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		<title>Jump rope Fundraiser</title>
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For ages kids have been entertaining themselves, for hours, with jumping fun. It&#8217;s great fun and healthy. So this fundraiser is all about jumping rope. Make this fundraiser not only fun, but make it about raising funds for school activities.

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<p>For ages kids have been entertaining themselves, for hours, with jumping fun. It&#8217;s great fun and healthy. So this fundraiser is all about jumping rope. Make this fundraiser not only fun, but make it about raising funds for school activities.<br />
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You could take advantage of this fundriser several times throughout the school year. Have sheets made up which students can take around to get signatures for pledges. Have those pledging, write down next totheir name how much they will donate per however many minutes the student jumps.</p>
<p>Encourage the students to not limit their selection of pledgers to friends, family and acquaintances either. Suggest they walk up and down their neighborhood getting signatures for donations with the supervision of an adult.</p>
<p>Ask businesses, city organizations, church members to sign up to pledge as well. Wal-Mart is good about letting school groups set up tables for school activities. So try to set up a booth with students to get shoppers to pledge donations..</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t limit yourself to Wal-Mart, see if other grocery stores will do the same. Be sure to get phone numbers with those pledges so they can later be called for the pledges to be picked up.</p>
<p>Parents can take their child&#8217;s pledge sheet to work with them and see if they can get some signatures from co-workers. Grandparents can do the same. The more people who&#8217;ll sign up for this fundraiser, the more funds that can be raised.</p>
<p>Allow for about a week of signature gathering. Then set up the day for the jumping to begin. Encourage parents to be there. You&#8217;ll need help for adults to help supervising this jump. Each volunteer should have at least five students to keep an eye on with their jumping.</p>
<p>Once the student quits jumping then his/her time needs to be entered on their pledge sheet, which those supervising that group of kids will have. They will then need to sit out and wait for their group members to finish.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll want each student participating in this fundraiser to bring their own jump rope. These are inexpensive and can be found at different merchandising stores, even dollar stores. This way the school wont need to have an added expense purchasing jump ropes.</p>
<p>Encourage the parents of the students to bring a light snack and drink for their youngster who&#8217;s jumping. The school gym is the best place to hold this event or another school building large enough to house several jumpers.</p>
<p>Before the jumping begins already have permission slips signed. Collect all the pledge sheets and divide them into groups of five. On the day of the jumping, hand out the group of five pledge sheets to the volunteers who&#8217;ll look over that particular group jumping.</p>
<p>After the event is held, now begins the collecting phase. The kids should have collected phone numbers with their pledges. Have them call up their donaters and make arrangements to collect the donation pledge. Encourage each student to smile and say thanks you when<br />
collecting the money.</p>
<p>After all the collecting is done and the tally has been figured, make an announcement over the PA System to let the kids know how much money they raised for the school. Perhaps sometime during the school year, an ice cream party can be planned as a way of thanking the students for all their hard work helping to make money for their school.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to do this fundraiser a few times throughout the school year. Kids enjoy doing these kind of things and people enjoy for the most part, donating to a good cause.</p>
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		<title>Hawaiian Luau Fundraiser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Don Ho&#8217;s voice and hula dancers set the scene for this fun and festive fundraiser. No it&#8217;s not a trip to Hawaii, but it will be just as fun. Before school starts again, it&#8217;s a great opportunity to end the summer vacation with food and entertainment while hosting a &#8220;Hawaiian Luau Fundraiser&#8221;

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<p>Don Ho&#8217;s voice and hula dancers set the scene for this fun and festive fundraiser. No it&#8217;s not a trip to Hawaii, but it will be just as fun. Before school starts again, it&#8217;s a great opportunity to end the summer vacation with food and entertainment while hosting a &#8220;Hawaiian Luau Fundraiser&#8221;<br />
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Get started right away planning this fundraiser so it will draw in those crowds and be fun and entertaining.</p>
<p>Finding your location to host such an event can be hard, but it&#8217;ll need to be the first step you take before you can even plan everything else. If it&#8217;s not to hot where you live, try to find an outdoors area to host it. If the heat is scorching then seek an area where the floral and fauna can help set the tone.</p>
<p>You might check with your Chamber of Commerce to find the right location to host this. Since this is a fund raising event for the schools, by getting them involved could increase the effectiveness of raising money. Don&#8217;t hold back for asking if the area could be donated for the time the Luau takes place. Once your location is found, the planning begins.</p>
