May 29, 2010: The Traveling Baseball Babes and Miss Avon USA 2010, Nicole arrived at the Bellmore train station at the grey hour of 7:00 in the morning. The weather did not look promising, the sun blotted out by dark rain clouds and a strong, brisk breeze reeking havoc on the vendors’ stations. The man in charge directed us to a parking spot on the Sunrise Highway side of the fair near the Center Avenue traffic light. Despite being the only “booth” without a tent or more than one table, we set our display cheerfully.
Since we only had one table, it didn’t take us long to finish setting up. By 7:45, all we had left to do was sit around and wait for customers to arrive…and the fair wasn’t scheduled to begin until 10:00.
Nicole brought Avon catalogues and samples to promote her Fred K’s Cancer online event (and potentially attract loyal customers). The previous evening, we had baked brownies and cookies to sell for $2/each. Also on hand were our raffle tickets, sexy homemade bracelets, awareness pins, and tootsie pops. For people not interested in purchasing anything, we were prepared to hand out even flyers and brochures regarding Fred K’s Cancer, the Oral Cancer Foundation, and the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation.
At first, we didn’t get a lot of attention from potential contributors, but in their defense, we had zero experience in this department and were clueless as to how to sell our Fred K’s Cancer concept to strangers. Initially, we greeted passerbies with smiles and “Good Morning. How are you? Have a nice day.” They responded with polite nods and continued on their way. Eventually, Nicole had had enough. She grabbed a bunch of Avon catalogues wrapped in Fred K’s Cancer flyers and basically forced them upon people. Serena followed suit, handing out flyers and brochures in front of the table to anyone walking by and Lisa called out to customers, encouraging them to support a good cause. Our first sale was a brownie.
Finally, the sun showed itself and we rolled. We scored some very ridiculous tan lines, but sold a few raffles, bracelets, and tootsie pops. The baked goods were a huge success. We nearly sold all of them before finding it necessary to slash prices (2 baked goods for $1) as we neared the end of the day. The pins were a bit of a failure unfortunately. Apparently, if people were going to donate $1 to the cause, they’d rather get 2 tootsie pops than an awareness pin.
We earned $306 by the end of the day. At the time of posting, our total currently stands at $1,500 with just days before the big event. Even though the walk takes place this Sunday, we will continue to accept donations until July 1st.
Since we only had one table, it didn’t take us long to finish setting up. By 7:45, all we had left to do was sit around and wait for customers to arrive…and the fair wasn’t scheduled to begin until 10:00.Nicole brought Avon catalogues and samples to promote her Fred K’s Cancer online event (and potentially attract loyal customers). The previous evening, we had baked brownies and cookies to sell for $2/each. Also on hand were our raffle tickets, sexy homemade bracelets, awareness pins, and tootsie pops. For people not interested in purchasing anything, we were prepared to hand out even flyers and brochures regarding Fred K’s Cancer, the Oral Cancer Foundation, and the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation.At first, we didn’t get a lot of attention from potential contributors, but in their defense, we had zero experience in this department and were clueless as to how to sell our Fred K’s Cancer concept to strangers. Initially, we greeted passerbies with smiles and “Good Morning. How are you? Have a nice day.” They responded with polite nods and continued on their way. Eventually, Nicole had had enough. She grabbed a bunch of Avon catalogues wrapped in Fred K’s Cancer flyers and basically forced them upon people. Serena followed suit, handing out flyers and brochures in front of the table to anyone walking by and Lisa called out to customers, encouraging them to support a good cause. Our first sale was a brownie.Finally, the sun showed itself and we rolled. We scored some very ridiculous tan lines, but sold a few raffles, bracelets, and tootsie pops. The baked goods were a huge success. We nearly sold all of them before finding it necessary to slash prices (2 baked goods for $1) as we neared the end of the day. The pins were a bit of a failure unfortunately. Apparently, if people were going to donate $1 to the cause, they’d rather get 2 tootsie pops than an awareness pin.We earned $306 by the end of the day. At the time of posting, our total currently stands at $1,500 with just days before the big event. Even though the walk takes place this Sunday, we will continue to accept donations until July 1st. 
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