Trader Focus
Evelyn Jetten - Executive Trader from Western Australia
Evelyn Jetten has been a Phoenix Trader since the Company first launched in Australia back in 2006. She regularly hosts fundraising events to support a wide range of charities and local community groups.
Evelyn runs her fundraising events in a few different ways. Some simply involve supplying schools and day care groups with Christmas fundraising flyers and samples, collecting the orders and following up with a stall to increase sales and proceeds for the group. Most of her fundraising however, is done through Coffee & Cards or tabletop events, where 10% of the total sales, if they are under AU$1,000, and 15%, if they over AU$1,000, are donated to charity or local community groups. This year, Evelyn is hoping to raise in excess of AU$500.
“It’s great to be able to give something back to the community or group you are helping and to see the smile on their faces when you give them the proceeds,” said Evelyn.
Belinda Iatrou - Executive Trader from Victoria
Belinda Iatrou has been a Phoenix Trader for a little over two years, during which time she has conducted many fundraising activities. In addition to charitable fundraisers, to raise money to assist the families of children with life-threatening diseases, Belinda has also raised funds for schools, playgroups, dance schools and other organisations.
Along with Coffee & Cards events, Belinda often fundraises by handing brochures out to members of an organisation and nominating a time frame for receiving completed order forms. In this situation, she also sets up a display at the organisation so members and their families are able to view the products. Belinda donates up to 30% of her profits to charity.
She finds the customer response to these activities is extremely positive, with people often commenting that it’s a refreshing change from other fundraisers they have experienced.
Christmas is generally her most popular and successful time of year for fundraising as purchasing festive greeting cards acts as a double donation with part proceeds from the sale of these cards already going to CanTeen as a donation from the Company itself.
By September 2008, Belinda had raised almost AU$500 for a variety of different causes.
“I enjoy the fact that I am giving back to my community and it gives me a real sense of pride and satisfaction to know that my business is helping others that are in less fortunate positions than I am.”
Jasmine Filmer - Executive Trader from Victoria
I signed up to be a Phoenix Trader on the day of the first Meeting in Melbourne, Victoria back in March 2006. My first Phoenix fundraising event was in May 2006 where I hosted a morning tea at my home as part of the World’s Biggest Morning Tea. Since then I have raised money for a variety of organisations and community groups, including local Fire Brigades, Primary Schools, Secondary Colleges, Kindergartens, a Country Women’s Association group and a ladies community weight loss support group! The opportunity to support my local community through selling our gorgeous products is a wonderfully rewarding experience, and I am very proud to have raised in excess of $600 from my fundraising efforts in 2008.
The decision to release Amanda Loverseed’s beautiful Blue Butterfly as Phoenix Trading’s part in the Victorian Bushfire Appeal has enabled me to support a cause that is very close to my heart. My ‘day job’ is with Land and Fire Management within one of Victoria’s emergency services agencies, and I am thrilled to have played a part in supporting this wonderful cause. I ordered 1000 of these gorgeous cards and am very happy to report that I have sold them all in just two weeks. Having kept 50 for my personal use, I am looking forward to this being my card of choice for 2009!
Thank you Phoenix Trading for bringing so many smiles to the faces of Victorian’s who have purchased this stunning card, knowing that $2 from the sale of each card was going directly to the Appeal. My fundraising efforts for this year have commenced with my personal donation of $600 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal (from the purchase of my 1000 cards), and my aim is to raise a total of over $1000 for 2009.