<p>Play up the &#8220;Fundraising&#8221; part by seeking food donations from local grocery businesses. Instead of burying a pig in the ground, opt for grilling pork and beef on grills with Hawaiian flavors. You can hit up local BBQ places to see if they&#8217;d be willing to donate their services for cooking the meats.</p>
<p>Now planning the decorating is serious. You want this luau to be as authentic as possible without actually being in Hawaii experiencing one. So plan ahead and do your research. Visit local craft shops, flower shops and decorating stores to see what they&#8217;d be willing to donate towards your Luau.</p>
<p>Lei&#8217;s, grass hula skirts, banana leaves, palm fronds, tiki torches, Hawaiian music, fishnets, shells and sand can help set the mood of the night&#8217;s luau. The more you can put into making this fundraiser feel as authentic as possible, the more interest you&#8217;ll draw and the better the donations may be.</p>
<p>Once all the planning is done, advertise your fundraiser. State that it&#8217;s for raising funds for local schools, who need help with having monies for those extra activities planned for their kids throughout the school year. Tug on those heartstrings of parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles.</p>
<p>In your advert for this fundraiser, encourage all to wear their best Hawaiian themed outfit (albeit modest outfit). State there will be a prize given for the best male and female outfit at the end of the luau.</p>
<p>Have donation boxes set up throughout the venue, overseen by trustworthy adults. At the entrance of the party have volunteers put leis around the neck of all who attend and have an area set up at the entrance for the entrance fee, which will cover all the food and entertainment provided for this fundraiser.</p>
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		<title>Cookie Lollipops Fundraiser</title>
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The Summer months are winding down and just around the corner the tolling of school bells will be heard. Excited chatter and scurrying feet resound throughout the halls of different schools, as now begins another school year.
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<p>The Summer months are winding down and just around the corner the tolling of school bells will be heard. Excited chatter and scurrying feet resound throughout the halls of different schools, as now begins another school year.</p>
<p>All those school activities will start taking place and could be teachers are racking their brains, trying to come up with different types of fundraisers so money can be earn to support and help out these school activities.</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s one such fundraiser which can be held, anytime, through the coming school year. In fact this fundraiser could even be supported by the school and take place in the school. This is a &#8220;Cookie Lollipop Fundraiser&#8221;.</p>
<p>A selection of the most popular cookies, baked as lollipops and situated in a flower pot to create an exciting and delicious array of yumminess. The great thing about this fundraiser is, the cooking of the cookie lollipops are done in the schools cafeteria.</p>
<p>You could ask for volunteers to help bake the cookies, or you could see if the school would be willing to ask help from the cafeteria ladies, in the baking of the cookies. They could for the most part bake the cookies with the sticks in them and the decorating and arranging of the cookie flower pots can be done by volunteers and students.</p>
<p>After the plan for the fundraiser is set to motion, then can begin the selling part of the fundraiser. This can be done via the newspaper, handouts, and just good old word of mouth exposure. Have students take part by selling to family and friends, even knocking on the doors of neighbors.</p>
<p>This will be a two part fundraiser. The first wave sells, then  the second &#8230;delivers. So as these  arrangements are sold, names and addresses will need to be written down with the choice of cookies they&#8217;d like in their flower pot arrangement. This will require a list of cookies which will be baked.</p>
<p>There needs to be at least four selections to choose from. Some could be peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar and oatmeal. Don&#8217;t limit yourself to four, if more can be bake, the greater the variety the more chances you have of selling these cute little arrangements.</p>
<p>Regarding the baking of these cookies. The cookies will need to have sticks baked into them in order for them to stand up in the flower pot without breaking, so the round sucker sticks should probably be used. Too these cookies will need to be thick enough to house the stick, but not to thick they&#8217;ll topple over or break apart because of the weight. A few trial runs, of small amounts of each cookie, can be done beforehand to see what way works out the best.</p>
<p>When it comes to the packaging of the cookies prior to deliver, here&#8217;s where creative decorating comes into play. Because the cookies will be standing up, supported by flower Styrofoam or flower clay, actual decorating should be kept to the individual wrapping of the cookies.</p>
<p>Bright and colorful cookie wrap can be used, each tied off with a twist tie. Then a few strands of pretty ribbon can be added to each pop to ape leaves. Arranging of the cookie pops can be left up to the creativity of those helping to put them together. Each pot should hold about twelve cookies.</p>
