How a Girl Scout troop earned $8700 with plastic flamingos and cookies Summary: Flamingo Flocking is a creative way of fundraising and is increasingly becoming very popular. This article discusses that how a Girl Scout troop managed to raise $8700 through flamingo flocking.
Girl Scouts usually raise funds through different activities and most popular of them is selling cookies. At times these activities can be very monotonous and one begins to lose interest in such activities. There are however fun ways of fundraising as well.
One such fun way is flamingo flocking and can help raise huge amounts of money. You would be surprised to know that Girl Scouts of West Central Florida earned $8700 last month through flamingo flocking.
The question is that how did they do it? And what exactly is flamingo flocking?
Flocking is fun and easy. The troops go late in the night and plant plastic flamingos in someone's yard. They started by flocking flamingos outside friends yards who they thought would appreciate this new idea. For removing the birds from their yards, they required to pay the troops (it was donation, off course). The fun part was that the person could then name the next "victim" of flocking.
They then began to plant these flamingos outside the houses of neighbors after a few days. They were afraid initially, as they didn't know that How might they react. But things turned out just fine and most people loved this idea and donated willingly.
The troop had a flock consisting of 25 pairs of pink flamingos from www.plastic-flamingos.com. Troops work hard to flock these plastic birds outside people's yards. This activity was not only proved to be fun way of fundraising but also helped raise $8700 in just a month.
This method proved to be a success as it was conducted by young girls who were creative in their approach. They used to cover the flamingos with ornaments and wrote very attractive letters hanging on the flamingo's neck which convinced the 'victim' to pay the donation of $10 plus order 3 boxes of cookies. The girls took this activity as a practical joke and loved doing it again and again. The 'victims' also appreciated their approach and loved naming the next 'victims'.
The girls used to price each 'victim' differently. They also planted these flamingos outside businesses that paid $50 for a flocking and loved to name their competitors as 'victims', who turn flocked them again for a higher price.
The girl scout troop is now planning to start a flamingo insurance scheme whereby each victim will have an opportunity to 'protect' the flock for a period ranging from a week to a month, paying for it in advance.
The sight of flamingos planted outside someone's house is beautiful. These flamingos can be planted easily and can be removed without any damage to the garden or yard.
Non-profit organizations should sue this fun way of fundraising as Girl Scouts of West Central Florida through the use of flamingos.
For more information on Flamingo flocking, visit: www.flamingoflocking.com
