Anybody have any fundraising ideas for school?

[R2D2]

a link to a site or advice will help just fine. But, no simple things like a bake sale, car wash, and other things because most of that has already been done. Thanks =)

[Torri Peck]

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Since Christmas spirit days are coming up, have a tacky holiday sweater day on friday or something, then Friday night from like 7-9 have a tacky holiday sweater dance, charge people a couple bucks to get in. Have a teacher rap, or do something funny that will make students want to go. Have santa pictures there, or a winter backdrop for pictures. let a student's band play, hire a cheap DJ, or just have tech people make a cool playlist. Play either christmas songs or just cool new ones. charge students for food, pictures, etc. put students in charge so it will be cheaper. haha sounds kinda lame but could be fun

If your school doesnt allow hats, have a hat day and charge students 1 or 2 dollars to wear a hat all day. they will get a stamp and for the whole day they get to wear it.

In the mornings sell hot chocolate, cookes, donutsd etc.

on a friday, let students out of class for an hourish or 2. They will get to go to the gym or some big open place and play a christmas movie, winter movie, or some good movie. Charge them for it. Sell popcorn and drinks and rootebeer floats.

Have some donating competion. Go around at lunches and ask for spare change for what ever it is your trying to get. or have teachers collect it in class. Which ever grade gives the most donations, give them a hot chocolate party, movie party..etc.

Have a mini talent competion and charge people to watch.

Have fun!!

[neats]

Have a themed dancethon eg rockfest,reggae jam,groovy shoes,etc where u dress d part n pay to enter!, have a talent show contest, have a Major garage sale of students/their parents things!advertise in d PaPer etc!just afew hope it helPs

[Hampo14]

Here are some fundraising ideas that you could definitely think of using. Go to Rewarding Fundraising Ideas (RFI) to read about how to run them properly!

-The Online Magazine Fundraiser - This is always the first fundraiser I suggest. It is one of the best and hassle-free fundraisers you can do! Many people and groups are raising between $2000 - $5000 with this fundraiser while I've seen others raise over $20,000. If you only have time to do one fundraiser... This should be the one you do!

-The Credit Card Fundraiser - Another really hassle-free fundraiser that will work really well alongside a magazine fundraiser! Get people to apply for a credit card online and you'll earn $15 for every approved application.

--By promoting both of these fundraisers together you increase your likelyhood of getting a positive response... Someone may not want to apply for a credit card but they may be interested in the magazines, or vica versa, or maybe they'll want to do both!

-Online Charity Auction - An online auction is one of the most profitable fundraisers that anyone could ever do. Unfortunately it will take a lot of work to get right... But if you have enough helping hands it's definitely a worthwhile consideration!

-Get Paid Guides - Many people make money online by completing surveys, receiving and reviewing advertising emails, and also just by surfing the net. There are loads of companies on the net that are doing research and also trying to gain exposure and they all pay for it! A get paid guide is a single website that finds and lists all those websites that are offering paid surveys etc. There's usually a once off membership fee but you can generally earn that fee back by doing a couple of surveys!

-Lollipop fundraiser - This is one of the easiest and profitable fundraisers around. Most people will generally buy a lollipop from you as they are really cheap. A lot of Schools and organizations are having great success with this simple fundraiser! (In fact, any food fundraiser, like Cookie Dough, Popcorn, or Candy Bars, will usually always work... People need and love food!)

-Cookie Dough Fundraiser - Another really popular and profitable food fundraiser.

-Candy Bars - Well, who doesn't want to buy candy bars!

--Other food fundraisers are popcorn, fortune cookies... and any food that you think would be popular amongst the people you're going to be selling to. Be creative!

-Discount Fundraiser Cards - Another winner! You raise money while saving money for your supporters through the discounts offered on the cards.Win-Win for both of you! And the businesses Win as well as they get more customers to their shops!!!

Raffles - A fundraiser that will always work really well. It is also the best fundraiser to add to any type of event. What you must make sure you have is some really great prizes that people actually want to win. That way they'll want to buy as many tickets as possible, to have as big a chance to win!

Another option you could think of is to set up a Facebook page that asks people to donate...

Set up a method for people to donate online (Check the Online Donations page on RFI to see how to do this) and then link to it via your facebook page. Then invite all your friends, family and contacts to join the page and take part by sponsoring you a small amount ($2 - $5; Compare it to something like a couple of cokes or a few beers. Something so small that they wouldn't even miss it if they didn't get it)! Write a emotive invitational letter that makes people feel like they are already involved. Also encourage them to forward the invitation on to all their contacts.

You should also advertise your other fundraisers, like your magazine fundraiser, on your Facebook pg! Try to also keep people interested in the page by updating it often and keeping people in the loop of how your fundraising is going etc.!

[Rae Greenfield]

The trick with good school fundraisers is to keep things simple but fun.
Don't get bogged down in something heavy. Be nimble. A few interesting fun events or activities even if they only bring in smaller amounts of cash on their own can soon add up and begin to build a constituency of interest and expectation for coming years.

In this way you are not just thinking of the immediate fundraiser but building understanding and garnering support for the future also.

As to the fundraisers themselves - the best school fundraising ideas are fun and nearly always involve the children themselves. I help run the fundraising ideas website listed below. Many of the queries to the site are people looking for brand new ideas. That's fine but there is also a lot of potential for taking well known ideas and simply giving them a new twist or even just doing them really well. There is nothing worse than a fundraiser embarked upon with a sense of resignation rather than optimism and fun.
As with so much in life - Get the attitude right and the rest will follow

[Ana Nevada]

Cookie dough fundraising is a great way for your group to make profits selling something people enjoy buying. It seems that this is really great for kids and even adults. People are more enthusiastic about cookies than they’d like to admit, but one they see the fantastic brochure of different types of cookie dough, temptation takes over and they can’t help themselves.