Fundraising can really make a difference to the quality of education that
your child gets. Whether fundraising enables them to enjoy fascinating
field trips, better meals, better facilities and equipment or more teachers,
fund raising helps to alleviate the dire financial burden placed on our
schools by reductions in government funding. We look at ideas to raise
money that are fun for everyone and beat the heck out of bake sales.
Art in the Park
Get all the students to participate in making art throughout the year.
This can include items from the woodshop, paintings, drawings, models,
sculptures and crafts. Each grade or class gets to have a ‘stall’
at the fair which should be scheduled at the end of the year. Use a local
park or your sports fields to set out tables where the students can display
their wares. This gives the children a chance to showcase the things they
have worked on all year, make a positive contribution to the school, learn
about business and have fun raising money for the school.
Baby sitter
Everyone wants to go out on Valentine’s Day which makes getting
a baby sitter next to impossible. Why not centralize babysitting while
optimizing profits? Older students, with the help of teachers and parents,
can babysit younger students at school on Valentine’s Day. The students
can organize videos or activities to keep the younger students occupied
while a few parents and teachers oversee proceedings. Parents are charged
a regular babysitting rate per hour while children get to enjoy a fun
evening in familiar surroundings.
Zombie fun run
Organize a short fun run where students, parents and community members
can participate. For a small entrance fee, participants get to run the
set course while being chased by a zombie horde of students. Students
will love dressing up as zombies and chasing participants in the race.
Participants should get a healthy head start and the zombies should be
supervised by volunteer parents and teachers. You can also get participants
to dress up if they like.
Recycle mania
Pop cans and cell phones make great items for recycling. Get all your
students to collect these items and ask participating parents to transport
goods to recycling centers. This will teach students about recycling,
bring in a tidy profit and promote environmental awareness. You can hold
internal competitions to see which class or grade collect the most.
Dress up days
This works really well and is fun for everyone. Here each participating
child can dress up for Halloween or other fun theme days and make a donation.
You can set goals for each class too. If the students in the class manage
to meet their goals, they get to choose which outfit their teacher has
to wear for the day.
Raising money for school can mean family fun for everyone involved, so
get creative today and find innovative ways to raise money for your school causes.
