Color Your Fundraiser

Do you want to bring color and excitement to your next fundraiser? Maybe FREE teacher incentives and prizes packed in our custom drawstring bag? At Meadow Farms, we are excited to welcome the newest addition to our fundraising family, Color-A- Thon!!

Color-A- Thon is a healthy and fun alternative to the traditional fundraising event. This unique fundraiser offers many different benefits for everyone! Raising money shouldn’t be tedious, boring or the same thing year after year. We will make it new, exciting, and full of color! The kids will get red, yellow, blue and pink to celebrate with, while you’re getting more “green” for your school.

The amazing benefits of this fundraiser include:

• Earn from 70% to 90% profit
• Make more money and accept credit cards with your own Custom Pledge Site: 
•  Ability to upload custom picture of yourselves.
• Students set their goals and monitor their progress.
• Email friends and family near and far.
• Instantly upload to Instagram, Facebook, and other social media.
• Neighborhood donation base to worldwide.'
• No hassle. Let us do the work! Let us do the set up!
• Easy-to-use tools make your event easy to run (included downloads and money-managing software)
• Professional marketing materials- Posters, flags, collection envelopes, parent letters, prize programs, and a custom website:
• Customize the pledge envelope for your group
• Allows the addition of in person donations and money collection.
• Easy turn in sealable envelope keeps money safe.
• Educational support for our  R.E.A.C.H. theme for teachers.
• Amazing awards and incentives for the students while giving back:
• Cumulative, innovative, and quality event based prize program.
• Packed by student by class.
• Prizes come packed in our custom Color-A-Thon drawstring bag.
• Easy to distribute!
• More students and families participate, exercise and have fun!
• Our color dust is SAFE, NON-TOXIC, and completely WASHABLE.

For more information about this fundraiser, please visit our preliminary website http://schoolathon.org/.

If the website wasn’t enough to boost your excitement, check out this descriptive video of how the Color-A- Thon works! You will need a password to access the video, which is: COLOR.

What did you think of the video? AWESOME right? This is the perfect fundraiser for schools who love to get their students active and interacting with others. Invite your whole family and even other members of the community to join in- the more the merrier!

See below for a sample of the parent letter, order taker and prize flyer.

We look forward to supporting you and your school with this colorful event!

Buy Local, Made Local

Here in Massachusetts, we’re extremely fortunate to be surrounded by businesses with creative and unique products. And, few things illustrate this quite as well as our Buy Local campaign, featuring products from Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.

Being a local business ourselves, we believe it’s important to support local businesses, and that’s why we started a campaign for local, sustainable products! Now Buy Local is not a traditional fundraising campaign as the products we offer are ALL the same price or similar in price to what one would pay in retail stores. That being said- here are some of our favorites.

Delicious Delights:

Our delicious delights section is filled with naturally made goodies, perfect for people of all ages. Whether you’re partial to sweet, salty or fruity, we have you covered. 

Distler’s Pretzels

First, you have to try Distler’s Pretzels, made in Vermont. These pretzels were created in 2008 by a middle school student as a school project to benefit the community. There are two different flavors -ranch and spicy.

You might also want to sample the offerings of Hilliard’s House of Candy, created in Massachusetts. These bars are made with softened, buttery caramel, layered with fresh Georgia pecans, between luscious milk chocolate. And, they come in a decorated tin!

Hometown Favorites :

VT Signature Sauces

The title says it all. Instead of going to the grocery store to buy your standard, big-label products, try these unique and tasty soups, dips, and sauces, made near you!

The VT Signature Sauces will turn your dinner into an unforgettable experience. They’re blended with basil pesto, white wine and cream, perfect for any kind of pasta. They’re also gluten-free and vegetarian friendly!

‘Cook-in-the-Kitchen’ with these gourmet mixes made in small batches with only all-natural, preservative free ingredients from New Hampshire. Choose from Cheesy Garlic Dip, Maple Spice Fruit Dip and French Toast Spice, and your meal will come alive in minutes.

Fun for the Whole Family:

Eco-Kids Products

Have you ever heard of Eco-Kids? If you haven’t, you should. Eco-Kid products, created by a family from Maine that began with a molding dough recipe from grandma, transformed into all natural ingredients. For example, Eco-Kids eco-crayons are designed from rocks in the family’s garden. The earthy colors are made from 25% beeswax and 75% fruit plant and vegetable extracts.

If you’re looking for a perfect gift for your mother, daughter, or grandmother, check out the Charmed Star Bracelet. This fine jewelry piece is made in Rhode Island that will capture the beauty of the stars in your hand. An adjustable Silverstone wire bracelet holds a sterling silver finished star charm.

Nature's Best:

Quality Made Bird Feeder from Aspects Inc

Make your home smell wonderful and elegant with our locally made candles. The Kringle Candle Company is a specialty candle maker. Their Spiced Apple Jar Candle is made with baked apple, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon notes with a gentle hint of vanilla. Your home will smell like a freshly baked apple pie in no time!

Decorate your backyard with a Quality Made Bird Feeder from Aspects Inc., made in Rhode Island. This hummingbird feeder is constructed of unbreakable polycarbonate with three feeding ports. These innovative “nature” products have a Lifetime Guarantee and money raised is donated to programs that support wildlife conservation.

