into your Earth Day festivities.

Ideas for Action around your School Campus or Non-profit:

1. Dedicate a spot in your school or non-profit's parking lot for collecting plastic water bottles. Ask children to bring in water bottles to be recycled that their families consume at home. Teachers and staff may tie in many lessons about water bottles, and their impact on the environment when they are not recycled!

2. Ask each class to come up with a new way to reuse an everyday product that may otherwise end up in the trash. Reward the winning class with a prize!

3. Ask children to individually write down 3 things they could do to help sustain the environment. Even kids can make a huge difference!

Feel free to utilize our Lesson Plans link at the bottom of the EcoLabel Fundraising page, for more ideas to utilize around your school or non-profit! Scheduling these events over the next few months will really help to keep your Eco-Friendly Fundraising campaign on the minds or your supporters.