Fundraiser Ideas
Aluminum CansAssist Kiwanis Club with Auction
Bad Lawn Art
Bake-Off
Bake Sale
Band-Aid Sale
Beg an Egg
Birthday Kits
Block Party
Buttons
Barbecue Dinners
Battle of the Bands
Booth at a Craft Fair
Candle or Soap Sales
Candy and Nut Sales
Car Smash
Car Washes
Carnival Night
Chili Cook-Off
Christmas Trees
Coat Checks
Coin Jars
Concession Stands
Cookie Dough
Copy Machine
Daffodils
Dance
Date-Match
Desk Blotters
Donate Time to PTA
Donut Sales
Drinks Table
Duct Tape a Teacher to the Wall
Easter Bunnies
E-bay Auctions
Entertainment Books
Face Painting
Finals Survival Kits
Flea Market
Florida Fling
Freshman Mixer
Fruit Sales
Garage Sales
Garden or Yard Work
Gift Wrap
Greenery Sales
Gym-Jam
Hairy Leg Contest
Halloween Insurance
Halloween Party
Haunted House
Holiday Bazaar
Holiday Window Painting
Homecoming Flowers
Homeless Sleep out
Human-I-Tees
I've Got a CRUSH On You!
Jukebox
Junior High Fund-raiser
Just Like the Good Old Days
Key Club/Faculty Sporting Events
Kiss-a-Hog Contest
Kiss a Senior Good-bye
The Kiwanis/Pepsi Challenge
Kiwanis Golf Tournament
Lights, Camera, Good-bye
Lock-In
Lost and Found Auction
May Baskets
Miracle Mile of Quarters
MORP
Movie Parties
Music Week
Mystery Dinner
Old Book and Record/Tape/CDs Sale
Pancake Breakfast
Parking Cars
Peanut Day
Penny Wars
Pie in the Face
Pizza
Plant and Flower Sales
Pointsettia Sales
Popsicles
Powder Puff Football
Prom Flowers
Rummage Sale
Save or Shave
School Bazaar
Scooping for Money
Sell Tickets for a Kiwanis Dinner
Senior Auction
Singing Christmas Cards
Slave for a Day
Snow Cones
Soda Machines
Spaghetti Dinner
Spice Up Your Dances
Spirit Sweats
Sports Programs
Sport Tournaments
Students and Faculty Arrested
Sucker Sales
Sweetheart Ball
Take Tickets at a Local Fair
Talent Shows
Thons
Traffic Safety Week
Turkey Teacher Competition
Ugly Teacher Contest
Ushers
Valentine's Day Kisses, Flowers, Cookies
Weigh and Pay
Zinnia or Other Flower Seed Sale
Activity Board
Buy an activity board for the school. One member can be assigned to maintain it
throughout the week, announcing all school activities and sports events. Sell
advertising on a weekly basis, with some of that revenue to be used to pay for
the board.
Activity
Calendars
Another great sale is all-school calendars. Some Key Clubs sell calendars with
school schedule, sports events, community activities, holidays, Key Club
activities, and other information. Then go to area businesses and have them
place advertisements in the calendar to cover the cost of printing.
Aluminum
Cans
Collect cans and flatten them in a race to see who can collect the most for the
recycling center. The money from the center can be used to treat contest
winners to prizes and to purchase recycling containers for the school. Then,
provide recycling containers at the cafeteria exits so students can throw
discard aluminum cans. Once a month, take the cans to the recycling center.
Store the cans in a trailer or bin outside the school.
If you live in Oregon, do not flatten the cans or take them to the recycling center, but instead redeem them at a grocery store for five cents each.
Assist
Kiwanis Club with Auction
Auctions are a lot of work and if your sponsoring Kiwanis Club hold and
auction, they will likely want help with it. Offer to arrange the items to be
bid on, serve food or drinks, or give out the prizes to the highest bidders.
Ask the Kiwanis Club for a set donation for the number of hours that you and
your fellow Key Clubbers spend working at the auction.
Bad Lawn Art
Put plastic flamingos in peoples' lawns, and ask for $20 (or whatever price you
choose) to take them off. You also ask them for the names and addresses of a
few of their friends that you can do this too. It's often best to go to
people's houses you know because they will know you and won't get
agitated. You also might be able to get teacher's address' from the office and
go to their houses, they know you and would probably be happy to donate a
little to the cause, they might even get a kick out of it. It's best to
have a specific fund that the money will be going to, like a project so if they
ask you can tell them exactly where their money will be going.