Our other local vendors include: 

Ipswich Bay Soap, MA

• Blue Egg Baking, MA: Baking products that are made with whole-wheat flour and grated veggies “secretly” added.
• Cabot, VT: They have won every major award for taste, including “World’s Best Cheddar”.
• Cape Cod Provisions, MA: Specialty Chocolate & Fruit established in 1996. These treats are all Kosher certified.
• Del’s Lemonade, RI: Make this soft frozen lemonade right at home with no added artificial flavors or colorings. 
• Hillard’s House of Candy, MA: Making the highest quality homemade candy for nearly 90 years. 
• Ipswich Bay Soap, MA: These soaps are 100% natural containing dried herbs, natural oxides and ultramarines, pure essential oils and fragrances. Naturally contain glycerin, a natural byproduct of the cold process soap method.
• Kathie’s SuperSeedz, CT: These healthy snack foods are vegan, gluten free, no cholesterol and no trans-fats. Natural source of fiber and very low net carbs. 
• King Arthur Flour, VT: All flours are non-GMO and made to the highest standards in the industry. In 2008, King Arthur Flour was tapped as one of the 15 Top Small Workplaces in North America.



Lucy's Granola, ME.

• Lucy’s Granola, ME: These healthy granola mixes are made with maple syrup and honey from nearby suppliers. All of Lucy’s Granola products are made, packaged and shipped from Lucy’s 1840s Maine cape farmhouse .
• N-E-R-V-O-U-S System, MA: This husband and wife are both MIT graduates who design unique science, art and technology products.
• Rosie’s Beef Jerky, VT: Family owned and operated since 1996, Rosie's Beef Jerky is made with the choicest top round beef strips, seasoned and marinated in Rosie's secret blend of spices and slow cooked to perfection 



Cabot, VT




• Spring Break, ME: The maker of Maine Maple Products. All products are organic by nature and made with pure Maine maple syrup. 2013 First place in the North American Maple Syrup Councils' maple confections contest.

• Sugar Snap Jewelry, CT: Award winning DIY jewelry kits for over 20 years. You can make earring and necklace sets that include white fresh water pearls.

These are just a few of our local businesses recognized in the Buy Local brochure. Most of these companies are small, either family or woman owned. They also give back to their communities in many different ways.

So, the next time your school holds a fundraiser, choose Buy Local! Locally made products are made from the heart. Visit our website for more information. 

Generate for Schools

Here at Meadow Farms we pride ourselves on making fundraising as easy as 1-2-3, that’s why we are excited to announce a brand new, never before seen ‘non fundraiser, fundraiser'. Generate for Schools (GFS), in conjunction with “First Data” Merchant Processing, is a program that requires NO selling, NO brochures, NO delivery, NO parents, NO students, NO teachers, NO picking up of product and NO volunteer efforts. The best part is this can be run anytime of the year and guarantees monthly reoccurring revenue back to your school! We know finding new money is difficult these days and this grant-style opportunity as you will discover… is a win for both the merchant and education. The concept is EASY...Get businesses, GET PAID!

Sound too good to be true? Think again! Read below to learn in three easy steps how it works:

1. Contact:
• Fill out the Registration Form and make a VIP list of 5 Businesses (folks you know, supporters or friends of your school).
• We make a list of every business in the community and then refine it to those that best fit the Program. (The full list of businesses is available free of charge.)
• Next, we send an email to both list, inviting businesses to join.

2. Connect:
• We create a custom webpage for your school. It will explain the Program to the businesses while offering a background and testimonials.
• You’ll receive a Community Engagement Report. The report will include the number of emails opened, click through, and how many times your webpage has been viewed.

3. Convert:
• Lastly, we make personal invitation by phone. GFS’s call center representatives take the time to switch businesses over to GFS.
• As each business joins, your school gets $100! That’s right, EVERY TIME!!
• Ongoing donations of $20.14 are then made automatically, each month, on behalf of each business that joins. It really is that EASY!

Now that you understand how it works, we’re sure you’re asking what the benefits are. Well here they are:

1. Benefits to Schools:
• Direct Deposits Every Month
• Entirely Automated Program and Process
• Unrestricted and Recurring Revenue

2. Benefits to Businesses:
• 10 to 30% Lower Processing Rates
• Free Ongoing Promotion
• New Loyal Customers

3. Benefits to Distributors:
• New Reason to Call Schools
• State of the Art Reporting and Tools
• No Inventory, No Ordering, & No Returns
• First of Many Programs GFS Will Offer

As you can see this is not like any fundraiser you’re group have ever done. In fact it’s not a fundraiser at all! This is truly a revolutionary school fundraising concept. Due to the nature of this it should be noted that we are only able to work with one school maximum per city or town. This allows us to maximize the profitability for your group. Contact us today to learn how you and your school can sign up for the EASIEST non-fundraiser around!

Skills Learned from Brochure Based Fundraisers

When launching a sales fundraiser, you already have a good idea of how it will benefit the school. But have you thought about how the fundraiser could end up benefiting the students and even enhancing their education?

While profits from the fundraiser will pay for, enrichment programs, technology upgrades and fund fieldtrips, which all help to enhance your child’s education, have you considered that brochure based fundraisers can help teach your child life lessons that can help them grow as individuals?

Lessons that will benefit your child in other aspects of their lives include:

•  Communicating with customers
•  Tracking orders 
•  Collecting and adding money
•  Delivering products 

From these lessons children will gain:

• Interpersonal skills
• Responsibility
• Math and financial skills 
• Confidence

Customer Service Skills
Fundraising is fun and easy for kids! Smiling, making eye contact, and speaking clearly are all skills that will help develop their success in future jobs and school activities. Fundraisers teach your child the significance of presentation, setting and reaching a goal, and having that personal responsibility.

Goal Setting
Goal setting is a great opportunity for kids to work together to make a positive contribution to their school. When they see their rewards from the fundraiser being used at their school they are going to feel a wonderful sense of accomplishment and ownership.

Brochure based fundraisers provide an opportunity for students to get involved, make a difference, and learn new things about themselves. With Meadow Farms we can help our youth in fundraising!