Our Concert Choir is going on tour to San Diego, CA this year and we need some fresh ideas for raising funds (it looks like it will cost $975 per student). We will be touring April of 2008 but we need to start making payments now.
Fundraising we already have lined up:
~ Entertainment books (we get $6 per book we sell)
~ Radio Jazz Hour ($5 per ticket)
~ Silent Movie Night ($5 per ticket)
~ Val-o-grams (buy a singing Valentine for your sweetheart)
~ Candles (traditional but less so than candy)
Anyone have more ideas or know of sites where ideas can be found?
2007-09-12 16:25:04 · 15 answers · asked by tselea 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Oh, also, the choir is made up of 50 High School juniors, seniors and a few sophomores, just so you know who has to do all the work.
2007-09-12 16:40:23 · update #1
Good Luck A big yard sale with all your parents junk,hold it on the football field and sell HOT DOGS 1 dollar each.
Promise a performance and invite the public in a big newspaper donated ad!!!
http://www.schwansfundraising.com/
I know these people have great food products , you were asking for ideas.......
2007-09-12 16:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by tagway 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Avon, i sell Avon and there fundraisers are great, there products sell themselves because everyone is already farmiliar with it
hoagies, a firehouse by me does this every year and its successful
fruit only from florida(oranges, grapefruit only), my marching band did this every year and made thousands
1.00 jewlery, the best, people buy so much of it. I pay .45 cents each and it sells for 1.00 each. For every 10 pieces they get 1 free. So that means everyone must spend 10.00. 10.00 a pop from everyone is a quick profit of about 5.50 a person. And the jewlery looks nice. You would have to have about 100 or more different styles to do this. Big profit and its cheap, this would be your best fundraiser
Fundraiser candy, its special big boxes of wholesale candy that says fundraiser on package from hershey, i dont think the profit is as great as the jewlery
2007-09-12 23:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by Buff Me 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
SMENCILS! They're scented pencils that come in tubes that come in ten different, fun scents, like Cherry, Bubble Gum, and Root Beer. They sell for $1 each, but most people like to buy then in bunches of ten. You get 50% profit, and they sell crazy fast! My middle school does this every year for our Language Arts department. Plus, Smencils last for at least two years in or out the tube.
Best of all, Smencils are made of 100% recycled newspaper, so it's good for the environment, too.
Good luck!
2007-09-12 23:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why not compose a solicitation letter stating the nature and purpose of the fund raising? Print as many as who you know are able to support or to sponsor the tour. Put it in white envelopes, hand to your friends, relatives and acquaintances and give to politicians, gov't employees, and other known personalities in your area.
2007-09-12 23:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by dalton 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cookie Sale
Craft Sale
2007-09-12 23:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some schools in KY have the kids sell Christmas wrapping paper. It is a little steep on price, but so is everything else with fund raisers. The paper is high quality however, so I guess it is worth it. We buy some from my neice every Christmas. Now would be a good time to sell that.
good luck.
2007-09-12 23:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1. Car wash
2. Fundraising Concert--while in the concert, sell food and drinks as well
3. Care packages--to be sent out before examination week. Ask people to buy your care packages and then ask them to whom they wanted you to give the care packages to. Then on the friday before exam week, deliver these packages to the receivers
4. sell posters of famous new and old movies
5. have a fair= with games, food stalls, smoothies....
I am out of ideas....but hope these help
2007-09-12 23:46:38 · answer #7 · answered by chocoeclairs 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Look into doing a fundraiser event and a raffle. These are the big money makers and you won't have to fundraise yourselves to death. Check here for ideas on fundraising events:
http://www.fundraiserhelp.com/fundraising-event-ideas.htm
Good Luck!
2007-09-13 08:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by kcr4321 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have the kids get household stuff and clothes they don't want anymore and have a huge yard sale.have them make alot of signs for areond the neighborhood. bake sales. and car washes
2007-09-12 23:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You might want to consider running a charity race night the sites below have some free useful advice.
http://www.globalracenight.com
http://www.racenight.me.uk
2007-09-16 20:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