canchos

This may sound like a silly question, but how do your other councils handle ordering patches? There are many volunteers who are firm believers that patches for events should be available by the day the event occurs. Problem I see with this is we are then going off of a predicted number, and end up 90% of the time having extras. It may seem small, but each extra patch definitely adds up in spent council dollars! Anything fun or creative your council does with said patches to make up for that loss? It would be great to wait till after the event to order based on an exact number, but I also don't want to "diminish the quality of the program" as many like to claim. Who knew patches would be such a HUGE thing! Anything else your council does besides patches? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!