<p>Once the arrangements have been made, then delivery should take place as soon as possible. At the time of delivery, the funds for these cookie arrangements should be gathered. Before hand you will have decided on how much to ask for these cute little cookie treats. The ultimate goal is to raise fund for the school, so people will expect to pay a little more than they would at the bakery.</p>
<p>To recap a bit. Plan the event, make arrangement for the event to be held, then follow through with your plans ASAP. Always explain to those you&#8217;ll be approaching,  this fundraiser is being held to raise funds for the school year to help cover whatever needs will come up the school itself doesn&#8217;t cover.</p>
<p>Let your yes mean yes and follow through with your plans as stated to those who would be giving donations or funds to whatever event is being held. Even if would be buyers don&#8217;t want to participate, never over an opportunity to ask for voluntary donations. Take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves. Don&#8217;t limit yourself to just friends, family and neighbors, think outside the box and hit businesses, clubs, community centers and so on. Remember to ask for permission though when entering a business.</p>
<p>Hopefully this little fundraiser will be something your school can do. However you go about it, make it fun. Your school is worth all the effort it takes when it comes to raising funds for it.</p>
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		<title>Water Park Day Fundraiser</title>
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Don&#8217;t let the water hose be your only source of water fun during the summer, why not plan a day of water fun at a local or close by water park. Kids and water equal lots of smiles and fun. Get some other moms to help you set up this &#8220;Water park fundraiser&#8221;.

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<p>Don&#8217;t let the water hose be your only source of water fun during the summer, why not plan a day of water fun at a local or close by water park. Kids and water equal lots of smiles and fun. Get some other moms to help you set up this &#8220;Water park fundraiser&#8221;.</p>
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<p>In fact this fundraiser could be ran a few times through out the summer months so you can be sure to raiser a much money as you can for your schools&#8217; needs. Scoop out what it would cost for a group of kids to enter the park for a day and see if they&#8217;d give a discount. Try to see if you can get a discount on usage of inner-tubes and life vest for the young ones. This will make it easier to set up a fee for this days activities when you go to list it in the newspaper and when you pass out fliers.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve found out all the information, it&#8217;s time to put together the fundraiser event. In your newspaper ad be sure you to include all the information about the fundraiser, like where it&#8217;s going to be held, how they&#8217;ll get there, what is included in the fee to go and when the event will be over.</p>
<p>Ask those who are attending if they have their own life vest or inflatable inner-tubes or floaties to bring them if they don&#8217;t want to pay a cost for rental. Ask that everyone bring a packed lunch and a drink in non-breakable bottles. If the water park doesn&#8217;t allow food or drinks to be brought in, then have already on hand an arrangement for a discount at the water parks concession stands. Perhaps a free meal coupon can be donated by the park for bringing in such a large group of swimmers.</p>
<p>The water park might have a group deal which includes the entry price, rental of flotation devices, and meal already set for a large group of attendees. Just ask when getting this fundraiser up, the increase the individual cost for each attendee to make your profit.</p>
<p>It might be good to have same colored wrist bracelets for all attendees to wear. Have the child&#8217;s name matched to a parents name for safety reasons. These can be purchased at party supply stores. This is a precaution parents will appreciate.</p>
<p>Since this is a fundraiser activity, be sure to make that known throughout the days fun. The cost of the entry into the park will be covered by the fee charged, it still would be good to see if others would like to donate even though they might not attend. Have some donation boxes set up while everyone is loading into the transportation, this way you might be able to pull in a few more donations besides what you raise from the fundraiser.</p>
<p>Arrange to have as many large passenger vans available to help transport attendees to and from the water park. Get parents to donate their vehicles if possible or see if you can get a school bus to drive you back and forth to and from the water park.</p>
<p>In your ad be sure to list what they will need to bring and pay to go. Don&#8217;t forget to announce this as a Water park fundraiser event. It&#8217;s a great way to keep parents informed about the needs of the school and it allows them to be a part of solving the situation of lack of funds for the schools their children attend. The economy is hard on everyone these days, but school will feel the crunch of this as more and more monies are taken away from schools. So let everyone do their part in raising money for the schools.</p>
<p>All right. Ready, set, swim&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..splash!!!!!</p>
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		<title>Summer Carnival Fundraiser</title>
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Knock down the stacked blocks, come on toss these rings around the bottles. One dollar for three darts come on, pop these balloons. You&#8217;ve probably guessed by now we&#8217;re hosting a Summer Carnival Fundraiser.

