2011 Testimonials

If you are an existing fundraiser partner, we would love to hear from you!  Good or bad, please send us your testimonials to be posted here or leave us a comment at the bottom of this page.

We love the poinsettias!! They looked beautiful and the customers have loved them! Thanks again for working with us!

Michelle Sharp
Martin City Middle School
Kansas City, MO
December 19, 2011

We received the poinsettias and they were beautiful! We sold every one the very next day. We will definitely be ordering again next year and will increase our orders for sure.

Kim New
Agriculture Science Instructor
Manvel High School FFA
Manvel, TX
December 6,  2011

I just wanted to let you know that all the orders were correct. The plants are beautiful and the Grissom parents are pleased. Look forward to doing business with you again next year. Thank you.

Cheri Crysel
Grissom High School
Huntsville, AL
December 5, 2011

Just got them out and sorted, they look awesome!

Kayla Turner
Cypress-Springs AST, FFA Advisor
Cypress Springs, TX
December 1, 2011

Thank you very much for your service. The poinsettias are beautiful.

Veronica Aguilar, Secretary
EISD Technology Department
San Antonio, TX
December 1, 2011

2010 Testimonials

The cutest picture ever with your beautiful poinsettias!

Sheila Walter
Bentonville Band Boosters
Bentonville, Arkansas
December 27, 2010

Polk County 4-H is very pleased with our Poinsettia fundraiser. Of our 1000 plants, we sold 810 of them. The others were donated to the hospital, assisted living home, and two nursing homes. There were a few we discarded after they were used in the Christmas parade to advertise our fundraiser….

We want to participate again next Christmas with 1000 plants. We learned a lot and hopefully built a good client base to make the program even more successful next year.

Carla
Polk County 4-H
Polk County, Arkansas

Yes, we would like to book 2011!! The plants are beautiful …everyone is happy!! Thank you so much for your assistance …I also appreciate your working so well with Laura in my absesnce on the delivery ….Merry Christmas !!!

Gail Grauer
Shiloh Falls Garden Club
Counce, TN
December 10, 2010

The easiest $4,000 dollars we have ever made! Thank you for accommodating our needs and guiding me through this process. The poinsettias are absolutely stunning! Better than we imagined. Thanks again.

Sheila Walter
Bentonville Band Boosters
Bentonville, AR
December 7, 2010

Yes, we would like to pre order poinsettias for 2011.  We enjoyed this years fundraiser with you and plan on using you for many years.  Thanks again for your help and cooperation!

Musically,

Skylar McHan – Band Director
Ider Band
Ider, Alabama
December 7, 2010

…the poinsettias are BEAUTIFUL!!  Thanks!

Buffy DuPont
Durham Elementary
Houston, TX
December 7, 2010

I just wanted to tell you how beautiful the plants are. Everyone loved them. Thank you so much. This was an easy fundraiser.  You were such a joy to work with and made everything so easy for us.

Ruth
Mansfield High School Choir
Mansfield, TX
December 3, 2010

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Barry Denton, Clarksville HS FFA
Clarksville, AR

The plants are gorgeous! Even the kids thought they were impressive and think this is the easiest fundraiser they’ve done. We’re talking about doing to Mother’s Day Zinnias fundraiser in the spring!

Thanks so much for all your help!

Katie D. Ballard
Liberty High School | Agriculture Science Teacher, FFA Advisor
Frisco, TX
December 1, 2010

Just wanted to drop you a little note to tell you that the hanging baskets are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!  I have had so many people want to know if I have anymore to sell.

I have enjoyed doing business with you and look forward to using your company again next year.  Thanks for all your help!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Neal
Rowlett Elementary PTA
Garland, TX
Spring 2010

I have done this fundraiser for several years at different schools and the flowers always come in when promised and look absolutely beautiful! Every year I have new people who are amazed how large and vibrant the flowers are for the price! Thank you so much and I plan on using you again next year!

Grandview School District
Michelle Sharp
Kansas City, Missouri

While we do our utmost to produce and ship the best quality of plants possible, we do not always satisfy every customer.  If you are new and decide to order with us or are an existing customer, please let us know if there is a problem at the earliest possible time so that we have the opportunity to rectify the problem.

We have just finished the most disappointing poinsettia sale ever!  As I expressed to you on the phone, the 6 inch plants that you shipped us were the worst we have ever received.

Wally Siffermann
Men’s Village Garden  Club
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas

All testimonials below this point are prior to 2010

I just wanted to thank Parks Brothers for a wonderful fundraising experience.  My group raised over $6000.00! You guys really went the extra mile to make sure all of our needs were met.  I just wanted to say THANK YOU and to let you know we will be using your company again!  I have already recommended your company to another group!

Thanks again,
Renee Sadler
Jenks High School Pom Boost Club
December 11, 2008

The sales staff was VERY helpful throughout the process and worked with us on very short notice. Delivery was smooth and on time! It was a great fundraiser and the people who bought the poinsettias from us were impressed and thankful for the beautiful plants.

Ottawa High School Yearbook
Michelle Wilmes
Ottawa, KS

The staff is very helpful. This was my first year as the Botany teacher and I had not realized all of the items that I needed to do by the end of October. Your staff was extremely helpful in helping me to get organized and develop an order for my class.  Thank you so much.