Bake-Off
Sponsor a bake-off, perhaps between the high school athletic teams, clubs, and
faculty. This could become a fund-raiser where your club could charge an entry
fee. After the competition, sell the baked goods during a school lunch hour or
after school.
Bake Sale
Key Club members bake food and arrange to sell treats at school, or at local
events. This project is most successful when planned for the holidays. If
selling the treats at school, check school regulations first. Many schools
require that the goods be baked in a school or commercial kitchen.
Band-Aid
Sale
This fundraiser works well to support victims of a natural disaster. Sell
band-aids during school and then send the profits to a relief organization for
the tragedy.
Beg an Egg
Key Clubbers go out into the community, with an adult and an egg. Go to one
house and ask them to buy the egg for a small sum. Go to the next house, ask
for an egg, and repeat the process! Make sure to advertise heavily.
Birthday
Kits
At the beginning of the school year, send a direct mail order to students'
parents, selling "birthday kits." The Key Club can deliver birthday
cakes, donuts, cookies, balloons, or something similar to students celebrating
birthdays. If the club does a one-time sale, it alleviates an on going problem
of accurate ordering. This project would require strong committee organization.
Block Party
This is a great even to promote school unity. Hold it before a big football
game and have booths for interesting activities such as: dunk the principal,
softball throw, food, and spirit poms. Hold it with other strong clubs or
groups in the school to promote attendance and the fun factor!
Buttons
For this fundraiser, simply make up some buttons, which you can do yourself,
with pictures, sayings, logos, etc. and sell them at school. You can also sell
buttons with pictures of athletes in uniform during sporting events.
Barbecue
Dinners
This is an especially good project to do during the early fall. Food usually
can be secured wholesale. This project would be ideal before a school-sporting
event. Sell tickets prior to the dinner, and make sure you promote the event.
Battle of
the Bands
This fundraiser requires a lot of effort to be successful, but can attract a
huge turn out. You must secure an area to hold the event, select local bands,
arrange equipment and the sound system, find judges, and hold sound checks.
This can become an anticipated annual event.
Booth at a
Craft Fair
Set up a booth at a fair selling handmade but quality crafts. You can also sell
some food items such as popcorn or snow cones.
Candle or
Soap Sales
Candles and soap come in every shape, size, color, and personality. Candles or
soap can be purchased, or hand-made by your club. Your members can sell to
individual people, like family members, or you can set up stands in your school
so anyone can order. Either way, selling candles or soap can be fun for
everyone.
Candy and
Nut Sales
Caramels, chewing gum, hard candy, nuts, chocolate, and other treats are
excellent sale items any time, but especially during the holiday season. Many
people in your school or community will buy them. They are a number of
varieties or bars, some selling for $.50 and others for $1.00. Sees candy bars
to sell especially well because many adults will buy them. Make sure to reward
top sellers with an award or prize.
Car Smash
An old car usually will be donated to a club by a service station or a junk
yard (or ask members of your sponsoring Kiwanis club). After painting the name
of a rival school on the car and removing the glass, the club can charge a fee
for each swing at the car with a sledgehammer. Publicity and active support of
the principal are extremely important. This is a great fundraiser to do during
Homecoming week.
Car Washes
Shopping centers or gas stations usually will provide a place for this sure
profit maker. Sell tickets in advance, and promote the event heavily. You may wish
to purchase environmentally friendly soap, to dispel worries about pollution
from your car wash.
Carnival
Night
A hall or auditorium can be decorated to suit the theme of the carnival. This
is a great project to do at an elementary school. You can offer a range of
activities, such as a cakewalk and weight guessing. Sell refreshments and
provide entertainment too.
Chili
Cook-Off
These are very popular. Whether your club just participates by being an entry
in a cook-off or actually organizes a contest, you can raise funds. Involve
your Kiwanis club in the planning of this type of event. These can be fun but
will require a lot of work and planning.
Christmas
Trees
The sale of Christmas trees involves a good deal of money and a lot of
planning. It is best when done with the help of your sponsoring Kiwanis club.
Coat Checks
Have members of the club offer this service at high school functions. This
project offers 100 percent profit, though one can't expect a huge amount of
money from any one function. Keep costs reasonable.
Coin Jars
Put coin jars in your school or local stores with a label on them telling what
Key Club is and what the money is going towards (such as Holt). Collect the
money once a week.