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<p>Knock down the stacked blocks, come on toss these rings around the bottles. One dollar for three darts come on, pop these balloons. You&#8217;ve probably guessed by now we&#8217;re hosting a Summer Carnival Fundraiser.<br />
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As host/hostess you&#8217;ll be the coordinator of all the festivities and food selections that come with hosting this fundraiser. Don&#8217;t worry, this fund raiser is a bit different from the rest, you wont need to purchased prizes and such for the games.</p>
<p>Why you ask, well I&#8217;ll tell you. All will be playing for the ultimate prize at the end of fundraiser. A weekend trip to an amusement park for four or water park nearest your area. Instead of prizes you&#8217;ll be handing out tickets to the winners for a drawing.  Here&#8217;s how this carnival works:</p>
<p>1.   Select a place to host this carnival: Get any permits which might be needed and take the time to get with the city council and see if there are any restrictions on hosting this type of event in the city/town you live in. Be sure to let everyone involved know this is for raising funds for the school system to help pay for events or activities that aren&#8217;t included in the schools yearly budget.</p>
<p>2.  Get volunteers to run the different booths where the games will be played. Decide on what games will be played at your fundraiser. Ring toss, Balloon popping, Throwing the ball to knock down bottles, A dunk tank, and so on are a few you might consider. These games are intended to earn part of the money for the school.  So find your best hecklers, draw those crowds in with teasing remarks and taunts, get them to spend their dollars at your booth.</p>
<p>3.  Find volunteers to run the snack bar area: Think about the foods you&#8217;d normally find at a carnival and purchase them. Corndogs, chips, sodas, cotton candy, hamburgers, hotdogs, pretzels, nachos, funnel cakes and so on are a few. These food items and drinks you sell will be part of the revenue you earn for the school. So price accordingly and within reason. You want to sell!!!!</p>
<p>4.  Coordinate a clean up crew for after the carnival event. Be sure you restore the area to the best condition you can, if not better.</p>
<p>5. See about borrowing little ponies to sell rides on for the smaller kids. Small kids love this kind of attraction. You might even be able to arrange for hayrides to be given for a small fee.</p>
<p>Mostly this carnival is about activities, not so much carnival rides, but don&#8217;t limit yourself to these selections here. If it&#8217;s within your power do what you can to make this a worth while fundraiser.</p>
<p>Yes, some funds will need to be spent arranging for the grand prize. If your savvy enough, you might be able to convince the parks management to donate a few passes for a family of four. Tell them they&#8217;ll be donating towards a great cause and specify what it is.</p>
<p>Food items will need to be purchased as well. Go by Wholesale  and see if they&#8217;d be willing to donate food items and drinks towards your fundraiser. They carry a wide selection of items.</p>
<p>Go by party supply stores for you carnival game needs, again ask about getting donations before you pay out of pocket. Most businesses enjoy fundraising opportunities as it&#8217;s a great source of advertisement for their business.</p>
<p>If you get sponsors be sure you mention them.  You can do this by making banners with their names on them and display them at your carnival. Too once the fundraiser is over, put an ad in thanking everyone who helped out and a special thanks to your sponsors.</p>
<p>This fundraiser may appear to be hard, but once the ball gets rolling, things will fall into place. Delegate responsibilities to all who help. This way you&#8217;ll have an eventful fundraiser and one everyone will enjoy participating in.</p>
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		<title>Virtual Cat Show Fundraiser</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ever there was the perfect idea for a fundraiser, a virtual cat show is it.  It combines cat lovers’ pride in their little darlings and their zest to show them off into a fun project.  If you have a cat, you know what I mean.  Cat lovers are renowned for photographing [...]<p><a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/virtual-cat-show-fundraiser/">Virtual Cat Show Fundraiser</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com">Elementary School Fundraising Ideas</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cat.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-569 aligncenter" title="Cat" src="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cat.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="161" /></a>If ever there was the perfect idea for a fundraiser, a virtual cat show is it.  It combines cat lovers’ pride in their little darlings and their zest to show them off into a fun project.  If you have a cat, you know what I mean.  Cat lovers are renowned for photographing their cats and showing them off at every opportunity.  Whether it’s a kitten or a fully grown cat, whether the cat is at play or asleep, everything is worth preserving as a memory.</p>
