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There are a lot of bake sale haters out there. You may even be one yourself. I know it’s easy to dismiss the most clichéd, most over-done, most dreaded of all the fundraisers in the known universe.

But, I’m here to defend the lowly bake sale. I’m here to champion the 8’ folding table parked out in front of the grocery store on a Saturday morning. I’m here to beat all the haters back and prove that there is still life in the timeless art of the bake sale.

First, however, let me begin by reminding all the nay-sayers about the profit margin at a bake sale- 100%. Not 40%, not, 60%, not even 75%. You heard right- it’s 100%! You don’t have to share your loot with anyone. No investment on the part of your school. Parents donate the material and labor, while the grocery store donates the retail space and the customer base. It’s the perfect deal. continue reading

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Besides actually baking the cakes and cookies, one of the time consuming things about bake sale fundraisers is designing and creating the bake sale flyers. Reynolds is now offering tools for your group to make your bake sale faster and easier.

You can get bake sale sign templates, table signs and pricing label templates:
Bake Sale Signs & Pricing Labels from Reynolds

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Enter the “Shape Up Your Bake Sale” sweepstakes by completing an entry form telling why your bake sale needs “shaping up” for a chance to win a bake sale kit.

From now until October 27, 2006 Reynolds will be giving away 60 of these kits each week for the next five weeks.

Each “Shape Up Your Bake Sale” kit includes:

• Reynolds® FunShapesâ„¢ baking cups
• CD-rom with bake sale tips, recipes and signage
• FunShapes tablecloth
• FunShapes calculator (for tallying your customers’ bills)

Plus your entry will give you a chance to win a $500 donation to your organization from Reynolds FunShapes Baking Cups. Enter now

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