Concession
Stands
Many clubs operate concession stands for parades, fairs, festivals, athletic
events, plays, or other school functions. This activity can be very lucrative
and should be investigated as a possible project. You may wish to divide your
proceeds with the sponsor to demonstrate your support and appreciation for
allowing you to be a part of its event.
Cookie Dough
Sell tubs of cookie dough. Many people will buy, because the dough tastes
great, can be frozen, and makes cookies in a snap.
Copy Machine
Rent copier for the school library. Costs incurred by your club will include
the monthly rental fee plus monthly checks by the company representative.
Copies can be made for students and teachers alike for a nominal charge.
Daffodils
Purchase daffodils from the American Cancer Society in March, and then give
them to teachers. Contact the society to see if your club could
"sell" the daffodils.
Dance
Dances are another great way to raise money. You can have one just about any
time of the year. Just hire a DJ and get some food and soda... you can't lose.
Make sure to come up with a fun theme, like "A Night in Hollywood" or "Blast
from the Past." Dances can also be held after sporting events, like a school
football game. Also, approach area junior high principals to see if they would
allow you to sponsor a dance for junior high students.
Date-Match
During Valentine's Day week, pass out compatibility surveys. Then sell the
lists of compatible students for a profit.
Desk
Blotters
Many clubs make a considerable amount of money from this project. Ads are sold
to local merchants, the school store, or even school organizations wishing to
advertise. The ads are printed on a standard-size blotter, along with schedules
of football and basketball games, a calendar for the year, class officers, and
anything else you want. Ads should cover the cost plus profit, and blotters can
be sold at a minimum cost or simply distributed to the students.
Donate Time
to PTA
Help parent/teacher associations with projects, baby-sitting, or fund raising.
Donut Sales
Through discount arrangements with local bakeries, donuts can be acquired for a
relatively low price when purchased in large quantities. Best results have been
achieved by selling donuts in the morning before school and between morning
classes. Arrangements can be made to get donuts at 25 cents each and you can
turn around and sell them for 75 cents each morning. Large profits are assured,
but it takes a commitment. You could also do the same fundraiser with muffins.
Drinks Table
During a special dance (Winter Ball, Homecoming, Prom) sell slushy-type drinks
for $1.00 a glass. If they are good drinks, the word will get around at the
dance, and you will have many customers.
Duct Tape a
Teacher to the Wall
Find a willing teacher (or principal) and make sure they are dressed in old
clothes. Have them stand on a stool with their back on the wall. Then, sell
strips of duct tape to students and have them tape the teacher to the wall.
Remove the stool when they are thoroughly taped to the wall, and after leaving
them there for a little while, cut the duct tape to release them. This can be
very fun, make sure you publicize it well.
Easter
Bunnies
Selling chocolate bunnies at Easter time can be a successful project. Contact a
local vendor. Selling with a pre-order, pre-pay basis can cut down on surplus
bunnies.
E-bay
Auctions
Have members bring in anything that they no longer want, take pictures and
write short summaries on the items and put them up for auction on Ebay. You can
also mention that the proceeds will benefit your club. You'll be surprised at
what sells.
Entertainment
Books
Your club could sell Entertainment Books for thirty-five dollars apiece. You
receive seven dollars per book sold. The books are very easy to sell because
they are full of great coupons for all different types of stores and
restaurants. They are also very well known. Call (541) 683-8738 or go to their
website, www.entertainment.com.
Face
Painting
Set up a face-painting booth at games, carnivals, etc.
Finals
Survival Kits
"Sell" final exam survival kits for students by advertising through
student publications, radio, and by direct mail, if possible. Target parents.
The kits can include a can of pop, candy bar, pens/pencils, gum, jokes,
inspirational messages, coupons, etc. Deliver these in school via homeroom,
lunch periods, or study halls.
Flea Market
Collect "junk" from members, people in school, and Kiwanians, and
sell them at a flea market.
Florida
Fling
Sponsor a Florida Fling -- a dance with a Sunshine State theme. Write to cities
in Florida and travel agencies to get posters to decorate the gymnasium. Then,
decorate using other items as well. Participants come to the dance ready for
the beach. Similar themes include Caribbean Cruise, Mexican Fiesta, and
Hawaiian Luau.