<p><span id="more-568"></span>A virtual cat show is much like a real cat show in that cat owners would groom their cat or cats to look their very best.  The difference being, in a virtual cat show all cats can compete, not just pedigrees and the cats don’t need to be present, their picture or a short video is all that’s needed.</p>
<p>To get the project going you could encourage students, teachers and staff of the school to grab their cameras and start taking photos of their cat or get the camera rolling.  Very little encouragement will be needed.  These pictures or videos can then be forwarded to a specified email address, along with the name of the cat, its owner and a short tagline.</p>
<p>The photographs or videos can show cats groomed to perfection or can be snapshots of cats being cats.  Fluffy could be doing something funny; eat or drink in a strange way, be at play, or sleep in a weird position.  You know what cats are like, they are an endless source of entertainment.</p>
<p>It is this entertainment that a virtual cat show needs.  Beautiful cats, funny cats, active cats and out for the count cats! Each cat pays an entry fee, and then tickets can be sold for the show and refreshments sold to increase the take. The fundraiser should be held somewhere that the uploaded video footage and photos can be projected onto a wall size screen.</p>
<p>To make the presentation even more interesting, cats could be dressed up in a funny costume or a hat, or be in the presence of something unusual.  A cat holding a fake bird, a cat nuzzling a toy dog, or anything that would make a cute cat even cuter.  The cat could be snapped looking at a fishbowl or the computer.  Anything and everything goes.</p>
<p>When all entries have been received, pictures could be sorted into different categories.  After all, one can’t compare apples to oranges. Pedigree cats could be in a different category than ordinary cats; posing cats would be separated from those snapped unaware; and action shots would be separated from sleeping cats.</p>
<p>Depending on when you are planning the virtual cat show, there could even be a category fitting the occasion.  For instance, if the show is planned around Independents Day, cats could be pictured holding the American flag.  This is easier than you think, just wait until kitty goes to sleep and then add an object to make Socks or Fluffy a little patriotic.</p>
<p>All participants need is a cat, a camera and imagination.  If there ever was a fundraiser that will be enthusiastically greeted, it’s this one.  People showing off their pets &#8230; it’s guaranteed success!</p>
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		<title>Game Day Mini Camp Fundraiser</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because school is out doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t be giving thought to hosting some summer time fundraiser for the upcoming school years financial needs. In fact taking advantage of the summer months can be a great opportunity to pump up the volume of fun fundraiser events that couldn&#8217;t be held during school time.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/game-day.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-564 aligncenter" title="game day" src="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/game-day.jpg" alt="" width="134" height="100" /></a>Just because school is out doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t be giving thought to hosting some summer time fundraiser for the upcoming school years financial needs. In fact taking advantage of the summer months can be a great opportunity to pump up the volume of fun fundraiser events that couldn&#8217;t be held during school time.</p>
<p><span id="more-563"></span>This event is a great one to host several times over the summer school break. Parents are looking for day activities to entertain their children with, so this &#8220;Game Day Mini Camp  Fundraiser&#8221; will be quite successful.</p>
<p>The whole premise of this event is to have as many games planned out that kids can switch back and forth from throughout the day. These could range from board games, to video games, to jump rope competitions and so on.</p>
<p>You can either ask for donations of games from parents, friends, or family members or you could even visit some of the larger merchant chains and ask for game donations for this fundraiser.</p>
