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| The new school year is fast approaching, and with it: fundraising. But wait! Don't groan yet-help is here! We've wracked our brains to give you the best fundraising ideas for this year. So relax! Half your work is done. Just try out these fun and easy ideas-and watch your fund fill up! 1. Cheer Expo Make your cheers, dances, and stunts worth money! Show off your squad's stuff at a Saturday cheer expo and invite everyone to attend! Charge a small admission fee and sell donated goodies to the crowd. 2. Family Portraits Say cheese! Hire a photographer for a day of family portraits. Advertise to the students and the surrounding community. Many photography studios have special fundraising packages which give your customers low rates-and your squad nice profits! 3. Dance Contest Don't wait for prom to dance the night away! An all-night "dance-off" will give the students a chance to show their moves, while you make money! Couples pay an entry fee, are assigned a number, and are eliminated when they stop dancing. The contestants left dancing in the morning are the winners! 4. Pet Pageant Calling all canines and felines! Give the students and community a chance to show off their precious pets by hosting a pageant. Have a panel of "judges," several competitions (including beauty and "talent"!), and a prize for the winners (doggie bones and catnip should suffice!). The entry fees are yours to keep! 5. Service Sale No products needed-just willing and able students! Compile a list of volunteers, along with their "donated" service (such as raking, painting, etc.) and fee, which goes straight to the school's pocket. Distribute the list to staff, parents, alumni, and others in the community and watch the money roll in! 6. Spaghetti Dinner Everyone loves Italian! Arrange for your school's food service to supply the main course (or purchase from a discount market) and volunteers to provide the salad, drinks, and dessert. Make sure the room is decorated in true Italian style (red, green, and white is a MUST)! Tickets can be sold in advance and at the door. 7. Raffle This is a great addition to a rummage sale, auction, spaghetti dinner-or it can stand on its own! If the function has a theme (i.e. Italian), than collect and/or purchase items that relate (i.e. colored pasta, specialty sauce, pizza stone, etc.). Sell tickets, select winners, and count your money! 8. Music Recital Don't sing? Don't worry! Just contact your school's music department and arrange a night for the chorus and orchestra to show their stuff. The money you make will be music to your ears! 9. 5-Mile Marathon Break out those sneakers! A marathon is a great way of staying fit and having fun - not to mention making big bucks! The money comes from the "sponsors" of each runner. Host the run on a Saturday, and honor all the runners with Event Ribbons. (A special prize should be awarded to the winner!) 10. Book-A-Thon Not a runner? Try reading! Students gather monetary pledges for each book read during the book-a-thon and the donations go straight to the school. 11. Art Contest Calling all artists! Hosting an art contest (with one or several categories), with an entry fee, panel of judges (from the art department, etc.), and prizes is a creative way to generate income. A photo contest could also be a winner! 12. Haunted School Turn your school into a haunted house! Decorate the school with spiderwebs (not real ones!), ghosts, strobe lights, and other creepy creations. In different rooms, have scary scenes (using student volunteers) like a ghost in a graveyard, a vampire with his victim, and a witch stirring her pot. Use the haunted habitat for the entire weekend (ideally in October!) and collect the cash! 13. Jewelry Sale Get your gals together and string some beads! Make anklets, bracelets, necklaces, and rings with beads in your school colors. Sell them at lunch time and game time! 14. Flower Sale You don't need to be a florist to sell beautiful blooms! Contact your local nursery for plants, flowers, and seeds and offer to place their name on the order forms in return for a discount/donation. Your community will love the flowers-and you'll love the income! 15. Carnation Sale Nothing expresses your true feelings better than flowers! Carnations are ideal ways for students, staff, and parents to show their affection for that special someone, while supporting your school! Attach little note cards to each stem for their messages. 16. Cash Cans It doesn't get any better than this! Simply request permission to place collection cans in several stores in your school's area. Decorate the cans in school colors with your school name and collect the cash every week! 17. Candy Sale Sweeten the school day with candy! When holidays roll around (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day), decorate bags with the holiday theme, fill with festive candy, and sell to students! Prepare "order forms" for students who wish to order candy for a special friend. Provide tags for their personal message. 18. Spirit Towels Here's a fun and easy way to raise money and school spirit at the same time! Imprint spirit towels in your school colors with your mascot and school name. Sell them to fans as they enter the game, and you'll have spirit and cash all at the same time. 19. Sports Calendar Feature your team and squad year-round with a custom calendar! Get the athletes together for a photo session and include action shots and posed group shots. Most large photocopy stores will print these calendars for you, so all you have to do is assemble the photos and get ready to sell! 20. Candy in a Cup Everybody loves receiving candy - especially when it's for a good cause. This time, place all of the yummy goodies in one of our Imprinted Stadium Cups for a delicious and worthwhile gift! 21. Imprinted License Plate Frames Now that you and all of your friends are driving, you definitely want to show your school spirit on the roads. Imprinted License Plate Frames will be an awesome way of doing this, and an awesome fundraiser! 