Top Ideas For School Fundraising Activities

Fundraising can be an especially fun and fulfilling activity

, and when its taking place in a school, you have a plethora of options available for getting the whole community involved. In this article I will discuss ideas and potential avenues for people looking to start an inclusive fundraising activity within a school environment.

Public schools are almost always underfunded in terms of what they would like to achieve in an educational environment. Fundraising offers us an opportunity to boost the schools budget and for the parents to invest in the further enhancement of their childs education.

The basic ideas you move along with is the enhancement of community spirit and bring everyone together in an activity. One of the most widely successful ideas in the UK is the fundraising tea towels approach. The idea is that the students of a certain year all draw a self-portrait or picture, which are then collected and collaged into a commemorative tea towel which teachers and parents alike can purchase and enjoy for years to come. Why is this idea so successful? Its inclusive, provides the parents with something tangible and relevant to the school environment and also sells brilliantly. Even though activities such as this involve an overhead, the payback will be more than worth the investment.

You could try running a school faire, which can incorporate a whole range of activities and also bring the entire community of parents teachers and students together in a productive and positive environment. This will obviously require a lot of organisation and preparation, but in terms of fundraising is a simple and incredibly effective idea. When planning, take into consideration successful stands and events that work at these events, sponsored sprinting using the schools gym facilities, cookie stalls, paper plane competitions. Raffles can also be a low cost way of providing a fun activity for the kids and parents alike.

These activities can also be used to promote positive social responsibility in children as well as being enjoyable, for example a sponsored recycling event can prove to be incredibly fun and draw out an impressive amount of numbers. Use your local scrap businesses and encourage children to bring their recyclable goods into school to send away for re-use, for example, mobile phones, ink cartridges and jewellery.

The most important part is making sure that the activity is enjoyable for both children and adults alike and functions as a team activity whilst making money that will benefit the school. All the childrens education will benefit if they raise enough for new computers, activities and equipment and as this lasts for years to come the fund raising you do whilst your child is at school will benefit hundreds of children to come.

by: Barry Franston

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