Cheap Souvenir Program Booklets for Graduating Students

Times are definitely hard, especially if you have children in school because of the many dues related to their education. And this is worse when they are already in their graduating year because then there are more projects, a thesis, a field trip, as well as graduation fees and related expenses to attend to. Many schools understand the plight of many parents who are also struggling to send their children to a good school. So they exercise austerity measures wherever they can, especially in the booklet printing of souvenir programs for graduation. While many parents are looking forward to getting hold of their graduating children’s souvenir booklets, they are just all too happy to save some money in the production.

There are really some schools that are out to make money from the poor parents who are already struggling to make both ends meet. This situation is prevalent in public schools where the students come from middle class families. So that means they try very hard to tighten their belts here and there.

Anyway, during graduation, the parents will have to spend for the yearbook. Although most schools arrange for the options so that the students can solicit for donors and get their yearbook for free, not too many people can do this because all the graduates will be out there asking for donations. And if you do not know too many people who are willing to shell out their money to contribute for the child’s yearbook, then the parents bear the brunt of the expenses.

Many school administrators are considerate enough about this situation. So instead of sacrificing the yearbook, it is the quality of the souvenir program that is compromised. In order to save money, the graduation committee will just mimeograph the pages of the souvenir program instead of submitting them for processing at a printing house. Since most schools already have mimeographing machines, the parents will just have to contribute for the materials and maybe the extra pay for the person who will handle the mimeographing and collating of the materials. They just use white paper for this purpose, instead of newsprint, which is the most common material used for mimeographed test papers.

If there is extra budget, some would opt to have the cover done at the printing house so that the program will still look presentable on the outside even if the inside pages are just mimeographed.  The cover can be made of thick material like a card stock so that it is does not bend easily. Then front and back covers could have colored finish. The collating can just be done in school where the in-charge just slips in the collated inside pages, folds them all, and staples them for binding. Staple binding is only good for a program that is just several pages thick. But if you have a thick booklet, it will need perfect binding and it can be done by the printer. That would be extra expense though.

There are many ways that the school and the parents can save on the booklet printing of the souvenir programs in the form of booklets for graduation. It will just take some effort to put together but the savings are worth it. You just may have to work on it beforehand so that they will be ready just in time for the graduation ceremonies.

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