<p>Most of the large merchant chains carry a plethora of board games. Games like Monopoly, Clue, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Sorry, Uno, Crazy Eights, Ring toss and so forth. You might even be able to get a donation of a Wii, Playstation, or Xbox system for this fundraiser. You can ask that kids bring their portable game stations so they can interact with other kids.</p>
<p>Arrange for enough televisions to be where the game mini camp is going to be set up. Rotate game play ever thirty minutes or so, so everyone can have a chance to play if they choose to. Even suggest they bring their own game controllers so there will be an abundance and more kids can play at the same time.</p>
<p>Advertise the event about a week ahead of time so parents can have the opportunity to make arrangements for their kids to attend. Suggest an admittance fee of $10.00 which would include the day&#8217;s game play as well as snacks and drinks. Send out fliers, put an ad in the newspaper and share word of mouth exposure.</p>
<p>Snacks could be something like soda, chips, a sandwich, popcorn. These things can be held in hand and easily cleaned up. You can assign several volunteers to oversee the food and clean up.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll need to arrange for volunteers to keep an eye on ever game area you set up. This will keep things running smoothly and keep irritations down. This also provides adult supervision for the fundraiser.</p>
<p>This event could be set up to take place at a community center, church recreation center, or some other enclosed/air conditioned place. You want your environment to be comfortable for all who attend. This is one of those fundraisers kids will enjoy and parents will enjoy bringing their kids to.</p>
<p>To end the days event you could pass out ribbons of participation to all the kids or certificates to all who attend. This way the kids will have something to remember this fun filled day by. However you set this fundraiser up, it all starts out with a plan. Hopefully these ideas will help in organizing a fundraiser you can hold a few times over the summer to raise funds for those in school activities.</p>
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		<title>Pajama Day Camp Fundraiser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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What kid doesn&#8217;t like lounging around in his or her pajamas all day long? Here&#8217;s an opportunity to let your kids experience a whole day in their pajamas, while enjoying fun activities.


 Step One: The host will need to secure a large area to house many kids ranging from kindergarten through grade school. There will [...]<p><a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/pajama-day-camp-fundraiser/">Pajama Day Camp Fundraiser</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com">Elementary School Fundraising Ideas</a></p>
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What kid doesn&#8217;t like lounging around in his or her pajamas all day long? Here&#8217;s an opportunity to let your kids experience a whole day in their pajamas, while enjoying fun activities.</p>
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<li> Step One: The host will need to secure a large area to house many kids ranging from kindergarten through grade school. There will need to be a kitchen area in the building. Pick the day which works best for all volunteers. Decide on the length of the event, say from 8 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.</li>
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<li> Step two:  Procure adult supervision for the day&#8217;s event. Decide before hand how many kids will be allowed to participate in this one day camp and figure one adult per five kids to supervise.</li>
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<li> Step three: Plan your meals for the day. Breakfast, lunch, and supper. Breakfast could be waffles and fruit, cereal, or pancakes. Lunch could be something like hotdogs and macaroni and supper could be tacos. Something easy and quick for each meal.</li>
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<li> Step Four: Have activities planned for the whole day. Some of these could included movie time, finger painting, indoor games, etc.</li>
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<li> Step Five: Find sponsers for the event. Approach craft stores, movie stores and grocery markets. Explain this fundraiser is going to be for raising funds for the local school and ask if they&#8217;d be willing to support it by donating items to this one day event. You could say for their participation, when you place the ad in the local newspaper for the Pajama Day Fundraiser, you&#8217;ll mention their contributions to the days activities. You could even suggest the manager or an employee attend and have a photo op for publicity.</li>
