I hope that there are many of you planning to donate candy for Boo at the Zoo. It is a great opportunity for publicity both for adoption as a whole, and for individual couples.
We wanted to provide a bit more information, and a few ideas!
The Zoo has asked for us not to use penny candy. Please respect their wishes in your candy selection. I have been pricing candy all over town! WalMart has a chocolate mix for $8 that contains 95 pieces of candy. Costco contains a similar mix for $13 with 150 pieces of candy. I have found a printable $2 off coupon. With this coupon, you can get a 4lbs bag of Wonka candy at Albertson's for $4. Sweet Tarts & Laughy Taffy are both flat.
If you are currently hoping to adopt we’d encourage you to attach your personal information on each piece of candy. This can be done in a variety of ways. Please be creative! If you are concerned about the cost there are many ways that are inexpensive. You can print tags any size you’d like. You could easily get 20 on a page with a simple message “Hoping to Adopt, jaromandcandiseadopt.blogspot.com” “Hoping to Adopt, itsaboutlove.org, search Jarom & Candise”
You can print your information on adhesive labels and attach them to candy. The Hershey’s Mix is great for this; lots of flat candy bars! Labels are inexpensive, and easy to use.
Purchase business card templates and print a low-cost pass along card to tape to candy.
The possibilities are endless. I think you could easily donate 200 pieces of candy with your information attached for less than $25.
Also, if you are working on your home study, but are not currently approved you are still welcome to donate candy with your blog address on it. Your blog can later direct people to your itsaboutlove.org profile once your home study has been approved.
And lastly, you can donate a bag of candy without any personal information on it. With EVERY piece of candy we will hand out general adoption information with the website. We would appreciate your donations whether you include personal information or not!
Candy can be dropped off in Idaho Falls at the LDSFS Office, 1600 John Adams Pkwy. If you are interested in dropping of candy in Rexburg please reply to this e-mail and let me know. We’d like all the candy dropped off by Friday the 2nd.
