These days, fundraising activities has become quite popular in public well as private schools as it generates good amount of revenue thereby creating fun and entertaining atmosphere. The funds arrived through these fundraising activities further pays for trips to different places, interactive student exchange programs, extramural activities, and lend a hand to support charities. With the advent of so many companies offering fundraising gifts in the market, nowadays, schools have plethora of options to conduct fund raising activities and make the school educational environment happy and cheerful.
In this blog post I am going to discuss 5 most preferred and popular school fundraising ideas for those who are looking to start an all-encompassing fundraising activities. I am sure these ideas will increase the school’s funds and resources which will further lead to the augmentation of the kid’s education studying there.
Sponsoring events at regular interval- Organizing events time to time also plays a vital role in generating revenue for the schools. Each event will include the involvement of parents and children who pay charge for their entrée. The collection of these charges results into huge bucks collected in the favor of school.
Fundraising shows – Organization of concerts or shows which includes the involvement of school band, DJ, choral or singing group or orchestra & rock band, rock music etc also play a vital role in motivating kids and their parents to attend the school shows and thus serves in a great way in raising funds.
Distributing some food materials like pizza or cookie- Kids love to have food stuffs; they feel quite happy if they are offered favorite food stuffs like pizza or cookies at the cost of few bucks. Though, it seems like a slow process to raise funds but when increasing volume of sales will add up bucks, it will really prove as a great alternative for fundraising.
School Christmas card- Though small yet considered as effective fundraising approach; these days Christmas is widely celebrated throughout the globe, thus selling Christmas card can be a far-sighted idea for fundraising. Different angel themed Christmas cards designed by pupils of private and public schools is appreciated by people all around and thus can bring good revenue into the school account.
School Tea Towels- Apart from the above listed, one of the most preferred approaches to be followed is
school tea towels. The basic idea behind this approach is school should organize a picture drawing competition in which students of certain year must take part and play their role; after the drawing competition gets over, all pictures should be collected and merged together in the form of collage honoring school tea towels which can be equally appreciated by teachers and parents as well, and they must get tempted to buy them thereby generating funds in the school account. This will let parents as well as children to remember their school environment each time they will look into the picture drawn.
There are hoards of fundraising firms out there in the market who are continuously engaged in selling goods and offering innovative fundraising suggestions for non-profit groups; thus finding the one will not be a daunting task. Taking opinions from these companies will take away some of your strain away and you will feel yourself filled with energy to perform fundraising activities.
