What’s Valentine’s Day without a little chocolate? Take the passion people have for good chocolate with their desire to do good in the world and you have your next fundraiser to support fair trade, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Purchase a wholesale amount of chocolate products from Equal Exchange and resell them in the…
Raise funds throughout the year with other people’s castoffs. We all have items in our closets that we will never put to use. Remember, someone’s trash is another’s treasure. Arrange space for an on-going fundraiser where you can sort and display items people donate for sale. Open up the shop one or two days a…
Support your school project or favorite organization while supporting farming communities across the globe. The Fair Trade Fundraising program has a full line of your favorite products including our decadent new chocolates, and our most popular organic coffees, teas and cocoas. The program offers competitive profit margins for your group, a full color fundraising catalog, and…
Create a fundraiser and lesson plan in one – Plant a vegetable and flower garden on your school property. Allow teachers to use the garden in their lesson plans, getting kids involved in the prep work, planting, maintenance, and harvest of the produce. This provides great curriculum for a summer school session. Sell the produce…
Each year the photographers show up at school to take pictures of our kids and sell us the photo packages. I love the convenience – no scheduling a sitting with a photographer, no sitting fee, and the pictures are done before the holidays. What doesn’t always work though is if I want a family photo…
By Kimberly Reynolds As childhood obesity levels rise, schools are looking for healthy fundraisers as an alternative solution for raising much needed funds. Many school districts have even banned fundraising candy sales, so what kind of school fundraisers will help bridge the funding gap? Here are several ideas for healthy school fundraisers: Participant events Many…
Click on image for more information FUNdraising: 50 Proven Strategies for Successful School Fundraisers by Frank Sennett lives up to the claim on it’s back cover – ” Creative new approaches and clever twists on classic fundraising events!” While you’ve probably heard of, and maybe even tried, a silent auction, home tour, karaoke night, walk-a-thon, or…
By V. Blaze We are in difficult economic times and fundraising is becoming increasingly more difficult. Schools are taking a hard look at the fundraisers they are offering, being more creative with their choices, and understanding what the return expectations are of the school families and community. Parent volunteers are seeking to bring some of…
By Tom Turner Schools are always looking for unique school fund raising projects to raise money for a wide variety of programs and needs. Traditionally many schools have sold magazines subscriptions or colleted cans and bottles, but these standard methods are getting out dated by more unique school fundraising methods. This article will help you…
I’m facing it once again, only this time the frustration is times 2. I have two children in school and they both came home yesterday with the same bulky package for the annual school fundraiser. My seven year old was so excited, telling me about an assembly that they got to go to today. “The…
