by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness, School Spirit
If you can, find a teacher that is willing to kiss a pig for donations. Or you can have 4 teachers volunteer and the teacher with the most money gets the opportunity. Tell the students that if you raise a certain amount of money the teacher will kiss a live pig at the...
by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness, School Spirit
Have students sell light bulbs ($1.00 each) and hang the light bulbs in the front of your school in the form of a Christmas tree and donate the money to a local charity. Our Grade 7 Team at Florenceville Middle School raised $1200.00 and split it 50/50 to Christmas...
by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness, School Spirit
World Vision Canada has a gift catalogue that allows you to purchase farm animals for families in underdeveloped countries. We found their catalogue to be a great way to raise money for this worthy cause. Students don’t want to just give cash, they want to know...
by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness, School Spirit
A simple fundraiser is to delay class until the teacher is finished counting the change on his or her desk brought in for a fundraiser. Students put coins on the teacher’s desk (or at a central location) and class cannot begin until all the money is counted and...
by dave | Sep 7, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness
The idea of using a “thon” to raise funds is anything but new. What may be unique is the number of activities included in this “thon” and that the funds raised directly help the student who participates. Many “thons” focus on one activity for participation. The...