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<li> Step Six: Place your ad. Make sure you include the day of the event, the time it will cover and that it is going to be on a first come basis, or until the number of slots are filled. Arrange for the local newspaper office to cover the event and take photos of the sponsors and a group picture of the volunteers with the kids who attended. This is a great opportunity to really promote your fundraiser and make it known this is to raise funs for the upcoming school year and all the activities that will be planned for that year.</li>
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<li> Step Seven: When parents call in to make their reservations, be sure you get the parents name matched with the child and make sure it&#8217;s that parent who picks up their child at the end of the day. Perhaps you can do name tags or matching bracelets. These steps will ensure you are taking serious your responsibility for their child&#8217;s well-being. Too it could make a huge impression on the parent and bring in some extra tip monies for the school.  So don&#8217;t forget to set up a tip jar at the front of the building.</li>
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<li> Step Eight: Remember, before all else, allow a few weeks ahead of time to organize everything. Being prepared will help in keeping a safe and successful environment for this fun day of activities. There will be no stressing because you&#8217;ve planned ahead.</li>
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<p>Now the fun beings. Enjoy have a wonderful fundraiser while raising money for your school. This fundraiser is sure to be a huge success</p>
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		<title>Comedy Event Fundraiser</title>
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&#8220;The world is your stage&#8221; or in this case, the stage is yours for a Comedy Event Fundraiser. Get the audience laughing and applauding by tickling their funny bone with your funniest joke or comedic skit. Raise the roof with laughter.

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<p>&#8220;The world is your stage&#8221; or in this case, the stage is yours for a Comedy Event Fundraiser. Get the audience laughing and applauding by tickling their funny bone with your funniest joke or comedic skit. Raise the roof with laughter.</p>
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<p>This event will be an easy fundraiser to host. Start by securing the schools auditorium for what ever day or weekend the fundraiser will take place. Then create a festive flier announcing curtain calls for jokes and skits. You&#8217;ll need to have a few rounds of scanning to make sure things are kept decent. You&#8217;ll want to make sure you have enough participants to host an hour or so show.</p>
<p>Once the cast has been selected, you can assign a few weekends prior to the event for rehearsals. This fundraiser is all about laughter, so encourage your participants to put their best performance out there. You can even ask that they dress up for their parts or use prompts if the joke/skit calls for such things. This is sure to bring forth the most creative bits to entertain your audience.</p>
<p>Assign students as ushers, program distributors, refreshment crew and to any other area which will need to be tended during and after the show. Have them all wear a similar color shirt so the visitors will know who to go to for whatever needs they might have.  Since refreshments are going to be offered, assign a clean up crew for an  after event clean. You&#8217;ll need to have trash gatherers, bathroom crew, sweepers/vacuum workers as well.</p>
<p>Earning the funds:</p>
<p>1.  A refreshment booth, with a selection of snacks and drinks can be set up in the lobby.</p>
<p>2.  Assemble a program for purchase as a keepsake. Prior to the event have headshots of the cast taken, with the joke/skit name they&#8217;ll be performing that night. Give a little bio of each participant next to their photograph in the program. The schools photo, school song, and mascot could be on the front of the program.</p>
<p>3.  Have a section of seats assigned as prime event seats. This will allow for a suggested donation and give the parents the opportunity to shine in the limelight with their child by being upfront if they so choose. Their hands can be stamped or marked to signify their special seating, this will help the ushers seat them.</p>