Freshman
Mixer
During the beginning of school, your club can hold a Freshman Mixer! The
freshmen wear a specific outfit to get in, and pay $5.00, while upperclassman
pay $2.00. This is not only a moneymaker, but also a way to get the new
students acquainted either the upperclassman.
Fruit Sales
Many clubs find that fruit sales are a great way to make money. Find a company
that sells fruit to a club and have members take orders and money. Then, order
it, and when it comes in, deliver it.
Garage Sales
What one person considers junk may be a treasure to someone else. By asking for
donations from teachers, Kiwanians, other acquaintances, or digging through
those boxes in the back of your closet, you could hold a garage sale to raise
money for your club. Ask your school if you would be able to hold the sale on
campus. Make sure to advertise around school, at local businesses, and in your
local paper's classified ads.
Garden or
Yard Work
Go around your neighborhood and offer to do yard work for free or ask for
donations to go to Holt. Get into groups to mow lawns, weed flowerbeds, water
trees or plant bulbs. Not only do you enhance the beauty of your town, you show
others what Key Club is all about.
Gift Wrap
Have a gift-wrap both in a local mall around busy shopping times of the year.
Charge by donation only and have signs up about where the money is going.
Grams
For a small fee, sell "grams" during various holidays. These grams can be a card
with some candy or something similar. Singing grams can also be a lot of fun.
Greenery
Sales
Your club could sell greenery to help pay for service projects throughout the
year. Greenery you could sell includes, wreaths, garlands, door swags,
centerpieces, decorator kits, and pre-tied bows. For more information on how
you can start selling live greenery as a fundraiser, contact: Sherwood Forest,
600 Stewart St., Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101 or call 1-800-767-7778.
Gym-Jam
Your Key Club can reserve the gym at your high school for a night and throw a
HUGE party! You can have basketball tournaments, volleyball, and a DJ or band.
Then you sell pizza, candy, and soda, along with prizes donated by local
merchants for the winners of the games and competitions.
Hairy Leg
Contest
Advertise the contest well ahead of time. Contestant's legs are photographed,
and the pictures are fastened to glass jars. One vote costs a quarter, and the
money is placed right in the jar. The Key Club can arrange for prizes to be
donated by local merchants to ALL entries.
Halloween
Insurance
Sell your neighbors "Halloween Insurance," a promise that Key Clubbers will
clean up any damage (but will not pay for repairs), such as smashed pumpkin,
suffered from Halloween.
Halloween
Party
Sponsor a community Halloween arty for kids in a local gymnasium. Urge parents
to allow the kids to attend the party, and provide an entertaining evening for
everyone, donating your collections to a UNICEF fund.
Haunted
House
Work with a mall to see if it has an open room. Choose a theme. Work with your
sponsoring Kiwanis club to secure materials, assistance in building, and
working the event. This makes a great fund-raiser around Halloween.
Holiday
Bazaar
A holiday bazaar open to the public is a great fund-raiser. Secure a location,
sell spaces -- including concessions area --, arrange for set-up and take-down
helpers, decorations, and a radio announcement. Local craftsmen count on the
same date each year, which seems to ensure a successful turnout. This project
has minimal costs to Key Club and is financially beneficial.
Holiday
Window Painting
Paint windows of homes and businesses in the community during the holiday
season. Pass out flyers at school, shopping centers and grocery stores. Say
that donations are accepted, but not required.
Homecoming
Flowers
Mums for football games or homecoming weekends usually can be acquired for
about $3.00 each and sold for $3.50 or more. Contact a florist.
Homeless
Sleep out
You could have an annual Homeless Sleep out where your members go out into the
community and collect pledges. Then on a very chilly night, they go sleep out
on the football field. As well as pledges, collect non-perishable food.
Human-I-Tees
Human-I-Tees is a great fundraiser because everyone needs a T-shirt. They
aren't bad looking, and members can sell to anyone who wants one, especially
relatives. You not only raise money for your club, you also raise money for the
environment because20% of the proceeds are directed toward environmental groups
across the nation! Contact Human-I-Tees at 1-800-275-2638.
I've Got a
CRUSH On You!
Before Valentines Day, your club can set up a booth at lunch and before school
to sell notes attached to a Crush soda. Sell all different flavors and write
the names of the students who send and receive down on a list. Charge $1.00 to
buy a can, and if the giver wants their identity to be a secret, they have to
pay another$1.00. Students who receive on Valentines Day can come back to pay
$1.00 to find who sent them the soda without knowing if the identity is a
secret or not! This means you can collect up to $3.00 for every can of soda.
