No showroom, no sales pitches, no overhead costs: a traveling mattress sale made a stop in Wareham High School to help support the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) program.

The one-day fundraiser went from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. It helped fund competitive events and trips that would otherwise be unavailable for the students in the DECA Program.

Proceeds from the event will pay for travel costs and expenses for students going to the national DECA competition, where students compete in different business disciplines giving case studies, performing mock interviews and taking written exams. To get to nationals, students must perform well enough against students from other schools at the district and then state level.

The Wareham High School gymnasium held 24 different mattresses, set up showroom-style, as well as eight different luxury pillows. The mattresses were available in all sizes with prices ranging from $150 to $1,500 with styles including plush sets, pillow-top sets, latex, memory foam, gel beds and adjustable beds.

For Wareham residents Brian Richardson and Jeannie Ducette, the sale came at just the right time. After comparing prices they settled on one mattress.

"We'd rather have the money go towards the kids than support a store," said Richardson.

Representative Jack Isaacs said his company, Custom Fundraising Solutions, so far has held mattress sales in dozens of states.

It began in 2005 in one location: they are now in 68 locations across the country and have partnered with more than 60 high schools in Massachusetts alone.

"The kids don't have to sell anything, the parents don't have to sell anything, it's a one-day event, it doesn't cost them a dime and the opportunity to make a lot of money is out there," said Isaacs. "Their job is to just promote it, create some awareness and see if they can find one or two or a few people to come check it out."

According to Isaacs, 10 percent of the population buys a new mattress every year. In Wareham, that equates to roughly 2,000 people. If even some of those people bought mattresses at the sale, the profit would be at least a couple thousand dollars.

DECA received a percentage of the profits (typically 50 percent) from mattresses that were sold on Saturday.