Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money

RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money Post By MLH (Guest Post) (04/19/2005) Our school of K-6 students did CHORES FOR CHARITY. They each went home and to their neighbours offering to do any kind of jobs to help out in exchange for a donation. Together we raised $4500 for tsunami relief and got the students involved in their community at the same time. We kept track of all the money raised by posting one bear in the hallway for every $5 raised and ended up with a 'Bear-Hug' around the school. Good luck with your project and God Bless! RE: Tsunami Relief - Charity Auction Baskets Post by Suzanne S. (200) | (02/23/2005) Contact We held a fund-raiser at my school that was insanely succesful monetarily and because the students and faculty truly enjoyed participating in it. Each student from the donating class prepared a basket. Whether it was a picnic basket filled with items they baked, or a spa basket, a movie basket, whatever they felt most represented them. Then the baskets were placed in the cafeteria and a silent auction was held. Each student bid on the entertainment provided by the basket and the accompanying date with the owner of the basket. We raised almost $6000- from only 200 baskets. And everyone wanted to know when the next charity would take place. I hope this helps. Good luck and bless you and your students for reaching out to others who truly needs us now. RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kid Post By r.desilva (Guest Post) (02/22/2005) My grand-daughter is 8 and her mother designed a beautiful button which she is selling for $1.00. The Button has a stylized picture of 5 little kids holding hands, a sun and water and, on the top "I helped a little child" and at the bottom "Sri Lanka, Tsunami -04" She too wanted to teach little children that they can make a small contribution and it can make a difference. You can sell the button for $2.00 or more and keep the rest of the money for your charity. If you are interested, please email me back and I will send you a picture of the button. RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kid Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (01/10/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact A school here in Eastern Washington State had raised $1800 for a field trip. They decided to donate it all to tsunami relief instead of going to Seattle. They voted unanimously to use the money to help in relief efforts. It's wonderful that so many are finding ways to help. Susan from ThriftyFun RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money Post By lshynes (Guest Post) (01/09/2005) Any suggestions for Kindergarten? Thanks! Im a Highschool student with an idea Post By Katelyn (Guest Post) (01/09/2005) You can do a jumbo bake sale. We did that for the needy last year and made over $200! Or you can let the kids in your class decide on a good topic and they might become more involved RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money Post By Jeanne (Guest Post) (01/08/2005) http://www.dosomething.org/kids-tsunami-relief-fund.php This website had a few ideas that I thought would be helpful with fundraising. I'm curious, how did your class adopt the orphans? I'd be interested in having my kids do the same. Thank you! RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kid Post By Lynne (Guest Post) (01/06/2005) Your students are in high school? I'd ask them what ideas they have, and let them choose. They''ll probably be more involved and dedicated to the project if it's one that they chose themselves. However, one idea that you could suggest might be a service auction. Each student thinks of some service that they can provide, and then hold an auction to have people purchase that service. It can be almost any service: babysitting; baking a pie; giving someone a ride to the airport; tutoring, providing music for a reception; etc. The advantage of a service aution is that everyone can contribute their own talents (not just cooking, like in a bake sale). Good luck! I think it's great that you're teaching kids how to serve others. RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money Post By Tanya (Guest Post) (01/04/2005) A Penny Drive can be very successful. It drives home the idea of "a little help from a lot of people can go a long way". It can also help HS students learn about organization and leadership if they go out into the community. Good luck and thanks for teaching kids about empathy and stewardship along with academics! RE: Tsunami Relief - School Teacher Looking For Ways For Kids To Raise Money Post By Gloria (Guest Post) (01/04/2005) Our school does a fundraiser at Valentine's Day. The student council, or whatever group wants to, sells cupcakes with little messages on them (construction paper hearts glued onto toothpicks) We sell the cupcakes for 50 cents each and students love to buy them. There is no cost involved because the parents of the kids make them and send them in. It is all profit for your fundraiser. Or you could have the home-ec class do it. Kids of every age love this. High school has the biggest response to it usually. You could also sell roses but they cost alot more. Good Luck!!