22. Sports Highlight Video Immortalize school victories and key plays with a special sports highlight video. Parents, students and alumni will all love reliving these nail-biting moments. Makes an awesome fundraiser! 23. Poncho Power No one likes to get caught in the rain at the big game, so be prepared! Sell Imprinted Rain Ponchos before and during games. Fans will be thankful for the poncho, and you'll raise money in the process. 24. Sports Raffle Set up a raffle that includes your stadium's special front-row seats, a "training camp" with either the sports players or the cheerleaders, a session with the coach, and other sports-related items. 25. Dance Lessons Ask the dance team or the cheerleading squad to share their knowledge with the rest of the students. Hold dance lessons in the school gym and raise money at the same time. Teach students how to line dance, break dance, do the salsa, swing dance, etc. 26. Talent Night Everybody loves to show off, so set up a school Talent Night and ask students to sing, dance, tell jokes, or do whatever it is they do best! Sell tickets to students, parents and siblings – they'll love this opportunity to see their family members struttin' their stuff on the stage. 27. School Basketball Tournament Organize basketball teams with faculty members, staff members, students and cheerleaders. Set up a tournament and invite the whole school to come and watch for a small donation! 28. Pre-Homecoming Dinner Organize a special dinner on the eve of the homecoming game in the school cafeteria for students, parents and alumni. Ask local restaurants to offer their food at a special discount. In exchange for this discount, print the name of the restaurant in the homecoming program, or hang a large banner with the restaurant name at the game. 29. Fund-Raising Candy We've got America's favorite candy (like M&M's and Snickers) packaged for easy and successful sales! We've even priced them as low as possible to ensure the highest possible profit for you! (And as you know, these candies practically sell themselves!) 30. Glow Necklaces They're the ultimate fund-raising favor for nighttime games. Get them in your school colors! 31. Imprinted Wearables Almost every teen is into clothes, so take advantage of this desire and reap huge profits! Just dedicate a corner of your school bookstore to imprinted wearables like earrings, gloves, hats, jackets, ponchos, shoelaces, shirts, shorts, and more! (Stumps offers them all at prices that will make you flip!) 32. Stadium Cups Help reduce wasted paper and make a profit, too! Order Stadium Cups imprinted with your school name and mascot, and set a benefit package into action that will Homecomingpt students to purchase the cups. Work out a deal with the school cafeteria and a few local restaurants so that when a student presents the cup, he or she will receive a discount on a soda refill. 33. Collectible Cookbook Love your best friend's cheesecake? Think your mom makes a killer veggie dip? Chances are, others will love these dishes, too. Compile the best recipes in town into your very own cookbook, and then sell ads to local businesses and restaurants. Put it all together at your local copy store (be sure to edit carefully!) and you're on your way to a gourmet way of collecting cash. 34. Homecoming Fashion Show Don't be behind the fashion times! Host a "cutting-edge" fashion show full of pretty Homecoming dresses, fabulous tuxes and all the latest accessories. Have department stores, boutiques, men's clothing stores and hair salons contribute their products and services for the event. You'll all benefit from the big night – they'll get a chance to display their latest styles and you'll be fabulously hip on the night of your Homecoming. 35. Family Sock Hop Get Moms, Dads, brothers, and sisters involved in a family night of fun. Keep preparation and set up to a minimum, the idea here is to raise money. Rent a jukebox or simply hire a DJ. If you have someone in the school who likes to spin records, hire them for free. Get a popular teacher, coach or parent to act as the DJ. Sell rootbeer floats and ice cream desserts. Sponsor a dance contest and a best dressed family contest. Have a dance contest by age. Enjoy the night with the entire family. 36. Pom Power We have so many Poms and even more ways to make money from them! Have local merchants sponsor ring tab handle poms that allow students to punch out a coupon and redeem it for big savings. Grab our cheer ball poms for field day and pep rally fun. Anything you can do with a ball, you can do with these poms! 37. Engraved Bricks Our engraved bricks will help you raise a substantial amount of cash and create an honorable walkway simultaneously! (Each brick sold will easily bring you $20 in profits!) Parents, teachers, teams, and school organizations can use the bricks to pass words of wisdom and encouragement on to future generations. Just determine where you will place a brick sidewalk and how many bricks you'll need. Contact www.stumpspirit.com 38. Dollars for Donuts Most teens just don't have enough time to have breakfast every morning, so your early-morning donut stand will be a great treat for hungry tummies! Set up a deal with your local donut establishment so you turn a higher profit. Small containers of OJ would be a healthy and satisfying way to wash down this tasty treat! 39. Field Goal Fun Create a game just outside the football field entrance gate for tailgaters. Set up our balloon goal post, and give contestants one chance to approach a marked line and throw a foam football through the goal post. Winners take home a spirit trinket (like a pencil or a button with your school's name and mascot printed on it). 