A community fundraising program by Early's Farm & Garden Centre

Grow your fundraising goals while helping your community grow beautiful gardens.
Early’s Seeds for Success is a simple and rewarding fundraising program designed for schools, clubs, sports teams, and non-profit organizations. By selling quality garden seeds to friends, family, and supporters, your organization can raise funds while offering products people will actually use during the growing season.

Why Seed Fundraisers Work

• Practical and useful products – People actually want garden seeds!
• Affordable for supporters – Easy to sell to friends, family, and community members
• Supports local gardening – Helps grow healthy plants and pollinators in your community
• Easy to organize – Early’s provides seed lists, order forms, and clear instructions

Step-by-Step: How the Fundraiser Works

Step 1 – Contact Early’s

A representative from your organization contacts Early’s to express interest in participating in the Seeds for Success Fundraiser.

We will review how the fundraiser works, answer any questions, and establish a timeline and order deadline that works for your organization.

Step 2 – Receive Fundraising Materials

Once your fundraiser is confirmed, Early’s will provide the materials needed to get started.

These may include:

• Seed catalogue or seed list
• Order forms
• Fundraiser instructions

Your organization can then begin promoting the fundraiser to supporters in your community.

Step 3 – Collect Orders & Payments

Supporters browse the available seed selections and place orders through your organization members.

Your organization will:

• Collect completed order forms
• Collect payments from supporters

Payments are made directly to the fundraising organization, not to Early’s.

Step 4 – Submit All Individual Orders

When the fundraiser deadline arrives, your organization gathers all individual orders collected from supporters & submits them together to Early’s

• Each supporter’s order will remain separate and clearly identified so it can be packed individually.

Step 5 – Order Preparation & Final Invoice

Once the orders are received, the Early’s team will:

• Review all submitted orders
• Pick the seeds for each individual supporter’s order
• Package each order separately and clearly labeled with the supporter’s name

After all orders are prepared, Early’s will provide one invoice to the fundraising organization for the combined total of all orders, with the applicable fundraising discount applied.

The organization then submits one payment for the full order amount.

Seed varieties will be substituted if unavailable.

Step 6 – Pickup & Distribution

Once payment has been received, the completed orders will be released to the organization.

Orders can be:

• Picked up by the organization at Early’s Farm & Garden Centre, or
  • Shipped to the organization(shipping charges may apply)

All orders will be individually packed and clearly labeled, making them easy for the organization to sort and distribute.

The organization is responsible for delivering the correct orders to each supporter.

Individual customer pickup at Early’s is not available.

Fundraising Earnings

Your organization earns funds through a discount applied to the final combined order total.

Example

If your group sells $1,200 worth of seeds:

Total sales collected: $1,200
Discount applied: 20% ($240)

Your organization pays Early’s $960 and keeps $240 as fundraising profit.

The discount applies only to the organization’s final order and is not applied to individual customer purchases.

Who Can Participate?

The Seeds for Success fundraiser is available to:

• Schools
• Sports teams
• Clubs
• Community groups
• Non-profit organizations

Important Notes

• Fundraiser timelines and deadlines are set individually with each organization
• Orders must be submitted as one combined submission
• Payment is made once for the full order total
• Seed varieties may be substituted if unavailable
• Shipping is available for an additional cost
• Individual supporter pickup at Early’s is not available

Organization Responsibilities

The participating organization is responsible for:

• Promoting the fundraiser
• Collecting orders and payments from supporters
• Submitting all orders to Early’s
• Paying the final invoice
• Distributing completed orders to supporters

Get Started

To start your Early’s Seeds for Success Fundraiser, contact:

Audra Senger (Media Manager): 

Phone: 1-800-667-1159
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Let’s grow something great together!