We just finished this fundraiser for my daughters choir. I decided to try it with a larger group before our much smaller relay team. I suggest if you do this you take note of a few things that we did wrong-

1) Publicize it in a local paper. Have a place where people can find you so that you know they really want to have pics taken. (We sold 105 packages and only 71 were actually redeemed.)

2) It is very time consuming, so someone that has plenty of time to focus many hours should be in charge. Evenings are important because you have to call each person that purchases a certificate to set up their time. There has to be someone there at all times when the photographer is there, so you are looking at 8-12 hours each day, min of 2 days during pictures and pickup two weeks later. Have people lined up as soon as you start the fundraiser to eliminate having to sit there all day yourself.

3) Have a contact number of the photographer before the event dates. Our photographer showed up 2 hours late because she couldn't find the mall we were using for pictures. The number that she was given to contact us was incorrect. Then she had technical difficulties and we had to reschedule our first 6 appointments, at least 2 did not come back.

4) Keep excellent track of your number photographed. We are pretty sure that they were shaving some of the numbers. We got credit for 71 but were pretty sure we had more than that. The bonus gets bumped from $300 to $600 if you photograph 75 people.

I am not bashing the fundraiser, we were able to make over $1000 for our group. It is just very time consuming so be aware before getting involved.