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FieldsofThyme
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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 Posted - Oct 05 2012 : 05:06:46 AM
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Our school does a Christmas vendor fair. They charge like $20.00 for a table. (Kids are $5.00 - they sell crafts etc.) We get a lot of people in for Christmas shopping. Pampered Chef, avon, as well as people selling homemade crafts/goodies.
The PTO sells tickets for a pancake breakfast and Santa is there for pictures (bring your own camera)
It's all done by volunteers.
They also do an "auction" of sorts. Teachers sponsor a prize - pizza and a movie in the teachers lounge. Be principal for the day. Then some parents donate things. We have a family that donates their 2 Blackhawk tickets. Kids can buy tickets and put them in the prize of their choice. (I believe our tickets are $1.00 each)
Time to get kids up for school. I'll pop back in for more. 
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherone
Evanston
WY
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Posted - Oct 08 2012 : 08:49:15 AM
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We do a fundraiser through Thirty-one. The school gets 15% of all sales. check out my website and let me know if you want more information.
Sherone
Farmgirl Sister #1682
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
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Posted - Oct 08 2012 : 1:24:53 PM
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At Halloween the student council kids sell "boo pops". Thttp://crafts.kaboose.com/sucker-ghost.html Really simple to make. They sell them at lunch time. They also sell the Smencils - those smelly pencils at a different time of year.
They also did a flower thing. You could buy a carnation and they would deliver it to the person of your choice. Valentines day thing I think.
We've found that parents at our school don't want anymore "stuff". They'd rather spend a few dollars on goodies.
A school in our district does a huge consignment clothing sale every fall. HUGE. They make between $8,000 - $10,000 each year. People come from all over the area to sell and buy there. Another school does a consignment toy sale in the fall. Again big $$ - for both you have to be super organized and advertise. If you have enough people to volunteer and get the program off the ground it would be a great money maker. We tried a book sale - Made about $1,500. Which isn't bad, except we had no where to store the leftover books for the next year.
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Ninibini
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Nini
Pennsylvania
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Posted - Oct 08 2012 : 1:55:17 PM
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One of our local high school bands does a monthly sub sale (sometimes it's bi-weekly - ends up being about 11 - 12 times per year). They charge $6 for an Italian hoagie that's about a foot and one-half long. In a concerted effort (No pun intended... but I couldn't resist... It really works, doesn't it? LOL!) the 400 parents and students gather at the school at 4:00 AM on the morning of the sale/delivery to make all of the hoagies fresh themselves (avg. 10,000 per sale). Bread is brought in fresh from a local bakery, then the volunteers add cheese, ham, balogna and salami, and include a small snack-size bag with shredded lettuce and chopped onions under the top bun. They wrap the hoagies up in butcher paper, seal them with a bit of masking tape, and out the door they go! Each band member/parent delivers his or her own pre-orders 9 AM and 2 PM. They also set up tables to sell them at the entrances of Sam's Club, local stores and businesses, and even at roadside stands (always with permission of the venues, of course!). They are very popular around here. My guys love them. My girlfriend told me that they made so much money last year, they were able to pay for all their expenses and trips, and then donated the overage to the junior high school band to help with their expenses! If you would like more information, I will happily call her to get more details. Just let me know!
Also, Kristina, you're kind of in Longaberger country, aren't you? I would contact a local Longaberger Consultant about doing a basket raffle ticket or a basket bash. We did a few of these for our foundation and made some decent money. Basically, with the raffle ticket, you choose the baskets you want, the consultant works it out as a show or number of shows to get you the most bang for your buck and free merchandise, and then you sell tickets with three digit numbers from 000 to 999 that match the daily lottery drawing. Each day offers the opportunity to win a different basket or pottery item, and some days include special Hostess-only or expensive combos that really pull the customer in. The tickets here are extremely popular. For $5 per ticket, that gives you 30 chances to receive some pretty awesome Longaberger products! The main thing with that, though, is you have to have to have to have commitment from your team to sell your tickets. You want to sell enough to cover both your costs as well as make a decent amount of money for your students. I can provide more information if you want it, on both the tickets AND on how to hold a bash, and you can find a local Longaberger Consultant to help you with this by visiting the Longaberger website... OR, if you'd like to go with one of my trusted Longaberger friends, I can point you in that direction as well. For that matter, you can go with a simple cash ticket or cash bash. There might be some local fees to hold such lottery-type fundraisers, but I can give you direction with that, too!
Another very popular fundraising event you can do is a spring fashion or bridal show. I know it's a lot of work, but if done right, you will definitely make money!
Like Deb said, vendor fairs are good, but we didn't make a lot of money on those. You do collect the fee, you can make money from concessions and raffles, and sometimes the vendors donate a portion of their proceeds, but for us it wasn't a big money maker.
Also, as Deb said, pancake breakfasts are a good money maker, and our churches here make a killing on spaghetti dinners.
Whatever you decide to do, I cannot stress enough that you need to get more than enough volunteers. Keeping people to their word is tough - we have always experienced no-shows and people who back out last minute. It's part of life, but oh my goodness, if you don't plan well enough ahead, it could be disastrous. Keep having regular meetings to keep folks energized and informed and engaged. If they know they are truly important, valued and part of something big, they will be more likely to pull through! And sometimes an incentive or two doesn't hurt, either - for example a prize like a restaurant gift card for the highest seller, etc. :) Just remember: YOU have to keep motivated and excited about what you're working on in order to keep everyone else excited and motivated. Make sure it seems more like fun than work, too. Choose a leader, delegate responsibilities and make sure you keep on top of progress and expenses. Organization will make things go smoothly and keep you alert to and ready to deal with the speed bumps!
Good luck!
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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hwright95
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Murfreesboro
TN
USA
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Posted - Nov 05 2012 : 07:21:11 AM
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those are all great fundraising ideas. As for dd and donuts, I would send an email to her teacher explaining your daughter is not allowed to buy them.
Heather Wright~ Farmgirl Sister #2187 “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
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MtnGrlByTheBay
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Lexington Park
MD
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2012 : 06:18:56 AM
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Great ideas! Thanks! As VP of our PTA, I'll certainly share! (Yeah, donuts are not the greatest idea.)
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Dec 20 2012 : 1:58:30 PM
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We just wrapped up a fund raiser with the local middle school. The kids sold apples (we have an orchard). Find a local farmer. At the beginning of the school year there are still peaches available and depending on your area there might be other fruits available. This also helps out the farmers.
Laurie
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