Jukebox
Work with your school administration on the plan of buying a jukebox for the
cafeteria. Not only does this bring in money, but it also provides students
with an environment in which to enjoy lunch and socialize with friends.
Junior High
Fund-raiser
A noon dance is a favorite fundraiser. Admission to the dance is fifty cents.
Work with the junior high school's administration to organize this type of
function.
Just Like
the Good Old Days
Homecoming week is a great time to sponsor a community picnic. All school
groups and clubs set up booths to sell food or products (such as T-shirts). The
picnic is open to the entire community. It serves as a kick-off for Homecoming,
as well as a popular fund-raiser.
Key
Club/Faculty Sporting Events
Determine an event that would be most popular in your school's community. Ask
the most popular teachers to participate, sell tickets, promote the event
heavily, and enjoy your success!
Kiss-a-Hog
Contest
Have coin jars set up in school with a different teacher's name on each one.
Have students put money in the jars as their vote for the teacher they want to
kiss a pig. Whoever has the most money in their jar has to kiss a hog!
Kiss a
Senior Good-bye
Take pre-orders and pre-payments for bags of chocolate kisses and messages for
graduating seniors. These can be advertised and sold during lunch periods and
before and after school. Parents enjoy sending these to their graduates, so
find a way to advertise to them as well.
The
Kiwanis/Pepsi Challenge
The Kiwanis member who places the most Kiwanis/Pepsi vending machines wins.
Kiwanis Golf
Tournament
Contact your sponsoring Kiwanis Club to ask it they are planning any future
golf tournaments or event sat which they would like the help of some Key
Clubbers. At a golf tournament, you could help the golfers with their clubs or
balls as a caddy or help out at the putting area.
Lights,
Camera, Good-bye
Give each senior 45 seconds in front of a video camera to say farewell. The
tape can include shots of the prom and graduation. Students can have their one
copy if they supply a blank tape. This is virtually a cost-free fund-raiser.
Lock-In
Have an over-nighter at the local YMCA. Watch movies, go swimming, have fun.
This event takes a great deal of planning and adult support, so make sure
you're organized.
Lost and
Found Auction
Conduct an auction with the school's large number of lost and found articles.
In most cases, fantastic deals are available to students.
May Baskets
Accept pre-orders/pre-payment for delivery (in-school or to area elementary and
junior high schools) on May Day. Decorate jumbo drinking cups and fill them
with candy (buy it in bulk or from a vendor), balloons, coupons, and gum. Try
to get as much of the materials donated as possible.
Miracle Mile
of Quarters
This is an easy project to do on a daily basis in a high school setting or for
a district project/district convention. Determine the charity or receiver of
funds and advertise this well. Make "paper quarters," and for every
$.25 donated, post a paper quarter, perhaps by beginning in the lunchroom or
corridor. Determine a goal and end date.
MORP
This is a special kind of dance! It is the opposite of prom.(MORP is PROM
backwards!)It can be held anytime, just make sure to do everything you can to
make it different than prom! Girls ask the guys, crazy outfits, Polaroid
pictures. Go wild!
Movie
Parties
Acquire recent, full-length motion pictures for showing at the high schools.
Charge prices for admission and arrange the setting for the showing, either a
standard auditorium or a more informal venue. Consult your Yellow Pages for
motion picture distributors.
Music Week
Take a week to celebrate different musical eras. One day could be music from
the 50s; the next day could celebrate music from the 1800s. Students dress
according to that day's era. At the end of the week, transform the school's tennis
courts into a little Hawaii. Games (pie throwing, dunking machine, wheel of
fortune) abound, flower leis are distributed, and Hawaiian music is that day's
theme.
Mystery
Dinner
This fundraiser could be really FUN! The people are given menus with very
confusing names for the food, which follows a theme. The mystery is that they
don't know CLUE what they are ordering! EX: Ice cream = cold cow special. This
makes the dinner much more interesting.
Old Book and
Record/Tape/CDs Sale
Collect old books and records/tapes/CDs to be sold. The records can be set up
in boxes or spread out on tables. Limit the hours of the sale, and try to sell
out during the allotted time. Many clubs run a regular used bookstore and
exchange center for their school.
Pancake
Breakfast
A pancake breakfast can be a high profit fund-raiser. It also can be fun, easy
to organize, and an excellent joint Key Club-Kiwanis project. Don't overlook
the sale of placemat advertising. The income derived from ad sales often
exceeds the breakfast receipts.
