How do you feel about school fundraisers?
337820
It feel it's just homework for the adults..LOL and the prices are toooo high!! Like I wouldn't let my kids go door to door these days. That's why parents just take the form to work...pass it around...then the parents get the headache of overpaying. B/c for some reason, when you count the money it's always short...and really nothing is as good as some GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!MMM!
548221
I feel for you.  You don't help your kids, you feel bad.  You help your kids the best you know, you lose money.  You do know that you can take these expenses off your taxes?  Is that $3.00 a week a kid or just $3.00 a week.  Do write up your project and your results and start searching for grants.  Target for exmple (target.com) gives a grant for early literacy, however who gets the grant is up to the neighborhood Target and if you are working on literacy, even though Jr. high is not early childhood, you might get lucky.  Talk to any businesses you can.  Maybe one might sponsor your program in excange for a small logo on your work.  (Our school directory is paid for by local advertisments)(Be sure to get permission on this one.)  Have some of your students speak to the school board.  If humanly possible, do not make your workbooks consumable.  Create a class set and bind it with those spiral thingys. (Your school or district may have one you can use for the cost of the spirals).  It's not too expense to provide paper for the kids if you stock up on the August sales! Talk to the managers of your office supply stores and Targets and Wal-marts.  Maybe they can help you sponsor your program.\nNever give up on the kids.  There's always a way.\nGood luck!
30457
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising
566204
Some things I've done with my school are like hosting a Battle of the Bands or hosting your own personal car show. Advertise your cause alot, it's a lot easier for people to pay for something that's for a good cause. Another good idea might be to do crafty things, like make bracelets and beaded keychains? Tye-Dye is always attractive, pretty easy to do, Wal-mart has cheap dye that's FUN. Lol, that's all I got, good luck with your fundraiser.
329765
When it comes to putting food on the table, you have to make successions in life. I would feel embarrassed to be going through that too. What it comes down to it, do you care if the kids at your school are shocked to look at you in disgust or would you rather have your child look at you in disgust because you couldn't provide it with the needs of a child.
874768
i am also going this summer and i have a few tips for you. the fundraising book you sould have gotten or will get has a lot of good ideas. I am making crafts to sell, have a basket auction and a dinner at my church, and maybe having a car wash. good luck!
1124754
Some of my friends are top fund raisers for a local charity event similar to the walk that you are doing.  Here are some ideas that seem to work for them:\n-Raffles - One guy holds a raffle at work for $200 Best Buy gift certificate for 1st place, a $100 g.c. for 2nd place and a couple of 3rd and 4th place items like ball caps.  Another friend raffles off 1 day of labor.  \n-Sending letters - One guy swears by sending letters.  He makes it a point to send at least 100 letters.  He finds many people are willing to give to a good cause and there's the occasional person that plunks down a big chunk of change.  Keep your donors informed with a pre and post newsletter about the event, why you are doing it, etc.\n-Host a smaller walk.  A group of us organize a smaller event and we typically raise $4k-$5k collectively. \n-Make coin cans and ask some of your favorite businesses to put it by their cash registers to allow people to drop some spare change in.\n-Ask people to donate garage sale items and have a garage sale with all of the proceeds going to your event.  Get a guy out there at the garage sale to grill some hot dogs and brats (tip: make sure to through copious onions on the grill - the smell attracts people like flies) and sell brats and sodas. \n\nI hope these ideas help.  Good luck!
708402
have a pyjama day, the kids pay a pound to come in dressed in their pj's, it will be fun for them and you will raise a fair bit of money!!  \n\nalso do you know anyone that can do face painting that could come in and do a few hours of that, kids love having their faces painted.\n\nfor the older classes you could get them to do a sponsored silence. this is one the teachers will love :-)\n\nyou could organise a bake sale during break time chocolate rice crispy cakes are cheap to make and kids love them.\n\nall of these can be done on the same day. it could be the start of an annual fun day so that you are guaranteed to have funds for next years party too.\n\n\n\n\n\ngood luck
209205
I don't think soo. I love schools.I meet everiday my classmates,and I have fun!!!
861706
Check with your best friend to see if she wants you to have a fundraiser. Find out if there is something specific she needs the money for. Is her son adequately covered by health insurance. Will they be doing alot of traveling. Does she need money to supplement their current income, especially if she is missing work? Will the money be used for medical treatment not covered by insurance? Will the money be used by her son to buy something for him? \n\n If she approves than you might want to organize a committee of neighbors, friends, and relatives. It can become quite a community event and makes people feel like they are doing something positive for this family.\n\nSuggestions for fundraisers include:\n1. If her son is still in school. Get his classmates involved in the fundraising . . with a Bikeathon, Basketball game, selling bracelets with his name on it, dances, bake sales, penny or bottle drives\n\n2. Check with area churches for support.\n\n3. Yard sale\n\n4. Auction\n\n5. Community Supper\n\n6. Battle of the Bands\n\n7. Alex's Lemonade Stand \n\n8. Raffles\n\n9. Variety Show with proceeds going to family\n\nSometimes if you can establish a committee of people to help you than you can do some brainstorming and come up with original ideas. Either way, the best way to reach many people is through a news story about what you plan to do. Hopefully if your friend agrees than her family can be interviewed.\n\nGood luck to your friends son. And, have fun doing the fundraising!! (turn something negative into something positive)
836149
My 2 children, hubby and I collect small change all year round, and every year here there is a help Santa toy parade. At the parade firemen go around with stockings and people donate money. That is when we put all of our savings of small change for the year and donate it to the needy children at Christmas time. I find it to be a great tradition and it helps my children to be generous and giving to others who are not as fortunate as we.\nThe parade was this Saturday that just passed.
854092
Well, I think that you should definitely charge to for schools or parties. A rasonable rate is 50 dollars for an hour, especially since he'll have to wear that suit, and it does get warm and uncomfortable. I think at that rate you will also make enough to purchase some nice gifts for each other, and your kids/family if you have them. I think, however, to give back to the community, after he does his rounds where is is making money, he should visit the sick kids ward at the local hospital to spread some happiness to kids in need. It will make you and him feel good, but also will bring Christmas cheer to the kids.
689095
I absolutely see this as doing something good for someone not so fortunate. Knowing exactly how it feels to be a struggling student...i can't deny that that plays a role in my opinion ;-)...no, I think it's a good thing.
218278
If it's a big high school you could fundraise and start a high school radio channel, and get sponsorship from local businesses in return for mentioning them during adverts and between shows.\nYou could start making something useful and sell it off for less than the usual price. In my school we made pot pourri sachets and ornaments. They sold very well. \nYou could get local businesses to sponsor a group from your school to do a play or a mini marathon or something. That way you would be promoting the local businesses and would be making money for charity, and would be keeping health and wellbeing in the project.
611011
If it is good for your morales and you don't mind doing the service, then it is a good idea, but if you're doing it just to get college money you'll probably have a tough time there and maybe you should raise money some other way.
1174657
yes that would be a good idea at least it couldn't hurt. it shows you have some work experience and that you are a hard worker. what i mean is, raising money can show that you have dedication because that probably took awhile to get it all together and hard work to raise that much, also, with that high of a gpa,it also shows dedication, it takes alot to keep up good grades these days with all the distractions that teenagers have. good luck
788549
depends on the school the child will go to. why don't u contact CRY. I donated Rs. 800, I think tht was for one year for one child ip.mum@crymail.org