<p>4.  Set up a voting area for best comedic performance. The winner will receive a nice prize, which has been preselected by the host/hostess of the event. Allow for up to five votes per person for their choice. A donation, of a dollar a vote, will be required for those who want to participate in this. Most parents will be willing to do this so their child can win, especially if the prize is something nice.</p>
<p>5.  Have a photo area set up for snapshots with those who perform. Ask for a dollar donation per photo. A disc camera or instant photo camera will work nice for this. Photos can be instantly given to those who purchase one.</p>
<p>This fundraiser is sure to be a huge success and a lot of fun for all. Everyone deserves a day of silliness and laughter, so play it up. Put your best foot forward and as in show business, they say, &#8220;break a leg&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Candy Fundraising</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Selling candy is a time-honored fundraiser that never gets old. Having a variety to choose from makes candy selling easier and more fun. Doing a candy based fundraiser means you can make a 40-55% profit on each sale! Plus, you can easily sell to businesses as well as families &#8211; let small business owners know [...]<p><a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com/candy-fundraising/">Candy Fundraising</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.elementaryfundraisingideas.com">Elementary School Fundraising Ideas</a></p>
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<p>Selling <a href="http://www.ezfund.com/direct/DirectSaleProducts.asp?PdctCtgyCde=CANDY">candy</a> is a time-honored fundraiser that never gets old. Having a variety to choose from makes candy selling easier and more fun. Doing a candy based fundraiser means you can make a 40-55% profit on each sale! Plus, you can easily sell to businesses as well as families &#8211; let small business owners know they can use they candy bars as a giveaway to promote their own business!<br />
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Most folks are familiar with the perennial Original One Dollar Bar chocolate bars. They&#8217;ve been a fundraising staple longer than a lot of us can remember! The huge hunks of chocolate are studded with crispy rice, almonds or caramel. High volume sales can lead to profits of up to 55% (with the addition of $2 Chocolatiers Bars to the mix), and it&#8217;s easy to sell multiple bars to a household.</p>
<p>Want to offer even more variety? Tried and true Hershey&#8217;s Chocolate treats can make your fundraiser pop. People buy these candy bars all the time anyway, so why shouldn&#8217;t they support your organization? The $1.50- $2.00 selections include your choice of several different combo packs, with a huge variety of candy:</p>
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<li>Reese&#8217;s Peanut Butter 3-cup</li>
<li>Kit Kat Wafer Bars</li>
<li>Hershey&#8217;s Milk Chocolate</li>
<li>Hershey&#8217;s Milk Chocolate w/ Almonds</li>
<li>Cadbury Caramello</li>
<li>Hershey&#8217;s Take 5</li>
<li>Twizzlers Strawberry Candies</li>
<li>Reese&#8217;s Pieces Candy</li>
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<p>Does your constituency&#8217;s tastes run more to sour than sweet? Try using Warheads as your fundraiser. The EXTREME sour hard candy our sour chewy cubes can be ordered as a combo box or separately, and the profits are 50% on every case. These candies last and last, making them a fave with kids and adults alike.</p>
<p>Want something really different? Gummi Bears and Sour Neon Gummi Worms sell like hotcakes, with adults and children alike enjoying the taste and texture. Profits for Gummi fundraisers also run 50% per case, making this a fun fundraiser for younger children. They come conveniently packages in kits for quick sales.</p>
<p>Finally, an <a href="http://www.ezfund.com/direct/DirectSaleProducts.asp?PdctCtgyCde=CANDY&amp;PdctCde=VWULTIMATE">Ultimate Variety Pack</a> is a great way to ensure there are treats in the classroom for movie day. Ask parents to sponsor kits so the kids will have something to munch on during recess on rainy spring days when going outdoors is impossible and movies are being shown. The variety pack includes three types of candy in convenient handheld boxes:</p>
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<li>Chocolatiers Bars studded with almonds or filled with caramel</li>
<li>Morsel-sized Cookie Dough Bites dipped in chocolate</li>
<li>Sqwiggles: screamin&#8217; sour gummi worms (fat free)</li>
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<p>All chocolate bars and cookie dough bites are completely kosher, and the chocolate bars are guaranteed to be peanut free, making them safe even for allergen sensitive classrooms.</p>
<p>Ready for your candy fundraiser? Pick your best selling candy and prepare for a successful event!</p>
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