Parking Cars
Find an event (sports game, fair, etc.) where parking is needed and charge a
reasonable amount to direct the cars for parking. Make sure to wear visible
clothing at night and use some sort of flashlight to direct the cars.
Peanut Day
Involve all club members by accepting donations on street corners in exchange
for a bag of peanuts. Some clubs attach small handbills to the bag, explaining
the purpose of the club and how the money will be used. For complete information
on organizing such an event, contact: Kiwanis Peanut Day Inc., 900 Jodie Blvd.,
Oak Brook, IL 60521.
Penny Wars
The penny wars is a classic fundraiser, which can be done with little hassle
and time. The first step is to advertise. For a certain week, set out guarded
jars with the different class names on them. To add to the class penny total,
they can add a penny to that class' jar.If they wish to subtract from the
class penny total, they can add a "silver" coin (like a dime or a quarter) to that
class's jar. Fun, easy, and simple. Have a little contest of which class is
better.
Pie in the
Face
"Pie in the face" is often a successful fundraiser, most likely because
everyone has someone they'd like to throw a pie at! Key Clubbers can collect
money towards the students "favorite" teacher to throw a pie at, and the
teacher with the most money (or "votes") get a "Pie in the Face!"
Pizza
Work with pizza places so food can be bought in at a relatively low cost when
bought in large numbers. Pizzas sell well at evening events that draw large
crowds.
Plant and
Flower Sales
This fundraiser will likely be most successful in the spring. Sell plants to
family friends, neighbors, or co-workers in January or February and have the
plants ready to be picked up in early April. Your school may be willing to let
you use their parking lot as a good place where people can came to pick up
their orders. Bulbs will also sell very well.
Poinsettia
Sales
Find a local flower shop that will donate or sell poinsettias to your club. You
may want to take orders in advance, so you know how many to purchase.
Popsicles
Popsicles will sell very well at school, or at local events during the spring
or summertime.
Powder Puff
Football
The girls put on uniforms and play a football game, after first modifying the
rules. The boys lead the cheers! The novelty of this idea, if well publicized,
will attract a large crowd. Money comes from gate receipts and refreshment
sales. This is an ideal homecoming week activity.
Prom Flowers
Take orders for prom corsages and boutonnieres. Work with a florist for a
profitable situation.
Rummage Sale
This is a very popular sale of used odds and ends. The collection of goods can
be made door-to-door or solicited through ads.
Save or
Shave
Choose a willing faculty member, who is ready to donate his beard for a
fund-raiser. Students then vote with money whether the beard should be saved or
shaved. It is hopefully shaved at a school assembly.
School
Bazaar
This kind of activity can be a joint effort with all the clubs in your school.
The Key Club, along with other interested clubs and homerooms, can operate
various booths throughout the day. All proceeds can go to a charity or to a
school improvement need.
Scooping for
Money
Host a "Make Your Own Sundae" event. Schedule this project during lunch.
Sell Tickets
for a Kiwanis Dinner
Help your sponsoring Kiwanis Club by selling tickets to one of their dinner
fundraisers. Teachers, neighbors, family friends, and parents make the perfect
guests!
Senior
Auction
Auction off your seniors. Sell them to anyone who has a job for them! The money
raised from this sale can go toward a deserving graduating senior's college
expenses.
Singing
Christmas Cards
Set up a booth at a fall parent-teacher conference, sporting events, or after church
services to sell "Singing Christmas Cards." People pay a fee to have
carolers go to someone's home and sing Christmas carols. A card would be given
to the recipient with the giver's name.
Slave for a
Day
Donate your time to a Kiwanis Auction so that your services can be auctioned of
for a profit. You could volunteer to garden, clean a house, or whatever they
need you to do. You could also simply put members up for "sale". Teachers
are able to hire Key Clubbers to do odd jobs around school and their houses for
a fee. The teachers get work done and the Key Club gets money for doing it.
Snow Cones
During these hot early fall days and late spring days at school, snow cones
sound very tasty. Provided you were able to obtain the right equipment, this
could be a great fundraiser during lunch, a school event, or community
function.
Soda
Machines
One of the most successful fundraisers is having a soda machine donated by a
major company. Then, your club purchases the soda and sells it during lunch.
This can really make a lot of money.