Reeds Spring Botany Class
Becky Allen
Reeds Spring, MO

I was very impressed with the company staff and the plants were beautiful. It was an easy fund raiser with minimal planning. Thanks for your help in making our event a success.

Allan Strickland
Wester Middle School Choir
Frisco, Texas

I want to thank you and your staff for being such a great help and so patient with me.  This is the first fundraiser I have headed for our softball team and you all made it such an easy task and we cleared over $3600.00 in just a two week period of sales.  We started late and it was rushed, but there is no way we could have made such a quick, easy profit with anything else.  Our moms are very excited about doing this again next year.   I won’t be involved because my youngest is graduating,  YEA!   But,  I know they will do even better because we just didn’t have the time to reach everyone we could have.  The poinsettias were BEAUTIFUL and everyone that we delivered to was very pleased and we are still getting compliments about them.  Again, thank you so much and here’s wishing you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The Caldwell Parish Lady Spartans Softball Team
Columbia, Louisiana

We want to thank you again for your great customer service and the great product you provided us. We ending up making somewhere around a $1000!!! We now all can go on spring break thanks you guys! Go ahead and put us down for next year!

Ashley Ratliff and the Avila Women’s Golf Team
Avila University
Kansas City, Missouri

I am last year’s President of the Langham Creek JROTC Booster Club. Last year was our first opportunity to work with Parks Brothers. We chose the Poinsettia fundraiser. We had looked at other alternatives and decided to work with Parks Brothers because of the very good wholesale price of the plants, the excellent BBB report and the helpful attitude of the employees I spoke with. From the beginning, communication was excellent.

The delivery date became a small issue, as we needed our delivery on a date which might have inconvenienced the company. Our representative was very kind to make adjustments to their delivery schedule in order to deliver the poinsettias on the date we requested. The delivery arrived as promised and within the times quoted. It is a plus that they ship their own plants. It allows them to adjust their schedule as needed & since it is free, or rather, already included in the cost of the plants, we avoided the expense of shipping via FedEx or UPS.

The plants are very beautiful. They are not tall, with lots of green leaves, as one might expect from a retail store. These plants have a striking, deep, rich color and appear as a mound of red, with the green leaves was an accent, rather than as the predominant color. The blooms are very large. Our customers loved the poinsettias.

Packaging was excellent. You are provided with helpful information regarding the care of the plants. Our customers really appreciated the care sheets, which we delivered with each plant. The company does not provide paper copies of the sales sheet, or any other paperwork. These are available to download and print out as needed. We created our own sales sheet, as the one provided by Parks Brothers lists all the colors available. We chose to only offer red poinsettias. At first, I thought this an inconvenience, but once we designed our own sales sheets, we were able to print out just what we needed and customize the sheets to reflect our organization, as well as add additional information which was helpful to the cadets. I will be happy to send you copies of the sales sheet and other paperwork we created so you may get an idea of what you might do.

Last, but not least, there was no pressure to sent payment right away. Through the whole process, the experience was very enjoyable. Our representative & the staff at Parks Brothers were always ready to answer questions & work with us. I would not hesitate to recommend this company to anyone, and am confident we will work with Parks Brothers again this year.

Karen F. Wakefield
President, Langham Creek JROTC Booster Club, SY 2008 – 2009
Houston, Texas

The poinsettias were beautiful.  Thanks so much to the wonderful staff, this was a great experience!  Dwight was wonderful to walk me through and help me along the way.

Tonya Ford
Dallas Texan Soccer Club West
Lewisville, Texas

The plants that we receive from Parks Brothers Farm have always been of exceptional value. In the last 3 years we have been able to consistently increase our order size due to word of mouth. Our customers know, Parks Brothers poinsettias are the best!

Kathleen Velek, Event Coordinator
Pulaski County Youth Services
Little Rock, Arkansas
2007

The poinsettia sale was a great success! The quality and service was very good. Since this was our first time to sell poinsettias we le
arned a lot. The customers were well satisfied and we had nothing but praise from them. We will definitely sell again! Thanks…

Ted Arthur
Edmond FFA
Edmond, Oklahoma

After years of fundraising, this is by far the easiest way of raising money I have ever been a part of. The poinsettia plants speak for themselves ~ quality, beauty, and top of the line in the care of the plants. The professionalism of the staff and customer service is second to none! The outcome of this successful business relationship has planted a seed of success for our program, and we are looking forward to watching that seed grow for many years to come, thanks to Parks Brothers Farm.

Becky Horton
Mustang North Middle School
Vocal Music Department
Mustang, Oklahoma
2007

Parks Brothers Farm saved the day for us this year. We over sold poinsettias during our winter fundraiser and needed a new grower to step up and help fill our orders. The folks at Parks Brothers met and then exceeded our expectations. All the poinsettias were big and beautiful. Delivery fit our schedule and above all, their price allowed us a greater profit margin. Our customers loved the Parks Brothers poinsettias and so do we!

Mark Butler, Advisor
Texas High FFA
Texarkana, Texas
2007

Poinsettia sale is becoming a Christmas tradition at Alpena.  This sale makes our chapter some much needed funds.

Chris Adams
Alpena FFA Advisor
Alpena, Arkansas
2007

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