I cannot count how many Breast Cancer fundraisers I have been to in the past 2 years.  There have been fundraising themes such as “Dancing for Boobies”, “Drink for Boobs”, “Bowling for Boobies”, etc.  I’ve donated Scentsy Gift Baskets and lots of money for many of these events, and others, and am going to have my first Breast Cancer Scentsy Fundraiser in September in New York even though we’re in Seattle! We are very excited and are really hoping that it does well so we can give a lot of money to a great cause -  we’ll follow up on this post.   Cross your fingers!

Do you have a special cause that you’d like to raise funds for? Not all fundraisers need to be the traditional School/PTA type…  A Scentsy Fundraiser can help anyone or any group very quickly.

I recently heard from another Scentsy Consultant who held a fundraiser for a child in her local community who didn’t have medical insurance and was injured.  The community rallied and purchased over $9000 in Scentsy Products which brought in $3000 for the family to pay some of the medical bills!

I know of a couple of kids who wanted to travel to Europe for the Summer after finishing High School.  They sold Scentsy for a fundraiser to pay for their trip.  They not only earned enough to pay for all 3 of their trips but also had earned enough to put cash in their pockets to pay for food!

Do you know of a family who’s been hit hard by the economy and could use some extra cash to pay some bills?  How about the Holidays?  Does your church or local community have a “family tree” where you can select a family to help out with presents, a tree and a holiday meal?

Not only can you raise a little, or even a LOT, of money for your special cause, a Scentsy Fundraiser is very easy to put together.  There’s the traditional fundraiser where everyone in your group who is going door-to-door or to family and friends and collecting orders via our special fundraising packets.  There’s the Home Party where everyone who comes to your home has a standard party and then, there’s the Basket Party Fundraiser (like the one happening in NY in September) where a few friends are taking our Scentsy Basket Party to work, friends, etc. and collecting orders to raise funds for their charity/cause.

Any way you choose to have a Fundraiser, your Scentsy Consultant gives a portion, or ALL, of their commissions back to that cause!  We give 100% of our commissions back to your Scentsy Fundraiser! Also, depending on how well a fundraiser does, we get a bonus that we also apply!  It only takes a few days to plan and put together a Scentsy Fundraiser and…they can last anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks (or longer in some cases) and is a really quick way to bring in some money!

Scentsy believes in giving back more than you receive.  The Scentsy Family Foundation has added a new Charitable Cause Warmer for the Fall/Winter Season to spread a message of hope to breast cancer survivors and their families.  Scentsy will make a donation from the sale of each “Love, Life, Hope Warmer to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) whose mission is to save lives through early detection and provide mammograms to those in need.  You can get your own Love, Life, Hope Warmer starting September 1st and support this great cause!  Check out the warmer below. 

If you’re interested in learning more about hosting a Scentsy Fundraiser, please let us know!  We’d be happy to answer all of your questions!

Shawn & Wendy Robinson
Scentsy Independent Directors
425-442-0909
wickfree@gmail.com
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Kelly Baize of Gatesville Texas!

Keri Pankratz of Marshfield Wisconsin!  Keri is our 1st consultant in Wisconsin – Yippee!

Kelli Nesbitt of College Station Texas!

Araceli Fernandez of Cedar Park Texas!

Tiffany Gabel of Olathe Kansas!  Tiffany is our 1st consultant in Kansas!  We are so excited to have you on our team!

Jasmine Day of Denver Colorado!  Jasmine is our 1st consultant in Denver!  Welcome!

Felicitas Angel of Yigo Guam!  As of July there are 137 Scentsy Consultants in Guam and, 10% of ALL Guam consultants are on OUR Team!  How cool!

Debra Null of Asan Guam!

Marie Haskins of Arlington Washington!

Jo-Anne Anderson of Medicine Hat Alberta Canada!

Sherri Moxma of Edson Alberta Canada!

Courtney Bryant of Glen Burnie Maryland!

