Using Wholesale Roses in Fundraisers

Many schools, churches and other non-profit groupsoff with the ribbon.
could benefit from using wholesale roses as aYou can allow people to purchase a single rose or a
fundraiser. Because these roses can be so affordable,bunch. Of course, the amount you make will depend
often costing as little as $75 for 100 roses, they canon how much you pay for the roses and how much
be a great money maker for your group.you charge when you sell them. Shop around for the
One of the best ways to use wholesale roses as abest deal on your roses, and then charge at least
fundraiser is to offer the flowers for sale and thendouble that amount.
deliver them or make them available for pick up on aFor example, if you pay $75 for 100 roses, then you
certain day. For example, you could sell the roses andwould sell the roses for at least $1.50 each. Charge
then make them available for pickup in your churchmore if you can, but charging double what you paid is
fellowship hall on Mother's Day or on the Sundaya minimum in order to make the fund raiser worth
before Valentine's Day.your time.
If you are raising money for your school, you couldA good way to avoid waste is to have people order
sell the flowers and then deliver them with a notethe roses and pay for them in advance. Then you
from the sender on a certain day. Everyone will wantcan order the exact number of roses that you have
to get at least one rose delivered to the person thatsold. This is much better than trying to guess how
they like, and many will spend the extra money tomany roses you need and either ending up with
make sure he or she gets roses in every single class!extra or not having enough and missing out some
Of course, you will have to use the wholesale rosesextra earnings for your group.
to create attractive bouquets. This is not difficult orUsing wholesale roses for a fundraiser is a fun,
expensive. In fact, all you really need to buy, inlow-risk and easy way to earn some money for your
addition to the wholesale roses, is some tissue papergroup.
and ribbon. Simply place the desired number of rosesLook at the calendar for the next special day and
in the tissue paper, wrap around the stems and tiestart taking orders!