{"id":594,"date":"2013-04-04T11:32:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T11:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:43:46","slug":"ballon-o-gram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/ballon-o-gram\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon-o-Gram Fundraising Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/Decorations\/balloons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 12px 18px; border: black 6px solid;\" alt=\"Balloons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/sitecore\/shell\/Controls\/Rich%20Text%20Editor\/~\/media\/DB4EE59B1492409BB43B50203AD8F2C8.ashx?h=339&amp;w=300&amp;as=1\" align=\"right\" border=\"6\" \/><\/a>A\u00a0balloon-o-gram is a telegram with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/Decorations\/balloons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">balloons<\/a>.\u00a0Our youth group ran this fundraiser for\u00a0several months so that it included many holidays (Mothers Day, Fathers Day, etc.). Anyone could order a balloon-o-gram at anytime. Materials were\u00a0purchased from\u00a0ANDERSON&#8217;S . The deliverer would take a bunch of five to six balloons with a card and sing a song for the receiver. The cost for the balloon-o-gram was on a donation basis.<\/p>\n<p>A telegram with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/Decorations\/balloons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">balloons<\/a>. Include a message with each balloon, or you could even have a color code. For example Red is love, Blue is Get Well Soon, Yellow is Friendship, Green is\u00a0Thinking of You. Or create your own color codes.\u00a0Run this fundraiser for a while, including holidays. From February to Memorial Day to include\u00a0Valentine&#8217;s Day, Easter, Mothers Day, and birthdays. You will need a delivery person who knows the area. A real estate agent is great! The driver takes a bunch of balloons, a greeting card, and maybe sings a happy song.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nVariation:\u00a0 Lollipop Bouquets containing five lollipops.Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/Gifts\/Unique-Gifts-and-Extras\/Tinsel-and-Tissue\/20-x-30-Tissue-Paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tissue paper<\/a> to make the lollipops look like flowers. They are held together with a rubber band and a gift tag is attached. Sell these bouquets by pre-order in the morning and during the lunches. They are purchased as gifts and are delivered on Valentine&#8217;s Day. Great for school groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0balloon-o-gram is a telegram with balloons.\u00a0Our youth group ran this fundraiser for\u00a0several months so that it included many holidays (Mothers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,14],"tags":[91,239],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elementary-school","category-fundraising-elementary-school","category-holidays-celebrations","tag-balloons","tag-fundraising-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5885,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/5885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}