Once a year, the bluebirds and the camp fire girls would have a fundraiser. We sold Russel Stover chocolates just like the girl scouts sell cookies. There were always prizes for those of us that sold the most and so forth. I think if we sold 50 we could go to camp for half the price, and if we sold 100 boxes the camp was free. Kathy was a camp fire girl at the same time I was a bluebird, so we would go out to sell the candy in our neighborhood together. She would take one side of the street and I would take the other. Mom or dad would drive the area we were selling in to carry all the boxes of candy. It is pretty hard for a couple little girls to carry very many of them. Plus sometimes the customer needed change.
We did sell enough to get reduced camp fees. I also found out, after a few years of experience, that the smaller you are the more you will sell. People just have a hard time saying no to a little girl in a uniform. To this day, I will buy just about anything a small child is selling.
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Little kids selling stuff are so cute, and it's so hard to say no and see the disappointment in their faces. I think it's kind of like the lemonade stand... you just do it.
ReplyDeleteWe don't get the kids selling around here much anymore. The world is just getting too dangerous for our children. So sad.
ReplyDeleteI, too, was a Blue Bird and Camp Fire Girl and well remember the annual candy sale and summer camp every year. VERY fond memories!
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