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Sell slips of paper attached to Hershey Kisses. Students buy these papers for 50 cents and write goodbye notes to their friends. Deliver the Kisses during homeroom period of the last week of school.
Helpful Hints: Be very careful when attaching the messages to the Kisses.
Members of the Student Council donate home-made baked goods for this fundraiser. These goods are sold at a designated spot before classes begin. Bake sales can be run every other week.
Cost: none
Helpful Hints: Advertise with signs and announcements. Have aggressive sellers that will persuade passers-by to purchase something.
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Bumper Stickers Sales
Have bumper stickers printed with your school
logo. You can also have different stickers printed for each sport. Sell for
about $5.00 each.
HATBORO-HORSHAM HIGH SCHOOL
During the month before Christmas, have members sell candy canes for $1.00 each to friends, teachers and family members. The buyers can send a personal message with the candy cane by choosing a ribbon color to suit their preferences. Green means, "I want to know you better." Red means, "I love you." White indicates "Friendship." The sale lasts one week. Members write the messages on the tags and attach them to the candy canes with the ribbon. Deliver these during the last day of school before Christmas vacation. To add a new twist, charge the recipient of the candy cane a fee to find out who sent it!
Cost: The price of the candy canes, ribbon and tags.
Profit: $300-$400.
Helpful Hints: It is important to be organized ahead of time. Send flyers advertising the sale to homerooms. It may be useful to limit or set a quota to be sold by each member.
ATHENS
AREA HIGH SCHOOL
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCHOOL
This
event is usually held on a Saturday two weeks prior to Christmas. It is a
couple's dance similar to the Prom but with a Christmas setting. Tickets are
sold for $10.00 per couple and $6.00 per single. Start with a theme such as
"Winter Wonderland" or "Mistletoe Magic." It is helpful
to look through catalogs for ideas. Decorations can be purchased or made by
the art classes. The goal is to make the Ball as beautiful as it can be and
to transform the gym into a magical setting.
Provide refreshments to accommodate the guests. Ask each member to donate
one dozen cookies. Make punch the morning of the event. Begin decorating right
after school on the day prior to the event. Additional decorating will need
to take place on Saturday morning before the Ball.
Chaperones will be needed. Sell the tickets two weeks before the event. Record
the students' names as they purchase tickets, so an ornament can be made for
each student in attendance.
Cost: $1,000-$1,300
Helpful Hints: Start at least three months before the event. Set up sub-committees for decorations, refreshments, clean up, etc. Solicit a lot of help from students, parents and teachers. Remain organized throughout the experience.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
Purchase boxes of Christmas Cards. Give students in the school the opportunity to purchase these cards and fill them out with a message. These cards are then delivered to students on the day before Christmas vacation.
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Members sell Christmas and Hanukkah items such as a dreidel, bubble pen, beanie key chain, etc. The buyer may write a message and members will deliver the items before holiday break.
Cost: Sell items for $2.00
Helpful Hints: Purchase items at the dollar store.
HATBORO-HORSHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Data Match
Ask members to choose a Data Match questionnaire for students to complete
regarding interests, likes, dislikes, hobbies, habits, etc. Order the questionnaires
from Data Match. Make sure the number ordered corresponds to the number of
students in school. Have students complete them during a homeroom period.
Send the forms to Data Match for tabulation. They should be returned by Data
Match within a few days. Set up tables during the lunch periods for three
days to sell the printouts to interested students. The printouts contain the
most compatible matches from all students that completed the forms.
Profit: $300
ABINGTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
This hilarious fundraiser is simply a basketball game played while riding donkeys. Many variations can be done with class versus class or students versus faculty. Promote it community-wide as a fun family event and charge admission. A variation uses ticket sales to determine who the student riders are. The top ten salespeople get to ride and play in the game. Ask male and female faculty members to be cheerleaders and provide half time activities.
Helpful Hints: Be certain to use a reputable Donkey Basketball Company with experience and insurance. Administration will be expected to sign a contract under which all terms of insurance, rules, etc. are outlined for the game.
Student Council purchases the face paint and cotton swabs for this activity. At Halloween, before classes in the morning, students pay to have a Halloween decoration painted on. We also do this at football games for school spirit and at the Turkey Dance with an autumn design.
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gigantic Garage Sale
Conduct a gigantic garage sale in the school parking lot on a Saturday before
a football game or during spring cleaning. Prior to the event, sell spaces
in the parking lot for $5 or $10 for people to set up and sell their used
items. Make sure the lot is specifically parceled off. Provide tables, arrange
for customer parking and determine beginning and ending times. Have members
man a garage sale table for the group or sell food concessions and refreshments
during the event.
