Gumball/Jawbreaker Machine Earnings

Update (July 2024): Water Gardens theater was recently purchased by Megaplex theaters. We are currently trying to reach someone to learn what will become of Old Yeller. Hopefully we will be able to keep the machine at the theater. Old Yeller has raised over $4,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) over the years. Yay! We are so grateful to Mike Daniels and all of the people at Water Gardens who have so graciously let us keep the machine there for so long. Go enjoy a movie this month and get a jawbreaker! 😀

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Our best fundraiser to date is our gumball/jawbreaker machine, Old Yeller.  Currently it resides at Water Gardens Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah (across from Macey's).  Here is a picture of it in it's current home and a list of it's earnings.  

This list will be updated at the beginning of each month when we collect the jawbreaker money.  Big THANKS again to WATER GARDENS THEATER in PG!!  A great place to watch movies!  $3 movie ticket and concessions for $1, $2 and $3.  Seriously.  Order tickets online without an online service fee.  Reserve seating.  LOVE IT!  And, as an added bonus, you can buy a yummy jawbreaker for a mere 25 cents and help people afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis :-)  Yahoo!

Money Earned

Placed at the Pleasant Grove Water Gardens Theater just before Thanksgiving 2008

Dec. 3, 2008 $65.31

Jan. 6, 2009 $80.28

Feb. 3, 2009 $43.50

Mar. 6, 2009 $10.25

April 3, 2009 $22.00

May 19, 2009 $29.50

Sep. 4, 2009 $90.00 

Dec. 10, 2009 $27.27

Jan. 9, 2010 $22.56

Mar. 16, 2010 $32.00

Placed at Monkey Island in Lehi second week in Dec. 2010

Dec. 30, 2010  $54.80

Mar. 15, 2011 $84.11

June 2011 $91.76

July 16, 2011   $24.30

Sept. 15, 2011 $58.77

Placed at Water Gardens theater Nov. 23, 2011
November 2011: (-$46.98)

Jan. 12, 2012 $135.21

Jan. 2012: (-$93.96)

Feb. 2012: $69.03

March 2012: $58.97

April 2012: $86.25

June 21, 2012: $161.07

July 20, 2012: $64.55

August 10, 2012: $100.78

Sept. 21, 2012: $93.50

Nov. 20, 2012: $143.87

Nov. 20, 2012: (-$93.96)

Jan. 20, 2013: $171.52
March 2013: $151.33
May 2013: $101.08
July 2013: $126.43
July 2013: (-$176.85)
Sept. 2013: $35.45
Nov. 2013: $90.11
Dec. 2013: $40.81
March 2014: $111.71
July 2014: $121.00
August 2014: $67.59 and $91.76
December 2014: $91
January 2015: $50.69
November 2015: $190
December 2015: $34
January 2016: $46.69
March 2016: $50.00
June 2016: $55.00
October 2016: $151.00
May 2017: $35.00
July 2017: $36.00
June 2018: $65.00
September 2018: $52.41
January 2019: $50
June 2019: $60
January 2020: $80
March 2020: $25

June 2021: $90

June 2023: $306 (it's been a while :-)

Note: In November 2011 Old Yeller became a jawbreaker machine.  When it was a gumball machine the gumballs were donated.  Now we buy our own jawbreakers.  It costs us $93.96 for 1700 jawbreakers.  At 25 cents per jawbreaker we will still be able to raise $331.04 for every 1700 jawbreakers sold.  To keep things completely transparent we will mark, on the list above, the money spent on jawbreakers in red. Update: As you can see we haven't marked anything red for over a decade. We ended up just donating the jawbreakers so every penny the machine earns goes to fighting MS.

Jawbreakers!

Old Yeller, our gum ball machine, is now officially a Jawbreaker machine!  And it has found a home for the holidays at the Water Gardens theater in Pleasant Grove. Yahoo!  Thank you Water Gardens!!  So go watch a movie and look for Old Yeller near the front door.  The Jawbreakers are really yummy and I love that they are long-lasting.

