Fun Pasta Fundraising Feedback

September 26th, 2012

Marie

Raleigh, NC

I know you all are trying to be helpful by separating pasta into "for girls" and "for boys," but it's coming across as sexist. I mean, dogs are for boys and cats are for girls? Baseball is for boys and gymnastics is for girls? And music is gender specific? Huh? Please consider removing the gender specific categories. They don't make sense and can be construed as offensive to people, which makes me hesitate to share the link. Perhaps you could regroup those into "gifts for kids" or something like that. You guys make great pasta and this is a great service, but I think this part could be improved. Thanks!

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on October 3rd, 2012

Wow Marie, your comments really do open open up a new perspective  on how to present our merchandise, Thank You.  We've not heard this comment before, but we will add your thoughts to our list of customer suggestions as we begin to build our action plans for 2013.  Thank you for sharing your thoughts so constructively.

April 9th, 2012

Vanessa

Tyler,TX

I think that this is a great idea for Grandparents and other relatives that live out of town; however, I would like to be able to list the actual child that the credit for sales should go to instead of "the entire group." Thanks, Vanessa

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on April 12th, 2012

Vanessa,

You can! You will go to participants/orders and either manually type in the name, or upload an entire list to import into the website! Please call or email us if you need further assistance with that!

Thanks!

November 2nd, 2011

Rai

Texas

Love this product, but would love to see BAYLOR pasta added!

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on November 28th, 2011

Thank you for the idea! Unfortunately this pasta did not make our cut for this year, but maybe in 2013!

October 27th, 2011

B, Lucas

Newark, Delaware

This was such a fun fundraiser and exciting for our 1st Fundraiser. People loved the different types of Pasta. It was very easy and the staff was very helpful. Hopefully, we can do this again next year.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on October 31st, 2011

We would LOVE to work with you again!!!

October 21st, 2011

Wendi

Pennsylvania

I really love the fun shapes and themes, but I too am gluten free. So no wheat, barley, rye, or oats for me. I took a risk and bought the meringues. This is a creative fundraiser I enjoyed looking at your products, but would buy more if you had gluten free products.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on October 24th, 2011

Thank you so much for that. We are in the process of adding gluten free so that everyone can enjoy our pasta through fundraising. Keep a look out for 2012!

September 24th, 2011

Christi

Florida

Loved the pasta. My only concern is why does it take so long to receive the online profits? Our team was done and disbanded by the time we received the check for online sales.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on September 26th, 2011

We keep the online sales open until the end of the month after you turn in. In the future, you can call and close your online account earlier. We keep it open that long just to help the groups raise more money on thier website. Let us know next time and we will be happy to close it sooner! Thank you for working with us!

July 2nd, 2011

Kristin

Lycoming/Sullivan Counties - PA

An AWESOME change in your typical fundraiser! Our patrons appreciated something other than the usual candy fundraisers! Love the idea that your friends & family can order their pasta online too! Looking forward to an even better end result next year!

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on July 5th, 2011

Thanks so much for working with us. We hope that all of your friends and family enjoyed it too!

June 1st, 2011

Joshua

Tampa

Everyone kept asking for University of South Florida Pasta. You should make it a new pasta for next year.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on June 7th, 2011

We love all suggestions, we will be sure to pass this suggestion along!

May 19th, 2011

True Sugars Dance team

Lincoln, Nebraska

I loved this fundraiser!! It was so Unique and organization was great, We didnt reach our sales goal, but I felt we would have if all of the girls made as good as an effort as four of them did! It was super easy to sell and the Online sales made it twice as easy. One suggestion is there any way to set up the pasta orders individually where they get sent to each seller\'s house or would this be a mess? Just curious, it was tough sorting out 8 humongous boxes of pasta lol. Our Goal was 6000, and we made 2600.00 so not too bad for first time. Thanks so much!

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on May 20th, 2011

Thanks for your feedback!  Participation is key for any successful fundraiser so hopefully the next time around you can get a few more to participate and be more successful.  We do not pack to the seller so that we can offer you the 40-50% profit on your sales.  We do provide the Order Check-in sheet that helps you line up all your boxes and check everything in before you start to pull each individual's order.  If you check in everything first the distribution process is made that much easier!  We appreciate all feedback and we look forward to working with your group again!

