School Fundraising Ideas

Most "traditional" fundraisers are already done at my school by specific clubs, and out of courtesy we don’t use those fundraisers. For example:
Car Wash
Bake Sale (sort of)

Selling coupon books and such never works. We’re raising money for our Junior Prom and need $4,000 more. We’re having an auction soon, but do you have any simple, creative ideas for making money for our class?

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I am a senior in high school and we are trying to figure out how to raise money for homecoming and other activities since the schools not giving us any money. We thought it might be cool to have a senior auction and have underclassmen bid on us to do homework whatever they want for a day. Any ideas would be a great help

car washes always bring money, or you could have a "rent a freshman day" or "rent a senior day" where you can rent a classman and they walk around with you to all your classes and you can have them carry your stuff, but not cheat on tests for you or anything then you just get permission slips to be excused from their class to spend the day with their renter we charged 3 dollars. or you can have a mini food festival where clubs can make foods that connect to their club and then ofcourse a portion of the funds would go to the club, but the majority wouldl go towards homecoming

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I need some ideas for fundraising at a small high school! We have car wahses and selling candy ideas. We need something out of the box.
Please and thank you!(:

Hey Morgan

Here are a couple of ideas for you that have worked for Schools in your position.

I would recommend scratch cards. They come in different varieties. For a couple of dollars donors can get coupons to local restaurants or services. They’re easy to sell because people want to save money on what they’re going to buy anyway. Each card can raise over $100 so with a few people from you school to help you the money can come in. The cards can even be combined with any other fundraiser you’ve got going.

You could also do things like a sports event between students and teachers. Sell food at the event to raise even more money.

More fundraising ideas at the links

Good luck with whatever you choose!