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| From: Iluv2vcheer (Original Message) | Sent: 8/12/2002 3:20 AM |
| We made a cookbook! Cheerleaders got their parents to donate recipes and had them all bound by a local office store. We sold the books for $6 and only had to pay to have them bound and photocopied! Everyone loves personal recipes. We even put our team info in it to advertise ourselves. You can get businesses to buy an ad and in return it cuts down your cost = more money!!!!!! Heres an idea get every homeroom class to bring in their loose change every morning. We would go around collecting it for about a month. Then, whichever class brought in the most money, we would give them a pizza or sundae party (they loved getting out of class for a party). Our squad raised about $1,600 with this fundraiser! |
Our school doesn't allow much in the way of fundraising because we live in a small community, and the administration doesn't want to continually ask community members to buy things. So fundraising must be done creatively. This summer, we contacted local factories and asked if we could grill out in their parking lots during their lunch hours, selling complete meals for $2.50. (Hot dogs, chips, and a soda) Then we dropped off fliers at the factories that allowed us to come grill out and the secretaries were kind enough to staple them to each employee's paycheck. We made awesome money (over 5 grand) and each factory took only about an hour's worth of work.
Our squad raises over $100,000. every year to attend nationals. We have a permanent "Cat Shoppe" trailer (sits in the school parking lot!) that sells T-shirts, pom-poms, shorts, bumper stickers, etc. We keep it open every day and at all football games. We also sell awesome programs at the football games and all the advertising from local merchants is spent for this. Car washes generally do not do well in this area. Too much work for too little money. Sent in by: Jen! 8/26/01
The Basic Ways
*Car Wash- wash cars *Candy Sales- sell candy
*Garage Sale- sell those old things *Bake Sale- cookies and stuff
*Candle Sale- scented candles *Bucket Drop- go to store/get donations
*Gift Wrap Table at stores for Holidays *Sell off Old Unforms
*Make a Recipe Book *Hold a Cheer Competition for Local groups
*Sell Doughnuts *Sell Fruit *Hold a Raffle *Host a Dinner
*with the basic ones you can combine 2, 3 or more of them together and make a big day of it!!!
Pledge-A-Thons
(Pledges= $ per item, Like .25cents per pin, or $2.00 per goal kicked, etc.) Get as many different Pledges as you can. Walk/Jog -A-Thon
: Take pledges for laps or miles that you run, set a time limit, like 1-2 hours depending on how many people are doing it. Jump-A-Thon: Take pledges for how many jumps you do, set time limits...
Kick-A-Thon: Take pledges for how many footballs you kick through the goal. Set time Limits for each person depending on how many are doing it.
Bowl-A-Thon: Make a deal with your local Lanes and then take Pledges on how many pins you knock down in one game.
Skate-A-Thon: make a deal with your local Skate Rink, and then get pledges on how many laps you make around the rink or how many hours you skate.
Rock-A-Thon: Make a deal with a local store that is open 24 hours. Set up an area you can be seen. Get pledges to start for how many hours you can Rock, and while you are there get donations for customers while they watch everyone rocking in their rocking chairs.
Dress-A-Thon: Take pledges on how many pieces of clothing you can put on your body the right way in a minute or two. You have a huge pile of clothes all shapes and sizes and go at it, 4-5 people at a time.
Car Wash-A-Thon
: Sell car wash tickets ahead of time, with cost, date, place and time printed on them. Selling them is the thon, set prizes for the most tickets sold. Like they don't have to wash cars, if they sell over a set amount, use you own imagination!!!!!!! Other Great Ideas
Have A Cheer Clinic: You can have a one day or a week long cheer clinic for kids 5-13, Teach them the basics of Cheering, like cheers, chants, motions, jumps, dance, and basic stunting. If you have qualified help, you could teach some tumbling. Set a price, advertise at all the local schools, daycare centers and anyplace else that will draw a crowd. Sell pre-registration at a discount, and you will be able to see about how many will come. Try to plan it for a weekend, or while there is no school. Give awards at the end of camp like certificates or goodies. Everyone should get something to remind them of the good time they had!!! If you treat them great, they will come back again. Have several camps at different times of the year. You could even make a Cheer Craft gift to give each person. Good planning will make for a Great Cheer Clinic!!!
Have A School Dance: Get with the school and set up a school dance, the night of a big Pep Rally, Have a DJ and sell drinks, baked goods, chips and pizza. Charge to get in the door. Set a theme. Put limits on ages or grades of the kids!!! Set up some contests and/or games. Make it a Fun time for all. Advertise through out the schools.
Fashion Show & Auction: Have one person or committee oversee everything for better organization. Charge an admisision fee like $10.00 per adult and $5.00 per child. Have each person on team and parent(s), get one store that sells clothes, to let you model their clothes(get several things from each store 4+) at the Fashion show, get parents involved. You should have a minimum of 10 different stores. Put in some Skits and Dances and give away a few small door prizes in between the sets of clothes. Have an announcer with note cards and have some one run background music. . Have a half time Auction- For the auction get other local businesses to donation stuff like: the hotel gives a one-night stay, a restraunt gives dinner for two,the golf course gives a free round of golf, put them together to make a gift basket and auction it off to the highest bidder. make up lots of different Baskets, like Kids baskets, Sun and fun Baskets, Auto repair Baskets, Teen Baskets, Sports Package Baskets, and just whatever you can get!! This can be an excellant money maker if it is done right. Advertising and organization are the keys.
Sponsor Shirts: Get the Team to go out and get Sponsors and you can put them all on the back of a T-Shirt with the Team logo/info on the front, only enough for team, coaches and if parents want to buy them. How to do sponsors: $1000 from a single sponsor -they get shirts made with just their name on the back... a $25 sponsor gets one line on the shirt , a $50 gets two lines, and so on...... A line would be enough space to put a name. If you get enough sponsors you will have enough t-shirts for practices, trips and school extra stuff.
Day-Care or Parents Night Out: On any Holiday, like Valentine's Day have a babysitting service, You can have a massive sit together. Make it a party for the kids. Use the holiday as a theme, Like: at X-Mas you can have Santa come in, for Halloween have a safe treat night, and so on this idea can raise money all year long....
Start You Own Pee Wee Squad: If you cheer for an upper school, start a pee wee cheer squad, Meet once a week, teach them the basic cheers you use, let them cheer with you at 1-2 games a month. and charge a monthly fee to be on the squad.
Waitress/Waiter for a Night: Get with a local restraunts and set aside server nite... You are the staff and you get all the tips made.
Discount Book or Card: Get your local business to allow you to do like 10% off, or buy 2 get 1 free, and so on put them together to make a book or card and sell them for $5.00 or $10.00 depending on how many business you get to help out.
Using a Fundraiser Company You can always go to one of the fundraiser companies that are online and get more info from them..... Fundraiser Sites
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