Gumball Machine

UPDATE (January 2012):  Old Yeller is now a Jawbreaker machine :-)  We have placed it at the Water Gardens movie theater in Pleasant Grove.  They have been very generous to allow us to keep the machine at their theater.  Water Gardens theater is a great place to see a movie.  $3 movies.  $1, $2 and $3 candy/popcorn.  Great movie selection.  Family-oriented.  Good people.  Go see a movie, get a jawbreaker and tell the management you love the yellow jawbreaker machine :-)

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This is Old Yeller.  Our faithful gumball machine.  We acquired it at a garage sale a few years ago.
In the past it has been placed at The Water Gardens movie theater in Pleasant Grove and at Monkey Island in Lehi.  Currently it is in our garage.  Even though it is still making some money (from our kids and the neighbor kids :-) we would love to see it placed in a business again.  Here are some pictures of the gumball machine and a record of how much we've made with it so far.

Money Earned

Placed at the Water Gardens just before Thanksgiving 2008

Dec. 3, 2008 $65.31

Jan. 6, 2009 $80.28

Feb. 3, 2009 $43.50

Mar. 6, 2009 $10.25

April 3, 2009 $22.00

May 19, 2009 $29.50

Sep. 4, 2009 $90.00 

Dec. 10, 2009 $27.27

Jan. 9, 2010 $22.56

Mar. 16, 2010 $32.00

Placed at Monkey Island second week in December 2010

Dec. 30, 2010  $54.80

Mar. 15, 2011 $84.11

June 2011 $91.76

July 16, 2011   $24.30

Sept. 15, 2011 $58.77
Placed at Water Gardens theater Nov. 23, 2011
Jan. 12, 2012 $135.21

CureMS

NOTE: As of Dec. 29, 2016 the CureMS app is free. We are hoping that people will use the links in the app to donate directly any amount they would care to donate. 

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One of our fundraisers is an iPhone/iPad app called CureMS.

A few years ago when iPhone applications first launched, Bill, like thousands of other programmers, decided to try his hand at iPhone programming. It was a lot of fun! I still remember the thrill of seeing people from all over the world downloading his ShakeItUp app. It was very cool. I immediately thought of making millions and retiring early LOL Bill's first thought however was of creating a fundraising app. What a great idea, eh? And that's how the idea for CureMS came to be.

CureMS is a simple tab-based application containing facts about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and links to websites with information about MS and MS research. There is a tab with a Join us! button which links you to this blog where you can find links to either join team Iron Eagles or donate directly to the National MS Society. Another tab has an animation that visually represents what people can do to help others who have been touched by MS.

CureMS is available for 99 cents at the app store (CureMS in the App Store).

Here's a tally of what we've earned from CureMS so far:

2010

July (1st paycheck!): $166.47

Aug: $26.71

Sep: $36.07

Oct: $23.08

Nov: $18.33

Dec: $15.52

2011

Jan: $34.83

Feb: $32.01

Mar: $31.25

Apr: $29.77

May: $24.38
June: $42.27

July: $29.05

Aug: $29.54

Oct: $43.70

Dec: $22.79

2012

April: $17.94

June: $26.08

August: $24.68

October: $13.71

2013

Jan: $15.86

April: $25.59

June: $22.23

October: $20.13

2014

Jan: $27.89

April: $12.29

July: $12.01

2015/2016

June: $33

Tell a friend!  Buy the app!  Spread the word!  Thanks!

Spontaneous Haiku

Get creative with your fundraising! Currently, three Iron Eagles (Marianne, Michelle & Betsy) are writing haiku poems for whoever donates at least $5 to their ride. Join the poetry movement!!! Haiku poems are pretty simple. They are 3 lines of poetry with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third. Usually they focus on one object or idea and are more descriptive than dialogue. Here are a couple of examples from my admittedly limited stash...

Yoga Party Girl

Melting Butter Namaste

Aaaah, sweet peaceful rest

moussaka dinner

itty bitty eggplant piece

the children missed out

Elastic shoelace

Running running tripping? No

No excuse to walk

To receive a spontaneous haiku, please note that you would like a haiku in the personal note section when you donate. Also, don't forget to leave an email address or a snail-mail address where we can reach you! Thanks! :-)  If you would like the haiku personally tailored to specific things about yourself and your situation please note that as well.  Thanks again!