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Louisiana Action for Healthy Kids - Team Nutrition
Creative Fundraising Activities
“Healthy” fundraising ideas promote consistent messages of practicing healthy eating and physical activity habits in the classroom, throughout the school, and at home. Listed below are some ideas for raising funds without selling food.
- Volley ball tournament – Sell tickets to students and family members to attend a student volleyball tournament. Include some local celebrities to increase sales throughout the community.
- Pledge ideas -- Walk-a-thon and fun runs – Hold a walk and or run on the school grounds. Ask for pledges to sponsor.
- Spring yard work to local community members -- Offer to rake yards and spread compost at a bargain rate.
- 3-on-3 basketball tournament – Charge a team of three players $40 for entrance and ask local businesses for prize donations. Provide tee shirts for the event and raise the entrance fee.
- Plant sale – Sell perennials, herbs, or seeds; poinsettias during the holidays, and flowers for Valentine’s Day.
- Community job fair – Rent booths for a fee to local companies and solicit free advertisements for local radio stations or newspapers. Charge an entrance fee.
- Crafts fair – Local and regional crafts persons can rent booths for a fee. The school can charge a small entrance fee to the public.
- School event planners – Sell planners at school registration. Planners include all event dates, such as sports events, national tests, dances, plays, etc. Fifty percent of the sales can be profits.
- Sell seat cushions at sporting events – Sell advertisements on the cushions to 20 local businesses for $50 – 100 to make even more money.
- Administrative fun - Have money jars available for the students to make donations. The school secretary would count the money in the jars on a daily basis and post the total. At set dollar increments, the principal and/or vice-principal would have to do stunts, such as dress as a cheerleader, do cheers, etc.
- Raffle of gift baskets assembled by students - Choose a theme such as gardening, sports, or arts and crafts. Most items for the baskets can be donated.
Adapted from “Twenty Ways to Raise Funds without Candy” Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program, Illinois Department of Education.
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For a printable version of "Creative Financing and Fun Fundraising for Schools, Sports, and Clubs", open this PDF file:
Fundraisers.pdf
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