Short of ideas foryour school?
Well here are 44 creative school fundraising ideas that you'reabsolutely going to love!!!
Have fun with them,get your students involved, and remember to reach out further than just theirparents!
Let's hit it....
44 Creative School Fundraisers:
1. Raising Bail
Find some willing volunteers to be jailed(in public view), and set a bail amount (fundraising goal) to be raised to setthem free!
2. Vote for Torture
Get students to pay $1 a vote to decidewhich torture your volunteers (teachers, principal, etc.) will receive. Forexample, a Pie in the face, Fruit throw, Hair shave, etc.
3. Vote for Person
A twist on the above idea. Have one torture,like a Pie in the Face, and have your students vote for which volunteer receivesthe torture!
4. The Fly Trap
Or the teacher trap. Sell lengths of ducktape to students who then get to tape the volunteer (a teacher or theprincipal) to a wall in the school!
5. T Shirt Crowdfunding
This is a super creative and unusual fundraising idea, which has serious funding potential! It's crwodfunding through custom created T Shirts, and is a fundraiser that is risk-free and hassle-free.
Also look into setting up an Online Apparel Store as well!
6. Worm Charming
This is such a weird, yet creative Schoolfundraising idea! Participants are givena designated block each from a field where they have to charm worms to thesurface with a gardening fork. The most worms collected wins! Readmore here.
7. Flocking Flamingoes
Charge a fee for removal of your schoolsflock of Plastic flamingoes from whoever's yard you've "landed" them in.
Andfor a higher price that person can designate a yard for the flock to go to andalso buy a 'never to land here' again card.
8. 50/50 Raffle
Hold a raffle where you give half the proceedsaway as the prizes. That way you don't need to buy or find prizes beforehand!
9. A Capital Raise
Avoid the hassle of having to organize manysmall fundraisers -> Set a goal, setup an online fundraising page or a method for accepting donations offline,and promote!
10. Guess the Balloons
Full a car with Balloons and for a fee, getpeople to guess how many balloons are in the car. The person/s who guess theright amount, or closest to, win the prize.
11. A Golden Ticket
An add-on to the above idea -> Hide agolden ticket in one of the balloons and after the balloons have been guessed,allow people to buy a balloon for popping and if there's a Golden ticket insidethey win a prize.
12. Party Like It's The 80's
Hold a theme party, like an eighties party,and charge entry fees and fundraise through other methods during the evening -Cool drink sales, snacks, raffles, etc.
13. Penny Wars
Give each class an empty 50l water bottle tofill with spare change. The class the raises the most wins the prize/s! It's one of the most used creative School fundraising ideas.
14. Full the Bottles
A twist on the above idea. Each student isgiven an empty water bottle (or any container like maybe a smarties box) tofull with spare change. The student/s who fills the most bottles wins theprize/s.
15. Then Guess The Coins
Then you could charge a fee for people toguess the amount of coins in one of the above containers. Closest guess wins.
16. Rent a Worker/Student
Such agreat idea! Get students to volunteer (like the football team) and offerthem up for rent to mow lawns, help with gardening, etc.
17. Babysitting
A great idea from the above theme. Havestudents volunteer their babysitting skills and rent out their services tolocal parents with young children!
18. Go Casual (Mufti Day)
A simple idea. Students have to raise acertain amount ($5, $10, etc.) to be allowed to wear their civvies on MuftiDay.
19. Give It Up
Sponsors commit to giving up a habit, likesmoking or drinking for a month, and donate the money saved to your school.Encourage the quitters to also take sponsorships from others for their efforts.
20. Pick the Patty Block
This is a raffle style fundraiser whereyou'll divide a field up into blocks and sell them off. A cow is then let looseto do his business.
The owner of the block where the cow decides to drop herpatty will win whatever the prize is!
21. Pin on Map Raffle
A treasure's location on the map (the prize)is sealed in an envelope, and participants can buy pins and place them on themap to guess where the location is. Closest to it wins.
22. Scratch CardsA superfun method of acquiring donations. Each student receives a scratch card to askpeople to scratch - the money value hidden under each scratch bubble is howmuch the participant must donate, and in exchange they receive a coupon book.
23. Dance-a-Thon
Students get people to pledge amounts foreach hour of dancing completed. It's a popular and successfully used fundraiserfor many schools.
