I have to put my 2 cents in here. Years ago I helped buy ingredients for, got helpers to make and bake pies for a bake sale to benefit the homeless shelter. The pies sold for $3.50 to $5.00 each until towards the end of the event one of the organizers said she'd buy the pies that were left over for a donation...her donation amounted to $1.00 per pie. I NEVER donated to, helped make or bake another pie for that organization. This same person bought the Artisan breads that were made for the sale for 50 cents a loaf, fudge for 50 cents a plate and had EVERYTHING gone before the event even ended then she bragged about
having all her holiday baking done and in the freezer at the next organization meeting. I was pretty furious!
On a more positive note, our quilt group made a quilt that was raffled off for a really wonderful cause. They sold tickets for months, had it on display in a number of places and business' around town and had a nice article in the newspaper about the quilt...I think they sold over $7,000 worth of tickets for the raffle. HUGE success and we, the makers of the quilt, were all thrilled.