Better Fundraising Ideas for Schools
Summer will be over soon and schools all across America will reopen their doors to more knowledge thirsty students than ever before. Furthermore, all across America schools will have to manage larger student populations and greater expectations than ever before on tighter budgets than most schools need to operate. The lowered levels of government funding and assistance to the educational systems across the United States will create a desperate need for top level fundraisers for schools from kindergarten through twelfth grades.
Unfortunately for the school administrators tasked with accomplishing more with less, most fundraisers fail considerably, generating little revenue and requiring a great deal of work and risk on the schools part. The reason many fundraisers fail in part has to do with the fundraising partners schools choose. Most school fundraisers end up being tired retreads of lackluster fundraising ideas. The concept is duplicated over and over, offer a catalog of lackluster products at ridiculous mark ups and hope people participate based entirely on their connection and devoting to the cause. If that doesn’t work, amp the kids up with insignificant prizes and let them negotiate with their parents for enough orders to earn that pair of fuzzy dice or that secret decoder ring. (As a parent of three kids I’ve spent plenty of money on overpriced gift wrap in order to win that coveted glow in the dark plastic slinky.)
But every once in a while an idea so cool and so profound comes along it changes the game. Forget about all the same old fundraising ideas for schools, if you want to generate more revenue for your classrooms than ever before you need to think green.
Green fundraising is a whole new way to promote your cause and generate more revenue than ever before. Today people all across America are concerned with doing their part to help save the environment. We recycle, we reduce, and we conserve. Now we can help save the environment all the while supporting our schools and get some cool stuff in return.
Here’s how it works. Green fundraising companies like Nature’s Vision Fundraising offer fundraisers filled with products that are hand picked because they not only generate interest and sell, but they also help support a noble cause. The schools receive part of the revenue just like any other fundraiser, but unlike any other fundraiser out there, part of the proceeds go to noble environmental causes like the WWF and R.O.A.R. The result is a two fold fundraising process that not only helps save our education system but also helps save our environment too.
The best part about these environmental fundraisers for schools is that the products are desirable and the cause generates more interest than most other fundraisers combined. People are more likely to make a purchase because they know their money is going to help multiple good causes, not into the pockets of some corporate fat cat using kids to peddle overpriced garbage. Green fundraising is a great fundraising idea for kids too because it helps get them excited about the fundraiser and gives them a platform to present the fundraiser to their family and friends. It’s easier to pitch a good cause that you’re excited about than to simply ask Grandma if she needs any more Rudolph theme gift wrap this year. With green fundraisers everyone from the kids to the customers gets excited about the products and the program helping your school sell more and generate more revenue than ever before.
If you want to get the most out of your next school fundraiser you need a fundraising idea that is fresh, compelling and one that people will get behind. Environmental fundraisers might be the right fundraising ideas for your next fundraiser. Not only will you earn more than ever before you’ll also be helping to preserve our planet and save our wildlife for future generations of students to understand and explore.
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