Mansfield FFA/ Ben Barber AG Classes 2017 Annual FFA Fund Raiser Mansfield FFA/ Ben Barber AG Classes

We are selling Entrée’s & Desserts

The money is spent on FFA Members and Ag Students Chapter Activities Tools and Equipment Awards Applications Leadership and Judging Contests Travel, Conventions and Camps Banquet More!

Top Seller will receive a custom made Belt Buckle sponsored by Fresh Country.

FFA Fright Night Sell at least 40 packages and you will get to go to a Haunted House on October 20th!!! Traveling by school bus. Pizza will be provided as well.

Teachers Family & extended family Friends & Neighbors Ask your parents to take your order form to their work place. Local Businesses

Present yourself well, dress neat, clean, and consider FFA attire. Introduce yourself! Speak clearly and with confidence. Follow the Easy Steps to A Sell.

Easy Steps to a Sale Introduce yourself and who you represent. Tell them why you are trying to raise money. Tell them what you are selling and ask them to look at the brochure(product sells itself). Offer thanks whether they purchase or not.

Important Dates to Remember The sale will end on October 12th. The approximate delivery date is Mid- November.

Teacher Instructions Collection Method You need to decide now when your students are required to collect money. Is it when they take an order or when they deliver the product? Fresh Country recommends that your students collect the money upfront when they take orders. Communicate procedures for turning money in to the teacher. Edit the following slide to best fit your Chapter!

Collection Method Collect the money as you take the orders. Checks must be made payable to: Ben Barber- Place FFA Account on the Memo line Be sure to turn cash and checks into the Ben Barber Book Keeper daily.

Collection Method If you are given a check: 1. Request buyer to write: phone number, license number and address on the check before you take it.

Collection Method After Turning in your money: 1. Get two receipts. 2. Give one of those receipts to your classroom Ag Teacher. 3. have your teacher add a receipt on iFresh country for your deposit.

Teacher Instructions Brochures & Pricing This is the time to pass out the brochure(s) you are selling. Select the slides of the Fresh Country Program(s) you are selling. Discuss products with your students.

Two great programs in one convenient catalog! Smoked Meats & More… Program combined with our Signature Collection.

Teacher Instructions iFreshCountry Ask your students to take out their smart phones and download iFreshCountry from the Apple Store or the Google Play Store. After downloading the app ask your students to register on iFreshCountry. The following screen will show you what the registration screen looks like on iFreshCountry. If a student does not have a smart phone they can enter their orders in on any computer. Instruct them to go to www.freshcountry.com, click on iFreshCountry, and then click on STUDENT. They will have to register first before they can begin to enter orders. When your students enter in orders they will be asked to enter in the consumer information. The only thing that is required is the first and last name but please ENCOURAGE your students to enter in the consumer’s mobile number. Having consumer mobile numbers allow teachers to send one- way text via iFreshCountry to them. This will be a very powerful tool in the future to boost your sales.

Your Organization Code is: iFreshCountry Student Registration Screen Your Organization Code is: MHBBF9610

Teacher Instructions What to do after your Kick-off Teacher Instructions What to do after your Kick-off? Over the next two weeks you will be receiving money from your students, writing receipts, and making deposits. Fresh Country encourages you to make deposits as you receive money from you students daily. If you have to hold money overnight, be sure to put it in a safe. Most likely you don’t have a safe in your Ag. Department so check with your Principal or Business Office.

Teacher Instructions What to do after your Kick-off Teacher Instructions What to do after your Kick-off? After the Kick-Off your fund raiser has just begun. Now it’s time for the big push! Visit with your students DAILY to check on their progress. Check to see how many packages each student has sold. Encourage your students! Display both your High Sales and Individual Sales Rewards on the board in your classroom throughout the sale and discuss them daily! Remember that if you forget about the fund raiser, many of your students will too!! Don’t let that happen so PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!!!!

Thank you for choosing Fresh Country Fund Raising!