It’s a new year and that means our favorite school activities are just around the corner: prom, graduation, and elections. As exciting as those events are, they also bring headaches for all the students and advisers trying to figure out, yet again, how to raise enough funds to cover costs.
The reality is that everyone
is incredibly busy. Students are
stretched thin between demanding co-curricular activities, homework, and social lives.
Kendall Ciesemier, knows a thing or two about
fundraising. At age 11 she started a
non-profit called Kids Caring For Kids, which to this day organizes fundraisers
in schools around the nation. Her tip is to keep a fundraiser dead simple. They also have to be “cool” in some way and
make students feel like they’re part of a bigger sense of community.
Not only are you competing
with busy schedules, there is also fierce competition from all the different
groups on campus. The reality is people are tired of
labor intensive and low-margin fundraisers.
You can only have so many restaurant nights. You can only buy so many candy bars. And you can only get your car washed many
times.
Although there isn't any way to
magically make money appear, you can look for new approaches to
fundraising. Here are seven ideas that might help you revitalize fundraising in your school.
Used Text Book & Prep Book Sale
What do most students have in excess? Prep books- for SATs, AP Classes, SAT 2, and so on. Those books are used just once and
then discarded when the test is over.
Never mind that they contain pencil scribbles – these books are
undoubtedly valuable to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Host a 2-3 weeklong drive to collect used
textbooks and prep books and throw a used book sale during lunch. Seems like a
good way to help a student save a buck, maybe even get into college, and maybe even get into college.
Pie Auction on Pi Day
This year, Pi Day (March 14)
falls on a Friday. Celebrate a little
bit of math and fundraising fun by throwing a Pi Day Pie Auction. Students can pay $1-$2 to pie their fellow
students, $5 for teachers and maybe $20 will get you the Principal. To create affordable and quick pies, use paper plates with whip cream as the
pie. Throw in some other pie or 3.14
themed goodies and you’ll have something cool for people to talk about for at
least a day.
Used Clothing Sale
High school students are
always outgrowing their clothes or moving on to the latest fashion trends. Capitalize on the “vintage” clothing movement
by hosting a school clothing sale. You
can include prom dresses too! Spend a
couple weeks collecting gently worn clothing from students and then open up the
clothing sale to the entire school community.
Have left over clothes? Donate
all the remaining things to a local shelter or Goodwill.
Adopt a Restaurant
Encourage each club or class
to adopt a favorite local restaurant each semester. Have students pledge to
help the restaurant with marketing, social media, and throw all meetings and
events at the restaurant. In exchange
the restaurant should pledges a couple hundred dollars -or maybe thousands - sponsorship. It’s a win-win – students
learn business, share their social media-savvy and businesses get the word out.
Crowdfunding
We’re so used to selling
things or collecting dues within the confines of our school. What about engaging our communities outside
of school? Tap into the power of the
Internet to reach grandparents, mentors, relatives, and businesses to do some
grassroots online fundraising. Several people
giving $25 or $50 online can really add up. And you’d be surprised how many
want to help if they are just asked!
Throw a something-A-thon
These things aren’t just for
cute elementary school students. Host a jog-a-thon,
spell-a-thon, dance-a-thon, walk-a-thon, swim-a-thin, or whatever-a-thon. Get all the athletes involved, have prizes
for winners, and have family and friends pledge money for each lap, word, or
minute. See students have fun and stay
fit too!
Recycle and compost programs
See if your school will let
student groups run school wide recycling or composting. Each week or month, a different group can
sign up to manage on-campus recycle bins deliver it to the local recycle center
and keep the cash. Want to be even more
eco-friendly? Consider having students
make compost and sell the soil to the community.
This post is written by Andrea Lo, CEO of Piggybackr, and originally appeared in National Honor Society's January 2014 issue of Leadership for Student Activities magazine.
This post is written by Andrea Lo, CEO of Piggybackr, and originally appeared in National Honor Society's January 2014 issue of Leadership for Student Activities magazine.
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