Shauna Wagman of Cold Lake Alberta Canada!

Nori Heyen of Hondo Texas!

Janille Thompson of Modesto California!

Jessica De Weber of Linden California!

Salina Haslett of Renton Washington!

Elizabeth Zink of Youngstown Alberta Canada!

Jadrianne Martinsen of Salt Lake City Utah!  Jade is our 1st consultant in Utah which is fun because Scentsy was founded in Utah!  Welcome to our team!

Devona Bernett of Stanwood Washington!

Congratulations to all of our New Scentsy Consultants!  You’ve all joined forces with a fantastic company and now have the opportunity to not only make money and earn free products for yourselves while having fun, but…you also can earn trips/vacations/getaways, earn bonus’s and prizes!

Also, there’s some very exciting news:  Scentsy, Inc. was listed #19 in Inc. 500′s fastest growing, privately held companies. They were #3 in annual revenues and #1 in product! Impressive! For all of those entreprenuers out there: Keep on keeping on! Six years ago Heidi & Orville Thompson were $700K in debt. Today, they are co-owners of a $500M company! Believe in your dreams!

If you are looking for a local Scentsy Rep in your area, please contact us!  We now have consultants in the following locations:

Continental USA:  Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Islands: Puerto Rico & Guam

Canada:  Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Saskatchewan

This started a long conversation with the kids about people struggling to survive on the streets, keep or find a job, pay bills, take care of their families, drugs & alcohol, etc.   The cross street, where this man was sleeping, is notorious for pan handlers and for having a community of ‘regulars’ who work the corners for change.  During our conversation, my daughter was very upset.  She is very sensitive and was worried about this man and others like him.  At the end of our discussion she said, “Mommy, if I could make a wish I’d ask for world peace or for no one to ever be homeless!”  For a split second I smiled because it sounded like a Miss USA Pageant answer but I could hear by the way she said it that she was very serious.

Then, when we picked up Shawn, the kids told him about the sleeping homeless man.  He then told some stories about where he grew up, in a rough area of Seattle.  The kids couldn’t get enough of the stories of things that happened, people who lived on his street, etc.  Shawn finished by telling the kids that they’ll never have to worry about being homeless or living in a rough neighborhood and trying to make it to adulthood.

I’m writing this post today because I couldn’t get the vision of the man on the sidewalk, nor the conversation I had with the kids & Shawn, out of my head.  It really got me thinking, a lot, about different times in our life where we thought we might end up without a roof over our heads. We’ve had a lot of financial struggles and did wonder, at times, if we’d have to live in our tent or van or something.  Every time I had these thoughts I fought to work harder and better to make sure that our kids always had a roof over their heads and never had to worry about where our next meal was coming from or if when our power or water would be turned back on!

We’ve made a lot of stupid financial and business decisions as well as having some unfortunate economy based problems occur that were out of our control.  We could have just given up each time these things happened and felt sorry for ourselves.  Sometimes I did cry or not sleep – at all- because of the stress that this puts on you – Shawn too!  Still, Shawn and I woke up every day and kept plugging away.

20 months ago, Shawn took a leap and joined Scentsy and became a consultant.  He didn’t know what to expect but he knew he loved the warmers, scents and the idea of online marketing as a way to make some extra money – which we desperately needed.  We didn’t realize it at the time but this was a pivotal time in our lives and Joining was a defining moment.

Looking back, Shawn saved us, in more ways than one, by making the decision to think outside the ‘job’ box.  He just knew that even if we stunk at the business that we had to at least try to do something to get us out of our situation.  We never thought that we’d now have a team of over 200 consultants all across the USA, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico.  We had no idea that we’d make enough for me to work from home full time or to earn trips to Hawaii (which we did), bonus’s and prizes!  This time next year we’ll be able to travel during the summer with the kids and put them in sports and activity camps (if they want) without stressing out about how we’ll come up with the money to do it.