Spaghetti
Dinner
The Spaghetti Dinner is a classic fundraiser that can really raise a lot of
money if you have good attendance. Advertise like crazy around school, and
especially in the community. Sell tickets for whatever price you want and have
a great-catered meal. This is also a great project to do with a Kiwanis Club.
Spice Up
Your Dances
A good way to add fun to your dances is to use an overhead projector. For 25
cents, students send messages, which are projected onto a wall. For example,
one message might read: "Mary, will you dance with me?--John."
"John, yes, I've been waiting all night for you to ask. -- Mary" It's
suggested that a faculty member proofread the messages to prevent hurt feelings
or improper language.
Spirit Sweats
Sell sweatshirts and pants -- printed with the school name, logo, and colors --
to students. Work with a local vendor to ensure the best price.
Sports
Programs
Publish basketball game programs for your varsity team. Sell ads to local
merchants, and have the programs printed in the school's commercial office.
Distribute the programs at the door free of charge or for a nominal fee.
Sport
Tournaments
Host a sports tournament in conjunction with homecoming, spring flings, etc.
Many sport tournaments make money, and they can be a lot of fun at the same
time. Some suggestions are basketball, baseball, table tennis, golf, and pool.
Students and
Faculty Arrested
"Jail and Bail" is a popular fund-raiser. Build the jail out of any
available materials like cardboard. Hold students, teachers, and administrators
during two days of "arrests." Sell arrest warrants for one dollar.
Charges can range from skipping class to imitating a student. On the third day,
warrants are served during homeroom. "Criminals" must raise $5 bail
or spend their free period in the jail, which can be located in the cafeteria.
Sucker Sales
Suckers will often sell very well in your school. Check out www.keyprofits.com
for more information.
Sweetheart
Ball
Host a sweetheart ball around Valentine's Day. Rent the ballroom of a local
hotel. Make sure the event receives adequate publicity, decoration planning,
and pre-event ticket sales.
Take Tickets
at a Local Fair
Offer you services at a county fair and collect or sell tickets at the front
gate. This is a good activity to keep members active and enthusiastic about Key
Club during the summer.
Talent Shows
Host a talent show in conjunction with Key Club Week, homecoming, spring fling,
etc. With good promotion throughout the school, a successful show can be
organized. Hold auditions, organize a place and time, and clear it with the
proper authorities. Key Clubbers can usher, serve as doormen, and sell
refreshments. Give out prizes to contestants.
30-Hour Famine
Collect pledges and
sponsors to fast for 30 hours. Plan activities and other fundraiser to hold
while you are fasting. Donate proceeds to Holt.
Thons
Sponsor a dance-a -thon, rock-a - thon, bowl-a-thon, game-a-thon,
swing - a - thon, teeter totter-a-thon, etc. Donate the proceeds to a
charity.
Traffic
Safety Week
Sponsor a Traffic Safety Week in your school and town. Arrange for a speaker
from the police force at the first of the week. After the kick-off, he can show
a movie. The rest of the week can be filled with a "driver road-e.d." Sell back
seat drivers' licenses, and arrange a contest for safety posters.
Turkey
Teacher Competition
For teachers who are willing to participate, students bring in money or canned
food and place it under the name of their favorite teacher. The teacher with
the most money and ounces of food wins. That teacher either wears a turkey
costume or carries a stuffed toy turkey all day. He or she also wins a turkey
dinner. The canned food and money is donated to the Salvation Army.
Ugly Teacher
Contest
Display pre-approved photos of faculty members during the lunch hour. Students
could vote for the cutest, funniest, or ugliest photo. Stuffing the ballot
boxes IS permitted. Donations are sent to the Heart Fund, Cancer Society, or
some other worthy cause.
Ushers
Some organizations will pay very well for ushers at ball games, plays, and
other events.
Valentine's
Day Kisses, Flowers, Cookies
This holiday provides many opportunities for fund raising. Selling bags of
chocolate kisses (and delivering them in school) is an easy project. Also,
taking orders for with delivery (in-school) on Valentine's Day can be a
successful project. Selling Valentine cookies can raise funds.
Weigh and
Pay
Host a supper or luncheon, preferably a social event, and charge each person a
penny a pound for whatever she or he weighs. You need a "Weigh
Station" booth at the door. Try this with your sponsoring Kiwanis club.
Zinnia or
Other Flower Seed Sale
Sell zinnia or other flowers seeds to neighbors, friends, and family in the
spring.