40. Face Painting Offer face painting just outside the entrance gate, and you're sure to collect a large profit from fans! Children young and old love to sport their school mascot on their cheek. 41. Holiday Treats Here's a totally simple way to raise some cash! Depending on the holiday, arrange candies and holiday treats in festive bags. Buy carnations or other economical flowers in appropriate colors and tie them individually with a ribbon. Set up your booth and you'll be turning a serious profit in no time! Your pals will totally appreciate your ingenuity when you present them with a serious holiday treat. 42. Going Once, Going Twice! A community auction is another way to collect some dollars, while clearing closets of clutter and old junk. Collect things from home that you don't want anymore (that old CD, those old books), clean 'em off and give them an opening price! You'll also want to offer delectable baked goods and nifty craft items at your auction. May the highest bidder win! 43. Raise Plants Are you working with a small budget but expect a massive cash return? Have your school's agricultural (or biological) classes raise tomato plants or geraniums for the public. The seeds are totally cheap, and the plants are hardy and will withstand traveling. It's a fab learning experience that generates a bundle of cash! 44. Adopt-A-Tree Organize an "adopt-a-tree" program that gets the community involved with your school. Locate an area around your school or in a nearby park that looks sparse and in need of some TLC. Consult a landscaper on what trees would flourish in the area. Next, persuade a local garden shop to donate a few trees in exchange for a plaque advertising the generous donation. Have students plant and care for the trees. The trees will be "adopted" by community members who pay a fee to help in the upkeep. In exchange, each "parent" will have his or her name printed on a tag that is attached to an adopted tree's limbs. 45. Recycle Aluminum Cans Host an aluminum can-recycling contest. Many recycling companies pay up to $.30 a pound for aluminum. Create collection bins from our corrugated paper, and place one bin in each homeroom. At the end of the contest, the winners will receive prizes donated by local merchants, and you'll have a large profit with minimal investment. 46. Craft Bazaar Host a food bazaar just before a big football game. Each school club will have a booth set up in a designated area. Tail-gaters will purchase food tickets from one booth and trade the tickets for the goods they desire. 47. Toy and Book Drive Start a couple of months before the sale and collect slightly used children's books and toys. Give parents plenty of time to clean out old closets and toys. Allow two or more dates to drop off the items. Send out numerous reminders – print it each week in the newsletter/ newspaper. Clean the toys and have a huge sale. Give part of the proceeds to a local charity and keep the rest for Homecoming. Or, keep all the cash and donate the left-over toys to a local children's organization. 48. Spirit Balloons Use permanent markers to write spirit messages on our Star-Shaped Mylar Balloons. Teens love the reflective balloons, and you'll love the profits! 49. Class Color Day Ask members of each class to deck themselves out in their class colors for the day. Raise money by selling poms, bandannas and imprinted T-shirts to match each class color. Your campus will explode in a rainbow of colors! 50. Car Wash This tried and true fundraiser is sure to bring you big bucks Gather up your buckets and sponges, change into your old clothes, and get ready to make those cars shine! 51. Poinsettia Sale A fantastic holiday fundraiser! Take advance orders for your poinsettia sales and deliver plants just in time for the holidays. Offer both red and white poinsettias for even greater profits. Tie a ribbon around each plant in your school colors for an added punch of school spirit! 52. Hoagie / Sub / Hero Sandwich Sale Depending on what part of the country you live in, host a "large sandwich" sale. Give a wide variety of meat and cheese selections, and be sure to include some non-meat options for vegetarians. 53. Yard Sale It's time to clean out your home and garage! A yard sale is the perfect opportunity to get rid of things you don't want anymore, and to raise a little cash in the process. Ask neighbors and friends to contribute to the sale, and let them know their contributions are going to a worthwhile cause. 54. Merchant Sponsors Merchants in the community are usually willing to contribute to school fundraisers. At your next event, give them the option of being a sponsor. They will typically attract customers to their business as a result. 55. Holiday Bazaar Set up a fantastic selection of homemade crafts and goodies just in time for the holidays. Ask teachers, parents and students to contribute something to the Bazaar. Invite community members to the Bazaar and watch the money roll in – just in time for your holiday dance! 56. Wrap It Up! Get into the holiday spirit, and earn some cash in the process. Contact your local mall and find out if you can set up a "Gift Wrapping" stand at the mall during the holiday season. Once you have the mall's approval, purchase festive wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, boxes and cards. Offer to alleviate shoppers' stress by wrapping their purchases right there and then. Charge a fee based on gift size, and watch the money roll in! 57. Badges A badge can be worn just about anywhere, and can feature just about anything! Multicolored badges, helmet badges, letter banner badges are just some of the hot badge styles to sell at your next fundraising event. www.stumpspirit.com |
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