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Fundraising Vendors

School fundraising activities shall be limited to the pre-qualified Vendors listed below for the period September 10, 2009, through September 30, 2010:

 

ABC Fund Raising, Inc.	303-754-4343	Stu Nickell
All American Fund Raising	303-324-0246	Kim Bennett
Cherrydale Farms Fundraising	303-791-6207	Ken Kaiser
Colorado Butter Braid	303-688-1780	Al Hooyman
Educational Products Inc. (EPI)	303-333-1364	Andrea Strawbridge
Fun Services Inc.	303-427-7443	Bill Wilson
Great American Opportunities	303-469-0699	Rick Iracki
IFS International	303-744-6030	Paul Siemann
Magic Marketing	303-791-6207	Ken Kaiser
Mink & Company	303-274-2530	Stephanie Barnard
Peak Fundraising	303-696-8028	Leo Haas
R & M Fund Raising	720-733-1260	Randy Pote
S'Cool Services Inc.	303-952-5054	Johnny Dasher
The Duffeyroll Café	303-547-6845	Debbie Brewster
The Promotion Source	303-655-1122	Joseph Meli
Women's Bean Project	303-292-1919	Aimee Caldwell
World's Finest Chocolate	303-274-2530	Stephanie Barnard
Yankee Candle Fund Raising	303-274-2530	Stephanie Barnard

 

Fundraisers who are reported for making uninvited visits to a school or department will be removed immediately and permanently from this approved list.

GuidelinesThe school district must be the primary beneficiary of all fundraising program.

Vendors are to provide clear, concise written information to the schools. This information must include volume of sales and net profit of the Vendor and the school.

Qualified Vendors must not collect any money prior ("up front") to receipt of fundraising items.

Prizes to students cannot be cash.

Raffles, spinning a wheel, etc., to award prizes to students are not allowed.

Raffles for fundraising must be licensed by the city and state and are therefore discouraged.

There cannot be a "buy back" fee for unsold merchandise.

The Board of Education policy states "To protect the staff and program against undue invasion of the school or work day, sales representatives shall not be permitted in schools or other departments for the purpose of making sales." Principals and department heads will be sent a list of the pre-qualified Vendors and they will make the determination who will be invited to their school/department for a presentation. Fundraiser's who are reported for making uninvited visits to a school or department will be removed immediately and permanently from the approved list. Pre-Qualified Vendors may send brochures, letters, etc. through U.S. Mail, but this information must not include an offer of a free gift if they return a postcard (for example).

Board policy also states "No person officially connected with or employed in the public schools shall be an agent or be in any way pecuniary or beneficially interested in or receive any compensation or reward of any kind from any vendor for the sale of supplies, material, equipment or services to the district without the express prior written consent of the Board of Education." Denver Public Schools' employees may not be employed by or have ownership in a fundraising company approved to do business with the Denver Public Schools.