If you are currently an educator at a school or you hold a very prominent position there then it’s likely that you will want to try to raise money for the school so that various ideas and innovations can be put into place. The unfortunate thing nowadays is that governments do not put as much emphasis and importance on education as they did in the past and so there are always ongoing issues with school funding. This means that you don’t have to accept this sitting down and there are always ways to raise money for a good cause such as this. You can turn to the local community as well as the parents to create the finances needed.
When it comes to finding ideas for fundraising, sometimes it’s going to take some out-of-the-box thinking to come up with novel ideas that really get people talking and getting them actively involved. The main thing is that the ideas should be a lot of fun and they should be things that everyone can take part in including parents, teachers and kids. If you are wracking your brain when it comes to ideas for fundraising, maybe the following can help you to get off to a strong start.
- The ever-reliable bake sale – This is a fantastic way to get everyone involved both young and old because everyone knows how to bake a cake and it is a great learning experience for students as well. You shouldn’t have any issues selling delicious cookies and cakes at lunchtime in your school and the key is to make sure that a profit is made so that the funds created can go towards a school project.
- The pancake breakfast – Everybody loves pancakes and there’s no reason why you can’t eat pancakes at any time including breakfast, lunch and evening tea. Be sure to let everyone know when the breakfast is happening and invite everyone in the local community to attend. It is quite easy to get parents to volunteer to help make the pancakes in the first place and you can always get your students to serve them out and maybe offer some beverages as well.
- Host a school dance – Many students never really get the opportunity to socialise with their classmates outside of the classroom environment and so this provides the perfect opportunity to come together and to raise money for a very good cause. Once again, you’re going to need both parents and teachers to have out here when it comes to supervision duties and for the families and kids that don’t want to attend, you could ask them to donate some money to this very worthy cause anyway.
These are just three ideas and there are many more. You would set up a school auction selling off all school photographs and items that parents may be interested in because they have gone to the school before. You could also organise a charity football match between parents and teachers and this would drum up a lot of money.