Candle Fundraisers

Raise real money with something people actually want

Most fundraisers ask people to buy something they do not need at a price nobody loves. This one does not. Every candle is hand poured by us in York, Pennsylvania, with coconut apricot wax and a crackling wooden wick, and half of every dollar goes straight to your cause.

The numbers, in plain English

  • Each candle is 7 ounces and sells for $15.
  • Your group keeps $7.50 of every candle. A full 50 percent.
  • Sell 100 candles and you raise $750. Sell 250 and you raise $1,875.
  • No upfront cost. You do not buy inventory, you do not front a dime, and you are never stuck with leftovers.

What We Provide

  • A ready to print order form to pass out to your group.
  • A seasonal lineup of 12 scents to choose from.
  • An online ordering option for supporters who live out of town, shipped straight to them.
  • Bags for sorting and handing out orders at the end, if you want them.

How it works

  1. You tell us your group, your goal, and roughly when you want to run it.
  2. We send you order forms and the scent lineup for that season.
  3. Your people sell. Buyers pay by cash or check, made out to your organization, and hand the form back to whoever is running it.
  4. Anyone out of town orders through our website instead and we ship it to them. Those orders get credited to your campaign and squared up in the final total.
  5. On your end date, you send us one final count and payment. You keep your half right off the top.
  6. We pour every candle to order, then get them back to you sorted by scent.

Timeline

Plan on four to six weeks from kickoff to candles in hand. Campaigns usually run two to four weeks, and we need at least two weeks after the forms and payment come in to pour and finish everything. If you are aiming at a specific date, work backward from it and give yourself a little cushion.

Tighter than that? Ask anyway. There are two of us and we are pretty good at making things work. Tell us the date you are up against and we will tell you honestly whether we can hit it.

Who this works for

School clubs, PTOs, sports teams, marching bands, cheer squads, scout troops, church groups, animal rescues, class trips, senior projects, and families raising money for a medical bill or a funeral. If you have people willing to ask, this works.

A few honest notes

  • The scent lineup is seasonal and locked at 12 options when your campaign starts. It keeps production sane and it keeps your order form from turning into a menu nobody reads.
  • Every candle is poured to order, so the final count you send us is final. Build in a couple extra if you think someone will want one at the last second.
  • Checks get made out to your organization, not to us. You collect, then you write us one check for our half.
  • We are a two person shop, so we take a limited number of fundraisers at a time. Reach out early, especially in the fall.

Start a fundraiser

Tell us about your group and what you are raising money for. We answer every one of these ourselves, usually within two business days.