Sales Class Donating Commissions to Homes of Hope

A junior/senior level sales class in Illinois State University's Professional Sales Institute is donating more than $7,600 of commissions from the sale of Cutco cutlery to an organization that assists developmentally disabled adults. 

During the fall 2009 semester, students in Professor Jill Attaway's Personal Selling and Relationship Marketing course gained professional experience as sales representatives for Vector Marketing, the direct sales division of Cutco Cutlery Corporation.  The sales commissions earned by the students will be given to Homes of Hope, Inc. of Normal, a non-profit corporation that provides quality homes and support service to adults with developmental disabilities regardless of social, racial, cultural or religious affiliation.

The 75 students from the class made more than 560 sales appointments during the course of the fall 2009 semester and exceeded $21,000 in sales. During the past eight years, Illinois State's Professional Sales Institute has partnered with Cutco Cutlery Corporation, a manufacturer and direct seller of high-end kitchen cutlery, to provide students with real-world experience as sales representatives.