April 27th, 2011

Jenn

PA

I bought the bunny pasta for Easter and was a little disappointed that the color did not stay on wheni it was cooked. Our pasta salad looked almost the same as always. I did order a bunch of other shapes, though, mostly ones w/o color and we look forward to enjoying them.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on April 28th, 2011

Thanks for your feedback Jenn.  Since we use all natural vegetable powders to color our products, the color does tend to fade.  Our collegiate line is the exception however.  We usea bit of food color since fans want their team colors.  We hope you enjoy the rest of our products!

April 20th, 2011

melissa partlow

Hagerstown, MD

Other than the having to separate everything before pick up into very FLIMSY bags & that the order was delivered a week before we supposedly agreed to, we did well. Not near as much participation as we hoped (but thats EVERY fundraiser with our school) Hoping to use you again in the next few years.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on April 28th, 2011

Thanks for your feedback about the bags.  We have heard this before and will start to look into something stronger.  Since we base when your order ships on the time that we receive payment, we do out best to get most orders shipped ASAP and we don't hold them especially around the holidays (i.e. Easter) since many people will want their product for certain occasions.  At this point in the year we are shipping orders within 2-3 working days which means that your order would arrive within 5-7 working days and we clearly communicate our current shipping times once we receive your payment. We hope to work with you again soon and maybe we can work together in the Fall! 

February 12th, 2011

Valerie Gaudreau

Massachusetts

Really enjoyed trying this fundraiser. The customer service was always easy to work with!

February 10th, 2011

Jenny

Newark, Ohio

Parents really enjoyed this fundraiser and it was quite easy on me to organize. I like the option to order online because we were able to reach many family members and friends that live out of state. My only issue was the Pasta Nest sets being on backorder. My suggestion would be that Fun Pasta issues a letter/statement that the organizer can hand out to the sellers. This would have made my life a lot easier. Instead, I was left finding a way to inform sellers of the situation. It would have be nice if I had a letter I could have attached with the rest of the order or handed out.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on February 10th, 2011

Great idea!  We are being proactive this year in building our inventories earlier so hopefully we wont need to use it!

February 1st, 2011

Tracy

Maryland

This was our first time with Fun Pasta and so far it was a huge success.But i do have one reguest I sold to alot of race car drivers and they would like to see some pasta for racing,for example some cars ,checkered flags etc.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on February 1st, 2011

Me too...I love NASCAR so I would love to see a car themed pasta!  I will pass along the request to the owners!  -Lindsey

November 29th, 2010

Kristin T

Rolling Meadows

This was our second year using this fundraiser and had another HUGE success. The staff were extremely helpful. However, I did have many people upset with the substitution. One even said they may not order in the future because they did not get what they wanted. I know that it was a shipping problem, but I wanted to pass over the information.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on November 29th, 2010

Thanks for your feedback, Kristin....we really appreciate our returning groups/customers!  We do apologize for the subs but thought it would be better than customers receiving something that was not good quality.  I can assure you we have never been in this position and hope to never have to do sub items again.  We are working on getting the packaging fixed for the new year to solve the breakage problem. 

October 24th, 2010

Nancy L.

WA

Looking for the tennis pasta? It was a wonderful gift for your tennis coordinator or team captain. Couldn't find it this year?

October 24th, 2010

Leda

AZ

I know my son and I could sell more if you had either ASU (Arizona State University) and/or UofA (University of Arizona) pasta. I am surprised you don't, they are big schools.

Fun Pasta Fundraising Response on October 24th, 2010

We only have the license for the 50 schools in the catalog at this point.  Check back in the future because we will try to add more schools and since those are bigger schools that are asked for, we would consider them. 

September 10th, 2010

amanda

glasgow, ky

nice pasta. wish there was an nfl shaped pasta. my daughter loved the shaped pasta!

August 20th, 2010

Nina

NC

I'm not sure if you guys have one already but I think that there should be a karate pasta. I used to go gymnastics so when I saw that there was a gymnastics one I thought that that was really cool. But now I do karate so I would really apreciate that.

July 12th, 2010

LeCretia D.

AL

I truly appreciate everything you have done to help us with this fundraiser. Many of my parents said the pasta sold itself.

July 12th, 2010

Coach Lawson

Connecticut

Thanks for the wonderful products, great customer service, and most of all providing us with products where we can easily earn 50% on each item sold! That is awesome.