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Elementary School Fundraising Ideas

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Ideas for Elementary School Fundraising Activities

In today's economy, schools are having a hard time supplying the children with educational material. With the funding cuts and the district trying to maintain the minimum in basic supplies, it falls to the parent volunteers to pick up the slack. Without parent volunteers, children would not have field trips and other educational activities.

The hay maze shown here is just one of the fun activities at the Fall Festival.

Table of Contents

  1. Fundraising Alternatives
  2. School Fundraisers
  3. The Fall Festival
  4. Elementary School Cookbook
  5. Elementary School Soda drive
  6. Elementary School Movie Night
  7. Elementary School Student Store
  8. The Runners' Club Logo
  9. Not a fundraiser but a school activity with lots of parental support
  10. More on Fundraising
  11. Google Blog Search
  12. Other fun ways to make money
  13. Reader Feedback
  14. About Me

Fundraising Alternatives

The second graders are going to the paleontology museum. They will be gone for 3 hours and it will take two buses. Each bus cost $300.00 an hour. How much will the field trip cost? Sounds like a basic second grade math question. The real question is, who pays for the bus?

School Fundraisers

Overview of the fundraisers that have worked for our school.

Elementary and middle school fundraisers
Read a brief description of the fundraisers that have been very successful for our school and continue to support our field trips and assemblies.

The Fall Festival

How to setup a fall festival
The Fall Festival is coming. The climbing wall is back. The kids are making games for their classrooms. The flyers are all over the school. The kids can't wait. The parents have already been informed that they need to buy a ticket for the cow-drop contest. Let's face it, the kids love the Fall Festival.

Elementary School Cookbook

One of my child's favorite bedtime reading activities is this cookbook. 90% of the recipes are inedible because we sat down with every child in the school and had them tell us how to make their favorite dish. We are in a more rural area so the dish for eggs says "chicken poop them out". This is a treasure that has been enjoyed for several years and we do have a tasty recipe for potato pancakes by the Principal.
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Elementary School Soda drive

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Elementary School Movie Night

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Elementary School Student Store

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The Runners' Club Logo

Not a fundraiser but a school activity with lots of parental support

The Runner's Club gets our kids running at recess. In it's fourth year, it has grown into a standard daily activity. To support the prizes, a fun run is held each year when the children get pledges for the laps they run. This is also a popular activity where all the children participate and parents come to with their children.
Runner's Club
Our elementary school was concerned about the physical fitness of our children. With budget cuts, our physical education was only two hours a week. We decided to give the children a reason to run (walk) everyday. We started a "Runners' Club". It was very successful. One kid ran 147 miles. He only had 15 minutes a day to do i

More on Fundraising

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Google Blog Search

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West Mercer Principal, Teachers 'Kiss the Pig' to Support Mercer Island Schools
By Kendall Watson West Mercer Elementary principal Rich Mellish kisses a pig as part of the school's fundraising efforts. West Mercer Elementary school held a "Kiss the Pig" event on Friday, May 25 and raised nearly $35000 for the Mercer Island Schools ...
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Other fun ways to make money

Americans for Common Cents - Penny Wars
Penny Wars is a game to be competed between schools or grade levels/home rooms. The object is to get as many points as possible during the "war." The money raised during the penny war can be donated to a local charity of your choice or used as another fundraising activity.

Reader Feedback

  • Formosangirl Sep 12, 2011 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    Thanks for your article. Parents always need new ideas.
  • gonzalezdenise Aug 29, 2011 @ 11:53 am | delete
    Thanks, such a beautiful lens, and interesting subjects.
  • happynutritionist Aug 23, 2011 @ 9:55 am | delete
    It won't be long before the little children will be coming to the door with their fundraisers. They really aren't supposed to, but in our small neighborhood it's pretty safe. Great ideas here:-)
  • LissaKlar Aug 18, 2011 @ 8:23 pm | delete
    I am so tired of trying to raise money and volunteering at the school for the past at least 5 years, just to have our school close down. A huge let down considering that me, my dad and his dad had all gone to the school. Now my sister is PTO president and I actually feel sorry for her but i will of course help her to be successful. Anyway, great lens and great ideas - thanks!!
  • GayleMcLaughlin Aug 13, 2011 @ 3:32 pm | delete
    I am a high school teacher/librarian and was always trying different fundraising ideas. Thanks for these ideas!
  • t624ami Jul 30, 2011 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Great Ideas!!!!
  • FrankLiso Feb 5, 2011 @ 11:12 am | delete
    http://www.squidoo.com/browse/show/using-community-base-platforms-to-generate-revenue-for-charity
  • OhMe Nov 9, 2009 @ 1:35 pm | delete
    Thank you for these great links. Lensrolling to Pendleton Elementary School Memory Garden.
  • wordstock Feb 1, 2009 @ 12:45 pm | in reply to SPhilbrick | delete
    OK, what is a "Penny War". It sounds like fun.
  • SPhilbrick Feb 1, 2009 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Great links to your articles on school fundraising ideas ! I, too, have done fundraising for school and for the community organization I belong to. Try "Penny War"... it's a hoot and the kids love it ! If you don't know what the penny war is; message me and I'll fill you in !
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