Helpful Hints: This event must be widely advertised throughout the community to be successful. Advertise in church bulletins, penny-savers, store windows, etc.
Gold
Card
Gold Cards look like credit cards and have 20 local vendors
that offer various discounts listed on the back of the card. The card sells
for $10.00 and if you use if a few times, you easily get you money back. Depending
on how many cards your organization sells, the profit ranges from 40-60%.
You can use your yearbook as an incentive for Student Council members to sell
the cards. If a member sells 8 cards, we pay for half of the studentís
yearbook. If the member sells 16 cards, the yearbook is free. If the student
sells 10 cards, the student received a free card. If the member sells 12 cards,
the student's name was entered in a cash drawing.
This fundraiser is operated through Varsity Gold, Inc.
Cost: none
SLIPPERY ROCK AREA HIGH SCHOOL
This is an event sponsored on the morning of the last day before Thanksgiving break. It is usually held from 6:00 - 7:30 a.m. Start with a massive advertising campaign two weeks before the big event. Work with the cafeteria staff to obtain decorations and food. Members arrive at 5:00 a.m. to prepare and cook the food. There is generally an excellent turnout, as many alumni tend to frequent the breakfast.
Helpful Hints: Contact your director of food services and work with the cafeteria staff.
PENNRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Helium Balloons
Sponsor a helium balloon sale to start out the year. Contact a balloon company
of florist about the project to secure a price for the helium balloons. Use
school colors or have each color signify a different message. Allow the students
to write a message to be attached before delivery.
Student Council makes bows out of craft ribbon. These are designed using the school colors and are sold at Homecoming. Students, faculty, and fans purchase the ribbons to wear during the Homecoming Game.
Helpful Hints: Advertise the sale and have persuasive sellers.
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Kiss a Pig
Ask several staff members to volunteer to "kiss a pig" during an
assembly program or pep rally. Take pictures of each participating staff member
and attach it to a piggy bank located in the office or cafeteria. Students
vote for the staff member they would most like to see kiss a pig by placing
money in the piggy banks. During an assembly, announce the winner and hold
a ceremony for the teacher to actually kiss a live pig.
Lollipop Bouquets contain five lollipops: Charms, Tootsie Pops, Valentine Suckers, etc. Tissue paper is used to make the lollipops look like flowers. They are held together with a rubber band and a gift tag is attached. Sell these bouquets by pre-order in the morning and during the lunches. They are purchased as gifts and are delivered on Valentine's Day during homeroom period. The selling price is $1.00 per bouquet.
OAKLAND CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
In March, organize a three-on-three basketball tournament. Hire referees and hand out trophies for first place and plaques for second place. The teams should be co-ed. Allow only one varsity basketball player per team. Charge $5.00 per player to cover the expense of the prizes. Sell food, charge admission and have fun!
SUSQUEHANNA HIGH SCHOOL
Our school has a basketball tournament in May every year. In each of the three grades, students are asked to make teams within their homerooms. Then they are assigned a day to play in a round robin tournament. If the students in the homerooms want to watch they pay 25 cents. It ends up to be a real motivation experience for the end of the school year. Ask 2 teachers to officiate the games. The profits gained from this are used to help a needy family within our school. Last year we helped a woman who contracted a strep infection within her bloodstream. It is a real great follow up to the March Madness Basketball Tournaments.
NORWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST
Participants must try out. No acts may be changed after tryouts. Participants must attend all practices and wear appropriate attire. Acts are judged on costumes and props, lip sync, mannerisms, choreography and entertainment value. Offer a $50.00 grand prize to the winner. Sell tickets for $3.00 in advance and $4.00 at the door.
INTERBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Students
attend the dance wearing their pajamas. For extra activities, have a pillow
fighting contest and give prizes for the best "dressed" pajamas.
Helpful Hints: It is really helpful to be organized when planning and decorating.
It must be highly publicized.
NORTH ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCHOOL
Students must purchase a pass for $1.00 in order to attend a certain assembly. If they choose not to, they could not attend the assembly, but instead had to remain in class. Some assemblies we used were Karaoke, Bachelor Auction, and Student/Teacher Games & Relays.
