Mattress Fundraiser, Sunday, October 28 – 10AM – 5PM
Why would anyone come to your high school to buy a mattress?
- Price: We will be selling the SAME mattresses as stores for up to 50% less. The average mattress costs about $2000 in a store.
- Support: Every purchase benefits your program.
How can we offer up to 50% off on the same mattresses as regular stores?
- We are hosting our 1-day sale at the school for FREE. That means we can sell the same mattresses without having to add the costs of renting a mattress store.
What do we need to do in order to hit our fundraising goal?
- For us to reach our goal, we need every student and parent’s help in finding at least 2 people to attend our event that are currently in need of a mattress.
How many people actually need a mattress?
- 1 out of every 10 people you know will purchase a new bed this year. About 300 mattresses are purchased in your area EVERY week.
Who should we be talking to about our Mattress Fundraiser?
- Family members, friends, co-workers, friends from church, etc.
5 Fun Mattress Tips and Facts
- Jeff Bezos, the creator of Amazon and the current richest man on Earth, gets eight hours of sleep each night.
- An eight-year-old mattress contains more than 10 pounds of dead skin cells.
- The phrase “hit the hay” comes from a time when mattresses were made out of a cloth sack filled with hay or other plant material. People would literally have to beat their bed against the wall or with a stick before they went to bed, to make sure there weren’t bugs or small animals living inside.
- Your pillow will double in weight every three years thanks to the collection of dust mites!
- You sleep with 1.5 million dust mites every night.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Do we deliver? Yes, and it’s FREE
- Do we take away the old mattress/box spring? Yes, and it’s FREE
- How long does it take to be delivered? Between 2-3 weeks. We pre-schedule the delivery date at the event so customers leave knowing what day to expect delivery.
- What are the warranties like? We order our mattresses directly through the factory. They are made from scratch in whatever size the customer ordered. It will be delivered with a full factory warranty, just like in a mattress store.
- What forms of payment do we accept? All forms of payment. Cash/checks (preferred), as well as all major cards. We even have a no credit needed financing option, which allows customers to pay off their mattress in 90-days interest free.
- What else will we be selling at our 1-day sale? Pillows, protectors, sheets, universal and highrise bed frames, adjustable lifestyle power bases. Every single purchase at our event benefits YOUR Program.
Special Discounts:
- Faculty/Staff, first responders, active/retired military members and their families will all receive an additional 10% off their entire purchase.