So money does not grow on trees (just in case you didn't know :-p ). Although all your friends would like to help you, it is not easy for them to get the money to you. There are a few things you can do.
1. Ask them to mail it: When you send out the invitations put in your address and phone number so that they have it and can send it right away
2. Go around collecting: For those that live in the neighborhood, you can go around with a friend and do a house-to-house collection.
3. Call people: If you need to know how much you will get in order to plan, see if you can simply find out who is interested and hound them for the money later. This means that you will have to lay out the money and might not get reimbursed, so choose what you want to do
4. Collect it at the Shower: If you can, collecting at the shower is usually easy to do, I have seen people collect at the wedding also, although it is probably not what they wanted to do and were stuck doing that.
*Don't be afraid to annoy people, as much as you want to collect the money they usually want to chip in and just forget, make it easy for them and they will hopefully respond*
1. Ask them to mail it: When you send out the invitations put in your address and phone number so that they have it and can send it right away
2. Go around collecting: For those that live in the neighborhood, you can go around with a friend and do a house-to-house collection.
3. Call people: If you need to know how much you will get in order to plan, see if you can simply find out who is interested and hound them for the money later. This means that you will have to lay out the money and might not get reimbursed, so choose what you want to do
4. Collect it at the Shower: If you can, collecting at the shower is usually easy to do, I have seen people collect at the wedding also, although it is probably not what they wanted to do and were stuck doing that.
*Don't be afraid to annoy people, as much as you want to collect the money they usually want to chip in and just forget, make it easy for them and they will hopefully respond*
Make Sure to Communicate
If you have a bunch of girls planning the shower and gifts, make sure you all know what the other is doing or else people who want to chip in get overlooked!