I’m not saying that you can just join Scentsy or other Direct Selling companies and you’ll be magically in a better ‘place’ – we worked very hard to get where we are now and continue to push ourselves each day to get to a position where we are never again fearful of losing our home!

If you are looking to ensure financial stability for you and your family then you can’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself (at least for more than a day) and hope for someone or something to come along to rescue you.  YOU are the only one who can improve your financial situation and take care of your family – now and in the future.

Times are really tough right now and we are seeing more and more people we know who are struggling to make ends meet.  Most of them are waiting for work to pick up or for a ‘job’ to pull them out of their financial crisis.  While it’s good to make sure that you have stable work and can meet your basic bills and needs, it won’t really increase your income.  I’ve never had a Job in which the more hours I worked the more time I had to spend with my family – have you?  Most the people I know who work more than one job have been doing so for a long time and don’t see that trend ending anytime soon.  Most of the time it seems like they really only make a few hundred extra dollars a month.  They are trading their time for money and usually…the money’s not that great.   Very part-time Scentsy consultants can make a few hundred extra dollars a month by having one or two fun parties a month that take just 1-3hrs of your time instead of 20hrs a week.  That sounds a whole lot more fun and a much better way to use your time – just saying!

My point is, if you don’t make a change then you won’t get a different result!  How many of you keep telling people that you don’t have money to do this or that?  You don’t have time to do stuff with your family?  Can’t take a day off of work for fear of losing your job?  I can go on and on with the things we hear that people “can’t” do.  What we almost never hear is, “I’m sick of not having any money, working in a job that doesn’t pay me enough, not having any time to spend with my family…I’m ready to take a leap and make a change so I never have to say that again!”  When we finally did that, everything changed for us!

A friend of ours just lost her job the other day.  She posted on FB that she didn’t even like her job in the first place but that it really ‘hurt’ to lose her income.  I immediately thought, “Awesome!  Now she can find something to do that she loves instead of doing something she can’t stand!”  I saw this as a GOOD thing for her!  Instead of telling her how sorry I was for her and not to worry and that she’d find a job soon, I told her that I wanted to meet and discuss doing what I do to see if it was something that she’d like.  She said that she was grateful and honored that I’d even think of her!  Isn’t that crazy?  Now, she might not want to Join Scentsy, but at least she’ll know that she has more options than just a crummy job.
We can make anything out of our lives – if we want to.  I mean ‘really’ want to. You can’t just wish it and ‘poof’ it happens.  You’ve got to be dedicated to do the work that goes into changing your life and tweaking how you think!  When we have a friends, family or consultants who are trying to make changes in their lives, we bend over backwards to offer our support!  Taking a ‘chance’ can be very scary so you need all the support you can get!

Good luck to all of you in finding your path to a better future.  Whatever you decided to do…give it your all!

Here’s how the contest works for August:

1. Please make a comment BELOW on THIS POST to be entered in a drawing to win 1 Free Scentsy Warmer and 1 Candle Bar of your choice OR one of our New Scentsy Buddy’s along with a Scent Pak! It’s your choice!
2. Please provide your name and email address so I can contact you if your name is drawn. (Your email address will NOT be displayed publicly)
3. Contest Ends Midnight 8/31/10

Also, if you are interested in purchasing any Scentsy Products or Joining this month, we have some very special deals:

• 10% off of most items online and in our Spring/Summer Catalog.  If you place your order with us, over the phone, we’ll give you free shipping AND TAX this month!
• Anyone who Joins Scentsy in August, a Transition Month, will receive (for the same low price of $99) both the Spring/Summer & Fall/Winter Catalogs and Party Testers – That’s double the catalogs and 23 extra Scent Testers along with all of the other great stuff that comes in your kit:  Full Size Warmer, Business cards, Invitations, Room Spray, etc.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Shawn & Wendy Robinson
Scentsy Independent Directors
425-442-0909
wickfree@gmail.com

Make sure that you check out our contest for August!

Congratulations again Carol!