24. Read-a-Thon
Similar to the above idea. Encouragestudents to take pledges/sponsorships for each book that they read during aperiod of time. Great for encouraging your kids to read as well!!!
25. Other Pledge Events
These types of creative School fundraisingideas are fantastic and hold massive potential.
They could be anything that isa challenge and will create awareness, for example: walkathon, bowl-a-thon, golf-a-thon,sponsored run/swim/climb, etc.
Read here to find out how to run a successful School Walkathon.
You'll need specialized software to help you take pledges online and I'drecommend you look into DoJiggy's pledge software (read my review), or ifyou just want straight forward sponsorships, Crowdfunding is theway to go.
26. Sponsored Silences
Another great sponsorship idea that I had toinclude. I'm sure any motivation for the kids to be quite will be greatlyappreciated by the teachers!
27. Recycling
One of the brilliant creative School fundraising ideas. This fundraiser will help teach your kids some environmentalawareness.
Get everyone to collect used inkjets, laserjets,mobile phones, etc. to hand in to a recycling company who will pay per item.
28. Bag Groceries
Find a willing supermarket or store who willallow your volunteers to pack groceries for shoppers for a donation to yourSchool.
29. Three-on-Three Basketball
A Basketball Tournament fundraisercan raise some great funds, so why not get creative, make it simpler, and hold a three-on-threetournament.
In fact any sports tournament could be one of these creative school fundraising ideas. Like what about a Dodgeball competition?!
30. Trivia Evening
Always a ball of fun and will raise fundsthrough a few different methods during the contest.
31. Bingo Evening
Another super fun game! Participants pay per game and you can raisemore funds through drink and food sales, and other add-ons.
32. Tenpin Bowling
Hire out (or get sponsored) a Bowling Alley or a few lanes, depending on howmany entrants you expect, and hold a bowling competition. It's lots of fun andhas decent fundraising potential.
33. Town-OpolyCreate your own Monopoly style board with your School or local area as the theme ofthe board. Sell advertising on the boards and fundraise through the sale ofyour School-Opoly board.
34. Dog Show
Get your kids, parents and teachers to showoff their pooches for a fee and have prizes for most well groomed, largest dog,prettiest animal, and the ugliest of the lot, etc.
35. Dog Walk
Think of it like a Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser, except with a dog walkinstead. Read more on fundraising with thisidea successfully here.
36. Duck Race
A popular fundraiser where supporters buy a plastic duck (or a few),which are all released into a river, for chance and the rapids to decide on thewinner. Just make sure you clean all the ducks up after!
37. Open Gardens
Offer tours through 6-8 willing gardens(they must be beautiful) for a fee. It's a simple, yet great idea!
38. School Cookbook
Get creative and find recipes from parentsfor a Themed School cookbook to sell. You can also fundraise through advertising in the Cookbook.
39. Game Shows
Adapt a popular TV Game Show and chargepeople a fee to take part. Just make sure your prizes are great to ensure youfind participants. I'd definitely go for Knockdown USA!
40. Temporary Tattoos
A 'cool' fundraiser for your kids. Selltemporary tattoos or get a Henna artist to volunteer their time and sell Hennatattoos.
41. Pancake Breakfast
All things Pancakes... Make, sell, and eat.
42. Kid's Art Exhibition
A creative School fundraising idea that canraise funds in a few different ways: Charge a fee for viewing of theexhibition, hold a dinner evening for it, and/or Auction off the art or sell itto the kids parents.
43. Chinese Auction
Where the name Chinese Auction came from I'mnot sure, but this is one of the best creative School fundraising ideas.
Similar to a silent auction but where supporters buy raffle tickets that theythen use as bids for the items they want, by dropping them into a containernext to the item.
At the end of the Auction a ticket is drawn from each tub todecide the winning bidder.
44. Gift Wrapping
Offer a gift wrapping service either fromyour School or from a stand at a local shopping mall. Obviously only run thisfundraiser during gift giving times of the year!
BOOM!
And there are your 44creative School fundraising ideas!
I hope that they provide you with some greatbrainstorming material for your next fundraising campaign.
Please be sure to alsoleave a comment down below as to which of these CreativeSchool Fundraising Ideas is your favorite!
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