Testimonials

Abbeydale Parent Council - Calgary, Alberta

"In Spring 2009 the Abbeydale Parent Council used Reachout Canada to help us with our first fundraiser of the year. The Spring catalogue went out with a due date back to us of two weeks. Soon after the catalogues went out we realized that our sales were just not there. Based on the economy and such we chalked it up to just a bad fundraiser. On the day before the due date for orders we had about $800 in sales which was not even enough sales to cover our shipping and handling. We were very disappointed. I called Terri who was our sales person during the fundraiser and she said to just wait a few more days and then we would see if maybe we would just cancel the whole thing. The next day the ladies from the Parent Council and I were in the office finishing up the orders. Almost as soon as we sat down the orders started to pour in. We do expect some late orders but this many was just amazing. We ended up doing around $8000 in sales which gave out school a huge profit of $3800. The children in our school will benefit greatly from this money and I wanted to make sure that all fundraising groups were aware of just how easy it is to fundraise with Reachout Canada. The staff, Terri in particular, have been awesome and are always there when you call. I never had to wait long for a phone call back if she wasn't available immediately. All our orders came in individually wrapped bags for each order form and there was no sorting at all to be done. We would recommend using Reachout Canada for all your fundraising. We have already signed up the the Winter campaign and can't wait to see what we can earn for the kids from the next one. The council members and I would like to say Thank you to Reachout Canada for making our Spring fundraiser a HUGE success."
- Krista Lousier, Laurie Haydu and Caroline Steward

Red Deer Children's Foundation

"Since 1999, Reachout Canada, through Norman Dyer, has offered our organization quick follow up, excellent products and fast, courteous service."
- Jean Stinson

Central High - Sedgewick Public School

"I just wanted to send you a quick note to express my appreciation for everything that you have done for our Travel Club this year. Your expertise, detail, professionalism and your continual helping ideas have made our fundraising an incredible success."
- Stephen Hoyland

Central School - Brooks, Alberta

"We decided to try this catalogue we received in a package of fundraising material, called Winter Wonderland. Some of the parent council members were skeptical; some were hoping we would at least raise around $1000. Being new at this whole 'fundraising thing', I wasn't sure how much work it would be to carry out this fundraiser, as it turns out the hardest part was trying to get the order form total to add up to the money total. Let me tell you, trying to count around $25,000 in loose change, cheques and bills isn't fun! However, telling all those people on parent council that we sold about $25,000 of product, which earned the school just over $11,000, was very satisfying. They couldn't't believe we made that much money for a relatively small amount of work."

"This fundraiser paved the way for the two other campaigns' I was part of. We held the Snow Days catalogue in Nov. '06 at Central School, which put about $14,000 in our pockets after selling just over $31,000 in product. In spring '07 I had the opportunity to introduce these phenomenal campaigns to another school in Brooks, Griffin Park. They seemed quite happy to try the Spring Collection catalogue, which put just over $8000 in their bank account after selling over $18,000 from that catalogue. I'm hoping Griffin Park will be receptive to the No Peeking campaign in the fall, which should bring in more money for that school."

"After being involved in these three campaigns I can't believe how easy it is to make so much money for the schools with such a minimal amount of work. To make things easier the companies we dealt with were extremely helpful to make these campaigns such a success. I definitely look forward to working with them again in the future."
-Tanya Dingwall