Gourmet fundraising has now been expanded to include delightfully scented pencils and pens. The uniqueness of this fundraiser has made it a hot one in classrooms across the country, appealing to parents as an eco-friendly, usable option, and as a cool collector item for kids who like to collect special pencils and pens.
Smencils are created from recycled newspapers, making them extremely eco-friendly and fun to sharpen as you can see the rippled layers of newsprint as the shavings peel away. The different fragrances are environmentally friendly as well, and even the erasers are 100% biodegradable. Smencils come in resealable plastic tubes set in a plastic bucket – both tubes and bucket are made from bio-degradable plastic manufactured from corn!
There is enormous variety available when it comes to choosing one of these products for your ‘go-green’ fundraiser. Smencils come in the following scents:
- Bubble Gum
- Cinnamon
- Tropical Blast
- Grape
- Cotton Candy
- Black Cherry
- Very Berry
- Orange
- Watermelon
- Root Beer
Mini Smencils can be obtained in 2-packs with a single scent applicator of bubble gum, pineapple, strawberry or marshmallow. Colored Smencils correlate colors with scents:
- Pink
- Red
- Yellow
- Purple
- Light Blue
- Black
- Dark Blue
- Orange
- Green
- Brown
Smart Smencils come in a bright peppermint scent, which has been scientifically proven to ‘wake up’ kids and increase mental agility and concentration during class time and test taking! You can also opt for seasonal Smencils for the holidays, even Smalentines! Scented pens are also now available under the trademarked moniker, SMENS.
Smencils are great for teaching kids about conservation. Each Smencil is made from sheets of 100% recycled newspaper. These are rolled tightly around a #2 graphite-writing core to form a standard thickness pencil. Next, the pencils are hardened until they can be sharpened like a wooden pencil. Then the Smencils are soaked with liquid gourmet scents, and after drying erasers are attached and a flavor sticker added to identify the Smencils unique scent!
The ecological commitment of the folks who manufacture Smencils is clear – they are intent on saving trees, one pencil at a time, and so use only materials and processes that are good for the planet. Using newspapers to make something people use every day, and preventing trees from being used to make that same product, means that more trees are left to help deal with man-made pollution. One average sized tree can filter 60 lbs of air pollution a year! An average tree can also be used to make about 172,000 wood pencils… but it only take 430 newspapers to make the same number of Smencils.
Promoting Smencils as a fundraiser product is easy when you let people know how much they can help to save a tree, just by purchasing Smencils. Best of all – kids love them and will actually use them, too! Smencils can be ordered in convenient lots of five hundred, and sold for twice what they cost for a 50% profit! Also, if you run out halfway through your fundraiser, don’t worry – you can continue to sell and know that you’ll have new stock in as little as 3-5 days.
