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...
by dave | Sep 7, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness
Reinventing or revisiting ideas often make an idea seem new when, in fact, variations of the idea are everywhere. The key to fundraising or charity drives is to do something novel, to tie it into something your students feel pride and to have some hook that the school...
by dave | Aug 23, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness
Showcase the variety of services and recreational opportunities within your community by running a Community Awareness Night. This can be run in February or in September when the amateur sports groups and local groups can make people aware of their programs. The...
by Kim Wallace | Apr 4, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness
The idea, Crush Grams, revolves around a can of Crush pop (soda) – it comes in orange, grape and strawberry flavors. You can have this fundraiser during the days preceding Valentine’s Day in February, or Sweetest Day in October. What you do is have people...
by Kim Wallace | Apr 4, 2014 | Fundraising and Awareness, Games and Activities
Our principal and the two VP’s agreed to don full goalie equipment and stand in nets to face the students’ best shots for our United Way charity drive. It was three shots for a buck and you could blast away at one, or take one shot per administrator. The...
