FAQs
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Our products are available exclusively through fundraising. This ensures that there is a demand for these fundraising items since they have limited availability. It also ensures customers get products of fresh and superior quality. Your purchase helps a good cause!
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Due to the frozen nature of our product, delivering to individuals is not cost-effective. The cost of either maintaining a refrigeration unit or traveling with dry ice eats up your fundraising profit. We are intentional with our delivery resources so we can continue to distribute our products at fair prices.
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Absolutely not! Fundraising with us does not require you to pay any sort of fee upfront.
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We recommend planning your fundraiser to run between 2-4 weeks. Just long enough to get successful sales in, but not too long that people lose interest. We deliver 7-10 days after your order call-in date. Your entire fundraiser can be done within a month! During slower times of the year, we can be more flexible and run your fundraiser in shorter time frames if desired. We schedule all important dates with you prior to the start of your fundraiser.
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It is best to collect money when your customer places an order. This way, you have the money in advance and you aren’t left at the end with product that isn’t paid for. Your group has the option to run online-only or hybrid with the online store and paper orders. If you would like to track money collection, the paper order forms offer spaces to mark sales “Collected.” Monies collected from online sales will be applied to your invoice.
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All orders will need to be placed through your group leader portal in MyFundraisingPlace.com. Online transactions will automatically be added, but paper ones need to be input individually. In your leader portal, the tab “Enter Order” provides a spreadsheet for you to put in the totals for each seller.
If you did not use the online store, add seller names to the “Enter Order” spreadsheet by clicking the purple “Add Seller” button. (If you did not close your online store, and it is open, you also have the option to enter seller information in the “Manage Sellers tab.” This is only available if you haven’t closed your store.) Once you have all seller names in the sheet, you can add order totals in the spaces provided for paper orders.
If you did use the online store, sellers who have self-registered, or those that you added from a roster will be already listed with their online sales automatically entered. Add any sellers who only used paper if there are any, then enter all paper totals for each seller.
DO NOT forget to hit the green “Submit Order” button in the top-right corner once you are finished. We will not receive your orders until that button is clicked, so make sure to do that before your call-in order date rolls up.
Remember to return paper forms to sellers so they know which supporters bought which products. These count as their seller’s reports. If you use the online store, the “Delivery” tab offers the option for you to email seller’s reports for online sales to your sellers, or to download the reports and print them to hand out.
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Payment is due at delivery as either cash or check. Schools are granted a 30-day term to get payments in. If the amount of online order sales exceeds the amount due to Integrity Fundraising, we will bring a check for you with us.
On a case-by-case basis we also offer a link for online payment. Call us at (303) 688-1780 to request this option.
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What makes our service great? We sort out all individual sellers’ orders prior to your delivery! All boxes come with their seller’s name printed on them. This makes it easier on you and us as you won’t need to sort out products for your sellers at or after delivery.
Boxes are sorted automatically alphabetically by last name. If you are a larger group such as a school or multiple sports teams, MyFundraisingPlace.com also offers the option to attach teacher or coach names to sellers in the “Manage Sellers” tab. This allows us to provide you with additional organization of products at delivery by sorting by groups (classrooms/teams/ etc.) and then by seller name.
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On the agreed day and time, we will arrive in our own delivery vehicle. We ask for your mobile number ahead of time so that our drivers can communicate with you up to the point of delivery. Products are presorted by seller names to make the transition easy. Please have tables and volunteers ready to help set out presorted orders and make sure you have communicated the delivery time to your sellers. Your payment is due upon delivery. (Unless you are a school, in which you have a 30-day term to send payment). If your online sales exceed the amount due to Integrity Fundraising, then we will hand you a check at delivery. For more information, reference this delivery instruction document.
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Our products come frozen. Upon delivery, they are good for ~3-4 hours before they need to be put back in the freezer.
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Yes and no. This is a case-by-case basis, so the best answer is to call our office at (303) 688-1780.
The amount of time we can take to onboard late orders depends on the number of other fundraisers running at the same time. The busier it is, the less time we have to devote to late orders after they have been placed.
Once your online store is closed, you can no longer add any more online orders, but you may still add paper orders. Late orders may be added up until two days prior to delivery. Again, it is best to call us to check our schedule, inventory, and availability.
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One of the great things about fundraising is that people all over want to support you! So how does that factor into getting family members their fresh product?
The solution is dry ice!
Whether you go to visit your family members or they come to see you, filling a cooler with dry ice and covering it with blankets or other insulation can help keep your product frozen longer. With dry ice, our pastries can withstand up to 10-12 hours out of the freezer depending on the weather.
If your family member lives farther than that with no freezer stops along the way but still want to purchase Butter Braid® pastries from someone, consider letting them know that there may be other fundraisers they can support running near their location. Check out this map to find dealerships across the country.
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On our Programs and Products page, each flavor icon will take you to pages with baking instructions and nutritional information. Our product packaging also comes with baking instructions printed. If you are a visual learner, check out our step-by-step baking guide with pictures on our What Is a Butter Braid® Pastry page.
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On our Programs and Products page, you can find our listings of flavors that we carry for various products. Simply click on the flavor icon you are interested in and explore more information about the products we distribute including nutrition, baking instructions, and more!
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Of course! If you are a new group looking to kick off your fundraiser, feel free to call us and we will schedule your group as a stop on our delivery routes. Your sample drop will include two free samples.
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If you would like to support a local fundraiser, email us or call us at (303) 688-1780! We are more than happy to get you connected to a group in your area.
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Yes! Let us know if you need to run a Spanish-speaking fundraiser. We have paper order forms available in Spanish!