101 (noncommercial*) Ways
to Raise Funds
PTA members sometimes wonder how they can raise funds without relying on
commercial fundraising companies or corporations. This list was compiled
from many PTA members' ideas:
- Apply for grants
- Arts & Crafts Fair
- Ask 3 friends to donate
- Ask the alumni for money
- Ask the teachers for money
- Auction
- Auto Rally
- Bake sale
- Baked Potato Feed
- Balloon Bouquet
- Bar-B-Q
- Bazaar
- Bike-a-thon
- Bowl-a-thon
- Candle Sale (Homemade)
- Car Bash
- Car Wash
- Carnation Sale
- Carnival
- Casino Night
- Chili Cook Off
- Christmas Tree Lot
- Coin Toss
- Cookbook Sale
- Cooking Contest
- Crab bake
- Cultural Fair
- Dance
- Dance-a-thon
- Dances (concessions)
- Dessert Night
- Dinner/Dance
- Dinner/Theater Performance
- Donate it yourself
- Dramatic Production
- Dunk Tank
- Emergency Kits
- Faculty Roast
- Family Bingo Night
- Family Portraits
- Family square-dance
- Fashion Show
- Father-Son Night
- Fishing Derby
- Food Booth--Fair
- Formal Dress Swap
- Fruit Basket Sale
- Garage Sale
- Gift basket auction
- Gift Wrap booth
- Golf Tournament
- Hamburger/Hotdog picnic
- Haunted House
- House party
- Ice Cream Social
- ID Tag Sale
- Jog-a-thon
- Jump-a-thon
- Lip Synch
- Lobby the legislature for adequate funding
- Magic Show
- Make-It-Take-It Fair
- Mother's Day Flowers
- Movie Night
- Musical Instrument Sale
- Musical Production
- Newspaper Drive
- Note Card sale
- Pancake Breakfast
- Pass the Hat
- Ping Pong Tournament
- Pizza Party
- Popcorn Sales
- Professional Entertainment
- Raffles (wood, quilt, car)
- Read-a-thon
- Recycling drive
- Roller/Ice skating
- Running the Gym at league basketball games
- Salmon Bake
- School Start-Up boxes
- Science Fair
- Sell Sustaining Memberships to local Businesses
- Senior citizens' open house at the school
- Silent Auction
- Ski Swap
- Slice of Pie
- Smörgåsbord
- Spaghetti Dinner
- Speaker
- Spelling bee
- Sporting Events concessions
- Student/Faculty Basketball
- Sweatshirt/T-shirt sale
- Talent Show
- Tennis Match
- Tour of Gardens
- Tour of Homes
- Triathlon: Read/Walk/Math
- Used Book Sale
- Walk-a-thon
Washington State PTA Committee
Advocacy Topic "Commercial Influences on Children in School"
Compiled by Brita Butler-Wall and Martha Rice
*All buying and selling is commercial, of course. These ideas are
non-commercial in the sense that no outside corporation is involved; all of
the profits go to the PTA, and students do not see advertisements for
companies.
October 24, 2002
Seattle Council of PTSAs
More information can be found on the Washington State PTA website, specifically their section on Commercial Influences on Children under Advocacy Topics.
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