With Valentine’s Day approaching, there’s no better time to get ready to do a candy gram fundraiser. Candy Gram fundraisers are perfect for sororities and fraternities and other groups that have a large social circle and are great for getting the word out.

The candy-gram fundraiser works like this: You post your candy gram day or week. On this day or days, your sorority will act like Cupid’s elves and deliver funny messages from secret or not-so-secret admirers to designated recipients. Each message will be bought for a small amount between $0.25 and $2 (the amount is up to you – you want to charge as much as you can but still get people to buy multiple messages). They will write a message on a card that you provide. Attach a Hershey’s Kiss or other desired candy and it will then deliver it at the time and place provided by the sender.

Be specific about delivery times and locations that your “cupids” will leave. If there are certain classes where you can get permission to break for delivery, it makes it particularly easy. You can have a library driver make deliveries at the campus library; this is particularly great during finals or mid term for a pick me up. You can also deliver to dorms or sorority/fraternity houses. Don’t tell the recipient whose secret “kiss” it is. The mystery is what makes it fun. People will be delighted when they receive “kisses” and messages and will hopefully be inspired to send their own messages. Because of this, it’s best to have your fundraiser for a week or so to ensure that everyone who wants to “kiss” your classmates gets a chance to do so.

use your contacts – publicity is key with this fundraiser. Make sure each member of your sorority is reaching out to everyone they know via email, phone, and in person and request as many messages as she can. It’s great because the cards and chocolate kisses are small enough to carry around and get new candy gram messages on the spot and on the go.