How Is the Check From Pampered Chef Written?

[shelly.nurse]

Our local NICU wants to do a fundraiser for their annual NICU reunion. My question is this: If they are not an official organization with a tax id and checking account, how does the check that PC issues written. Can it be made out to the chairperson, or what? This is my first fundraiser, so I am a little lost, and there is not much information on the actual PC website, just going by what I am finding here. By the way, since I am not able to make it to most of the cluster meetings in my area, is the only thing I have to keep myself active!! Thanks to you all.

 

[NooraK]

The check cannot be made payable to a person, it has to be payable to some sort of an organization. However, it doesn't have to be an "official" organization. Find out how someone would write out a check if they were doing a donation to the NICU and what they would do with that check. It can be something as simple as "So-and-so Hospital NICU" as long as it's not a person.

 

[pcchefjane]

I did a fundraiser for a Gymnastics Club last year. I had the check made out to them c/o my name & address so I could get the products in and sort them for the parents. There was no problem with them cashing it...

 

[shelly.nurse]

They are not an official group, they don't have a checking account. I am not sure how donations are handled. It can't be made out to the hospital as it is a military installation. They have such funny rules!! I know when I worked at another military installation, I was part of an informal group that organized some cancer awareness stuff, could not ask for donations, could not hold fundraisers. I could ask for THINGS to be donated, like bottled water and stuff for our 5k run we did. What we did there is pair up with one of the "official" organizations and they did the fundraising on our behalf. I may suggest that.

 

[Tropicalburstqt2]

I'd call HO to make sure how it's written. I did a fundraiser for a school club before and I want to say it was written on to my MIL that was in charge.

 

[melatc]

I know from past experience, the check can NOT be made out to a person; must be made out to an organization. It doesn't matter if it is "Melissa's Knitting Group"...as long as it is not an individual, you are fine. The "organization" can open up a checking account to collect donations; this is the same thing that is done when people pass away & set up funds for families/children, etc...or, for collecting donations for their medical bills. Anyone can set up a checking account for an organization to deposit money into. If you have questions, call Home Office...just be sure to talk to someone who knows about fundraisers.