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My girls sell candy bars. You get 50% of the profit and there is little work involved. With wrapping paper, candles, magazine subscriptions, poinsettia flowers etc you have to take the order first. Then get it in from the company. Then disperse it to your customers. With candy, each kid gets a box. You can go up to Joe Schmoe at school, work, in front of a supermarket and say Hi Would You like to support my colorguard? and they can say sure! Then they give you money and they get the candy. Very little bookkeeping, planning, inventory worries. The candy doesnt take up much space, plus you can order more from the company as your fundraiser takes shape. Go with candy! It works everytime! Plus once a student sells out of their one box, they turn in their cash and can take another box! That way everyone can work at their own pace! Most local chocolate companies have it. M+M's has one too My girls do their through Hebert Chocolate. DELICIOUS!!!! Good Luck!!!

I'd love to see ECJ come back. Even though it will be one year too late for my age-out it would be nice to get some drum corps back to massachusetts. Even though spartans is in NH it is still a hike for those of us in the rhode island/southeastern mass area. Plus ECJ is my home and nobody likes to see their home corps go out. Unfortunately it has been really hard since state laws have affected Bingo. Remember Patriots in 2003? 2nd Place in Orlando and then in 04 they were gone. I heard it was due to loss in fundraising... FROM BINGO! Who knew those silly old ladies sitting with a cloud of smoke around them every friday, saturday and sunday could make such a difference! :P It seems as if div II has really dwindled over the past years. Either they lose members and drop down to div III or they have to give up a year of opportunity. Drum Corps has done so many things for my life, and it would be a shame if the competitve yet "high school student friendly" div II/III wasn't available for my students or even my own kids. Come back ECJ, Esperanza, Patriots, LVK, Magic, and all others that have been lost along the way! This activity needs you!