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Suggested Timeline for Purim 2016
Important: The dates below are simply suggestions. There is plenty of wiggle room in this timeline. It’s often best to work BACKWARDS when creating your own timeline, based upon when you need to order supplies for your mishloach manot. In December Make sure you get your contract in to qualify for the Happy Purim early bird…
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Suggested Timeline for Rosh Hashanah 2015
Important: The dates below are simply suggestions. There is plenty of wiggle room in this timeline. In June Make sure you get your contract in to qualify for the Happy Purim early bird discount (June 14) Identify the people who will run the fundraiser. Often it’s one or two people to handle the website and…
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Dollars and Sense–update
We get lots of questions about this post from 2007. It’s likely because it was an overly simplistic answer to one of the most important decisions that you’ll need to make when running a Mishloach Manot fundraiser: How much to charge? There really is no simple answer. Every community is different and every organization has…
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Ordering Window – Is More or Less Time Better?
You basically want to work backwards to figure out the timing for your Purim fundraiser. The key question is: How far in advance do you need to know exactly how many baskets you will need? (if you’re planning on sending to your entire membership list, then this question is moot) The deadline should be a…
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20 Mishloach Manot Themes
Here’s a list of Purim basket themes as promised. Thank you very much to all of you who emailed your favorite themes to me! Feel free to add more themes to the comments below. -HappyPurim! UPDATE: Need more ideas? Want to see pictures? See the beautiful Mishloach Manot pictures sent to us by our clients by…
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The Financial Crisis, Inflation and Purim Mishloach Manot Fundraisers
We’ve been getting lots of questions recently about pricing—specifically in light of rising food and packaging costs. The most important thing to keep in mind when thinking about raising the pricing on your shalach monos, is that it’s a tough time for many of your congregants (members, parents, etc.). Even if they haven’t been personally…
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Mishloach Manot Themes – Purim Basket Themes
It’s become super popular to distribute Shalach Manot baskets with themes. I don’t know how, when, or where this “minhag” got started, but it has really caught on. Our clients are always asking us for ideas, so we thought we’d put together a comprehensive list and post them here. Please email me (ari (at) happypurim.com)…
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Purim Fundraiser Calender/To Do List for 2009
It’s never too early to get started. The really organized people start around Rosh Hashanah (September), but most wait until Channukah (December) or the end of January at the latest. At HappyPurim we’ve gotten calls from organizations looking to run their first Mishloach Manot fundraiser ever, just 2 weeks before Purim! We are able to help…
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Tips For Raising More Money
So you’ve been running a Mishloach Manot fundraiser for a couple of years and want to increase the amount of money you raise? We’ve got some tips for you. 1. Baskets for personal use: Level of difficulty: Easy; Dollar Potential: A couple of thousand dollars Sell baskets for “personal use” to your members. In addition to the…
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Shalach Monos Pricing Details: Should you charge a “setup” fee?
Charging a setup fee for your purim project is not user-friendly in that you make it prohibitively expensive for those people who only want to send to a few people. Your members that plan on sending mishloach manot to many people will do so regardless of whether you charge a $20 setup fee and $2 per recipient,…
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