Cost: none
Helpful Hints: 1) Sell passes during the lunch periods for one week. 2) Advertise. 3) Use fresh new assemblies each time.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
Pie In The Face
Advertise this activity by using posters throughout the school and making
daily announcements to the student body. Ask teachers to volunteer to participate
by allowing themselves to be "pied." Sell tickets for $1.00 a piece
for each specific teacher during the lunches for one week. Assemble the students
in the gym and draw tickets for each teacher participating. Make pies out
of whipped cream and each lucky winner tries to "pie" the teacher
for whom he or she bought the ticket. After all teachers have been pied, draw
two tickets at random from those remaining. One gets the opportunity to be
pied by the other.
Helpful Hints: Try to get many teachers and administrators to participate.
BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Ask Junior and Senior girls who are involved in school activities to play a game of flag football. Choose guys from each grade to be cheerleaders. Hold practices at the coaches' discretion. Hold the event in the evening and advertise it to the public. Arrange for the players and cheerleaders to inexpensively purchase jerseys from a local printer. They can have their nicknames printed on the back. Ask local businesses to donate money to advertise in the Powder Puff Program. Also, place rosters of the players and cheerleaders in the program. Have the teams decorate their sides of the field the day before the game. Choose students to announce the game and run the scoreboard.
Cost: All costs should be covered by public admission and business donations.
Profit: $2,000
Our school's mascot is the ram so every fall we set up Ram Raking. Elderly people in the community let us know that they need their lawns raked and then we get together and go rake their lawns for free
LASALLE ACADEMY
Early in December, provide forms to grades K-3 offering pictures with Santa. Ask members to pose as Santa and elves. Have the yearbook photographers take the pictures. Borrow a backdrop from a local photographer. Make special cards on the computer and glue the photos to the cards. Distribute these to the children the week before Christmas. The cost is $2.00 per child, but profit potential is about $200.00. It is two days of pleasure work. Members will have as much fun as the children. Donate the pictures for students in special needs classes at both the elementary and high school.
Cost: Approximately $55.00.
Profit: $200.00.
Helpful Hints: Try to get materials donated.
MEYERSDALE AREA HIGH SCHOOL
Children are better able to grasp some basic principles of math, science and English when they are playing games and having fun. Have teachers and members of your organization set up various activities on a designated night Contact one of your elementary schools and meet with the teachers to discuss possible activities, puzzles and worksheets. Activities could include building Lego racers, solving math mysteries, etc. Host the night in one of the elementary buildings and invite the elementary students to participate. Parents accompany their children and spend time with them. These events teach children, provide free community entertainment and are fun for all involved.
NORTH PENN HIGH SCHOOL
Invite local senior citizens to spend a day at school, sitting in on classes, eating lunch in the cafeteria, etc. Then either that night or the following have a dance and bingo for them. It is a great activity to help bridge the age gap!
LASALLE ACADEMY
Student Council members are auctioned off to raise money. Members are permitted to be auctioned off individually or as pairs. They are encouraged to dress up according to a selected theme. A faculty member serves as the auctioneer and he or she drives the price up, encouraging everyone in the student body to participate. Sometimes students will pull their money together to buy a serf, but a serf can serve only one student on the selected day. Serfs must serve the student making the highest bid on them. This service includes carrying books, lunch trays, cleaning lockers, etc. It is done all in good fun.
Cost: none
Helpful Hints: 1) Set rules on purchasing serfs ahead of time (cash only). 2) Set guidelines for what a serf is allowed to do on the day of service.
MARS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Spring Fling is held outside in the school parking lot in the spring. Booths are set up by different clubs with either food or games. Students are allowed out of class during two 45-minute periods to attend. Usually the junior high students attend in the morning and the senior high students in the afternoon. Provide electrical outlets, tables and chairs to the clubs for their booths. Some of the booths include: teacher dunking booth, nacho stand, pop stand, pizza stand, ice cream stand, photo booth and basketball game.
Cost: Depends on the supplies needed for the booth members choose to run.
Helpful Hints: Try to have the event outside instead of in the gym because it gives students a chance to get some fresh air.
ALLEGHENY-CLARION VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Sundae Day
This is a good "welcome back" project. Allow students to purchase
tickets to make their own ice cream sundaes after lunch. Set up tables outside
and have various ice cream flavors and toppings. Ask members to bring in creative
toppings. Allow students to go through the line and bui8ld their own sundaes.
Helpful Hints:It may be beneficial to have members serve the ice cream so
that students don't take too much. Have plenty of trash cans available for
clean-up. Work with the cafeteria staff to get permission. Advertise well.
