Looking to raise money for a new school playground. This will also be used by the whole community as the town playground. The current playground has flooding during the spring and the equipment is unsafe. All the work is being done by volunteers but the sod and pea gravel and playground equipment along with a new drainage system will be around 100,000. The community has been donating all it can, but we need other sources. Any ideas out there?
2007-02-04 13:07:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Hold a play-a-thon for the community, both adults and children. Organize games such as tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, dodgeball...you know...children's games from our playground days. Have the community pay or pledge to participate and have groups selling drinks and baked goods on the side to raise even more money. Companies could even pay to sponsor some of the games.
Good luck!
2007-02-05 01:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by tigeri4263 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try applying for a CDBG Community Development Block Grant, since the playground will be used by the community, perhaps you can get some money that way. I don't know the specifics on the guidelines but if you check with your Community Action Agency or County Commissioners they would be able to answer your questions...Also check with your local United Way, they help communities all the time and are very interested in the youth of today...Good Luck!!
2007-02-04 22:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Annie Red Head 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a couple more ideas:
Sell name bricks or name plaques that will be displayed in the new playground.
One fundraiser our PTO is gearing up for now is a basket bash. All the classrooms put together baskets which are displayed at an event. They get a bake sale going that night. Then people buy tickets and use them to enter into drawings for the baskets they like. I don't know how much money they raise but all the schools here do them so they must be pretty good.
2007-02-05 23:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by Critter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the fire and police department for a football game, or a cook off and sell tickets in the community.
Local radio stations to help with a car wash, if you have professional teams, sponsor something that will bring the public and charge, like a game between the team and radio personalities.
Also go to Wal Mart and ask for donations, go to the local company that does the drainage and ask for them to give a cut rate if you put a banner up that shows they donated most or all of the drainage time.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-04 21:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by SINGLEMOM4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a fundraiser!!! I did one for a school playground years ago. We put up tents in the school yard, had a 50/50. Casino games etc. Often times you can have the supplies needed donated by companies in the area. Contact the local chamber of commerce. Charge people to come. It is fun, and a great way to raise money.
2007-02-05 11:14:06 · answer #5 · answered by jillian_demp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$100,000 is a lot of money. First I would go around to local business and ask for donations. Tell then you will put up something that lists all the major donars, then that serves as frees advertising for them.
*Do bake sales at farmer's markets. Also have a box for those that just wish to donate to the fund.
*Cater an event that sells soup and sandwiches, etc and have all supplies donated from those on the fundraising team.
*Raffle something off...sometimes you can get a business to donate something big to raffle off.
*Bottle drives
*Host a dance for a special event (valetines, etc) all profits from that tickets and alcohol sold can go to playground.
*Silent Auction..all things sold is donated by the community.
*Get kids to mow grass, shovel snow, etc and have them donate all or portion of earnings to playground
*Car Wash
*50/50 tickets at local sporting events
There is a few ideas...hope you like some of them...good luck.
2007-02-05 12:25:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is so wonderful that you and many others are doing great things like this to benefit the community.
I would most definitely start a fundraiser. You should do fundraisers at local school and stores that people go to. You should sell things that people love, things people really enjoy, such as games, beauty supplies, books, candy, clothes or other things. I'm sure these things won't be too expensive, I'm sure you could get donations.
I wish you the best of luck:)
2007-02-04 23:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by ♥IslamForever♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that Home Depot has come into a number of communities around here to help build a new playground.
Try looking at some of the banks and bigger corporations for their community relations programs. Put their name somewhere and they might give you a chunk of cash.
Check with your city, ours has a matching grant program..where if we raise up to $10,000, they will match it.
Many of the playground sales people (ie. Habitat) have ideas that they can share with you about where to find money.
We raised $40,000 in two years. Good luck!
2007-02-04 23:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mangomum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sell candy bars and if you have a problem getting the kids and parents active in the fundraisers the principal or group of teacher may offer to do something fun or funny (spend the day in dunk tank or let some students who raised the most money throw a pie or etc)
2007-02-04 23:10:14 · answer #9 · answered by ecogeek4ever 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try grant writing from the government ( both state and federal levels), try advertising your cause to people like Oprah, Extreme Makeovers, Maury Povich, etc. as a human-interest story; if you have a local hero, such as a pro football player or the like, appeal to them for aid- they may have connections to help. Try big hardware businesses ( Home Depot, Lowes, etc) to cover supplies for the drainage system.
Good luck.
2007-02-04 23:50:57 · answer #10 · answered by Flea© 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