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Top 5 School Fund Raiser Ideas
By Dion Semeniuk, Sat Dec 10th
TOP FIVE SCHOOL FUNDRAISING IDEAS Schools often look for ways to make money. Sometimes, newplayground equipment is needed, or perhaps band equipment anduniforms, it might be that the football team is in need ofuniforms, or that the debate team needs money to travel to ameet. Fundraising is quite common and an excellent way to makethe money required while teaching students about good sales andmarketing, as well as money management. You will also seeschools using fundraising to help other people. For example,during the Tsunami, schools all around the country joinedefforts to raise money that could be used for medicine, food,clothing, and other needs. As you will discover in this article,there are many innovative ways of making money. Discount Cards
With discount cards, you can offer one particular type or a bookthat consists of several different cards. For example, three ofthe favorites are shopping cards, pizza cards, and prepaid phonecards. With the shopping card, you would choose from local andnational merchants that provide nice savings at retail shops,grocery stores, florists, etc. For the pizza card, this is justwhat it sounds, a card that would offer a discount off the priceof food sold at major chain pizza restaurants. Many of thesecards offer limited use but for a mere $10, the person mightreceive a discount 20 times, making this a real bargain.Finally, prepaid phone cards are always a great fundraisingoption, used by families that live across the country from oneanother or for college students. For this type of card, you canchoose from a number of denominations of $10, $20, $24, and even$30. Sweet Candy The second school fundraising idea is something just abouteveryone loves – candy. Most often, sales are associatedwith school clubs, sports groups, music departments, and churchyouth groups. Because this is a small dollar item, they sellwell but a good marketing plan to increase sales must also bedeveloped and implemented. Ideally, find low-priced candysuppliers, ones that support school fundraising projects, choosethe type or types of you want to sell, determine yourprice, and then get started selling. Rubber Ducky Next on the list of school fundraising ideas is the rubber duckderby. In the past few years, this has become a very popularschool fundraising idea. Not only is the rubber duck derby fun,but also a great way to involve the community while earningmoney. You could work with your local grocery stores to sellrubber ducks for $1, which gives the buyers a chance to win avaluable donated prize. Then on a specified date, the ducks aretaken to a local park with a lake. All of the rubber ducks areemptied into the water at once and the first one to cross thefinish line wins. Car Washes Next for successful school fundraising ideas is the car wash.Many companies will donate the water for car washes so all youhave to do is bring garden hoses, towels, Windex and papertowels, and signs leading people in the right direction. You canset the price at $1 to $5 per car or establish the car washfundraiser as a donation basis. Either way, you will find thatyou make quite a bit of money in exchange for some hard work andfun. Bake Sales Finally, one of the most popular and most successful schoolfundraising ideas is a good, old-fashioned bake sale. For this,students (and probably parents) would donate baked goodies toinclude brownies, cookies, cake, pie, and miscellaneous items.Then, the students would work outside a strip mall or grocerystore, encouraging people to buy. Usually, people are verysupportive of a bake sale and if the food is good the money istoo. About the author:Dion Semeniuk is the proud father of 2 girls. He's activelylooking at ways to be able to generate money for kids to be ableto participate in special events. Learn about School Fund RaiserIdeas, visit http://www.school-fund-raiser-directory.com
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