First the Student Council must find a Couch to use. This fund raiser involves raffling off tickets for a student and two friends to win the best seat in the house. Tickets are sold throughout the week prior to a game. Before a Volleyball, Basketball, or Football game announce the winner. The winner gets to sit in the couch with two of his or her friends. Make sure the couch is in an ideal spot to view the game. For halftime, order pizza and sodas for the winner and guests.
Cost: Couch, pizza, soda, tickets
Helpful Hints: 1) Set the ticket price at $1.00/chance. 2) Try to get a good couch donated or at a second-hand store. 3) Get the proper permission.
HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL
Hold a Turkey Dance the weekend before Thanksgiving Decorate with Thanksgiving and autumn themes. Have elections for a Thanksgiving court and a Turkey King and Queen. Give the girls on the court Indian corn bouquets and the guys autumn boutonnieres. Crown the King and Queen with Turkey crowns.
Helpful Hints: Plan in advance. Delegate jobs and make sure people are carrying out their designated tasks.
Valentine's Day
Carnation Sale
Two weeks before Valentine's Day, members should begin selling carnations for $1.00 each. Every member is responsible for selling a minimum of 20 flowers. For each flower sold, the buyer must fill out a tag with the recipient's name and homeroom. A personal message (of good taste) is optional. The night before delivery, members stay after school to sort the flowers by homerooms and place them in buckets outside the homerooms so they can be delivered in the morning.
Cost: Will vary depending on florist and materials used.
Helpful Hints: Check with your florist before you set your deadline. Be organized. Have an order form and make sure there is a tag for every flower sold. Use an assortment of colors and buy extra carnations in case some break.
SUSQUENITA
HIGH SCHOOL
WESTMONT HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL
Hire a professional or amateur videographer to come to the school and videotape the students. Give the videographer a plan of specific events to be taped. Include times, length and locations. Events could include students in classes, lunch, assemblies, halls, and at practices, sporting events, etc. Show the footage at a video dance. Students will be the stars and have a chance to see themselves and friends live on videos that have music added for interest. This will be a different type of dance and profits will soar. It adds a new twist to an old idea.
Helpful Hints: Try to capture all different types of students and activities on tape to encourage everyone to attend.
The
annual volleyball tournament is held each year on the last Saturday in April.
All teams arrive by 8:00 AM for final tournament instructions. Try to have
at least two nets set up or it will take a long time for the tournament. The
number of teams can vary (the average is about eight). This tournament is
for students only and is co-ed. There must be four boys and four girls on
each team. Set the registration deadline for one month before the tournament.
Students select their own team members. Each student pays $5.00 to play, $40.00
per team. Each winning team member receives a championship T-shirt.
The tournament can be set up in many different ways depending on the number
of teams you have. You can use round-robin play with two divisions. Each team
plays two games to 11 points against each other team in its division. The
total points are recorded and the two teams with the top point totals from
each division make the semi-finals. The semi-finals are best of three games
to 11 points. The championship match is played best of three to 15 points.
Students not playing officiate the game. Use your most knowledgeable students
to officiate the semi-final and final rounds. The tournament should be over
at about 2:00 PM.
Cost: $75.00 for T-shirts. Money for security guards (optional).
Helpful Hints: Only two members from each team can be from the J.V. or Varsity Volleyball Teams.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
Winter Semi-Formal/Snowball Dance
Hold a winter dance near Christmastime. Ask the students to dress semi-formally (suits and dresses). Choose a winter theme and decorate accordingly. Set-up other activities nearby such as Ping-Pong tables and foosball. Provide light refreshments. Ask the photography club or yearbook club to take photos. They can profit on this endeavor as well.
BEAVER
AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL
TYRONE AREA HIGH SCHOOL
A traditional car wash can raise money every time you hold one. Usually uning a nearby business as the parking lot and water supply works well for that. However, giving anything a little twist will increase the income. We advertise our car washes as a "Topless Car Wash," which attracts many customers. The real meaning is that we will wash all but the roof for maybe $2, or the entire car for $3. This means $2 gets you a topless wash, or $3 gets you the real deal. It is a great way to bring in the customers. also advertising with face paint and signs along highways will attract meny people.
This is a great way to raise money, we did it for a charity though. You put one jar in a room for each grade. The jars are used to collect monetary contributions. For every $.10 we awarded one link in a chain. Each link is a strip of paper cut out and then the ends are stapled forming a circle. Each grade must have a seperate color, so that when you hang the chains they can see what grade is winning. It is a great way to make money and the competition level is usually real high.