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Fast And Easy Fundraising Ideas: Kids, High School And Sports Teams
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Published: December 4, 2006
High school students are bombarded with an array of fundraising options for a variety of activities, including sports teams, church groups and class outings. With so many fundraising demands, it is no wonder high school students generally opt to participate in fast and easy fundraising endeavors.
There are three important factors to consider when creating an easy fundraising program: effort involved, resources needed and duration of the fundraiser.
To ensure an easy fundraising campaign, remember to enlist as many volunteers as possible; this promises each volunteer will have to put forth less effort. According to Fundraiser Help, it is easiest to get volunteers to commit for no more than two hour increments.
Weekend fundraising campaigns are generally fast and easy ways to quickly generate an approximately 50 percent profit gain. If an easy fundraising campaign lasts longer than a weekend, it should require easy upkeep and little prolonged maintenance, or else it will lose high school students' volunteered support. Remember, the level of effort often is directly proportional to the monetary goal. This means it is important to enlist a strong volunteer group effort.
Group effort is easiest to recruit for fast fundraising projects. In order to make the fundraiser fun, plan a reward for each monetary milestone the fundraiser achieves. For example, the highest seller can receive a coupon from a local vendor after each $1,000 increment. Take fun photos of the group working together on the project and make certain everyone gets a copy of these pictures at the end of the program. Also, make sure to feed the volunteers, particularly if they are sacrificing the majority of their day in order to help with the fundraising endeavor.
In order to create an easy fundraising project, items should not be perishable. If there are no cases for volunteers to carry or deliveries to be made, the fundraiser will also go off much easier.
Three easy fundraising ideas include recycling programs, yard sales and eBay Internet sales. Each fast fundraising program lasts just a few days, or even mere hours, and requires no financial investments.
Though some states offer can drives, the maximum bottle deposit is 10 cents, requiring many cans and bottles to be collected before profits are discernable. On the other hand, recycling used printer cartridges offers a greater margin of profit. Used printer cartridges are worth between $1 and $20, depending on the make, model and popularity of the printer.
Hosting a large yard sale is another easy fundraising idea. Choose a visible area with high traffic and advertise in local newspapers. The yard sale should last no longer than one weekend. Grouping together a variety of items from different high school students' households ensures a bigger draw as well as a larger workforce of high school kids. With enough shoppers, yard sales can raise up to $500 per participating household.
Finally, auctioning items on eBay creates a virtual fundraising yard sale. As opposed to staking out a street corner and hosting a physical yard sale, books, music and consumer electronics tend to sell for higher prices online. Though it offers the possibility for turning a higher profit, online fundraisers take more time to set up; each object should have a separate profile including a photograph and a product description.
Sources:
Easy Fundraising Ideas. 2006. 4 Dec. 2006.
The Fast, Easy Fundraiser Solution. 2006. Scratch and Help. 4 Dec. 2006.
Fundraiser Ideas. 2006. Fundraiser Help. 4 Dec. 2006.
There are three important factors to consider when creating an easy fundraising program: effort involved, resources needed and duration of the fundraiser.
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To ensure an easy fundraising campaign, remember to enlist as many volunteers as possible; this promises each volunteer will have to put forth less effort. According to Fundraiser Help, it is easiest to get volunteers to commit for no more than two hour increments.
Weekend fundraising campaigns are generally fast and easy ways to quickly generate an approximately 50 percent profit gain. If an easy fundraising campaign lasts longer than a weekend, it should require easy upkeep and little prolonged maintenance, or else it will lose high school students' volunteered support. Remember, the level of effort often is directly proportional to the monetary goal. This means it is important to enlist a strong volunteer group effort.
Group effort is easiest to recruit for fast fundraising projects. In order to make the fundraiser fun, plan a reward for each monetary milestone the fundraiser achieves. For example, the highest seller can receive a coupon from a local vendor after each $1,000 increment. Take fun photos of the group working together on the project and make certain everyone gets a copy of these pictures at the end of the program. Also, make sure to feed the volunteers, particularly if they are sacrificing the majority of their day in order to help with the fundraising endeavor.
In order to create an easy fundraising project, items should not be perishable. If there are no cases for volunteers to carry or deliveries to be made, the fundraiser will also go off much easier.
Three easy fundraising ideas include recycling programs, yard sales and eBay Internet sales. Each fast fundraising program lasts just a few days, or even mere hours, and requires no financial investments.
Though some states offer can drives, the maximum bottle deposit is 10 cents, requiring many cans and bottles to be collected before profits are discernable. On the other hand, recycling used printer cartridges offers a greater margin of profit. Used printer cartridges are worth between $1 and $20, depending on the make, model and popularity of the printer.
Hosting a large yard sale is another easy fundraising idea. Choose a visible area with high traffic and advertise in local newspapers. The yard sale should last no longer than one weekend. Grouping together a variety of items from different high school students' households ensures a bigger draw as well as a larger workforce of high school kids. With enough shoppers, yard sales can raise up to $500 per participating household.
Finally, auctioning items on eBay creates a virtual fundraising yard sale. As opposed to staking out a street corner and hosting a physical yard sale, books, music and consumer electronics tend to sell for higher prices online. Though it offers the possibility for turning a higher profit, online fundraisers take more time to set up; each object should have a separate profile including a photograph and a product description.
Sources:
Easy Fundraising Ideas. 2006. 4 Dec. 2006.
The Fast, Easy Fundraiser Solution. 2006. Scratch and Help. 4 Dec. 2006.
Fundraiser Ideas. 2006. Fundraiser Help. 4 Dec. 2006.
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