[artdutra04]

Don't automatically write off students because they didn't do well raising money in fundraisers like Hexbugs. Especially in this economy, people might not have the discretionary money to buy fundraiser flair. Our team encompasses high schools from both well-off suburbs and working class inner-city areas, and we've found the most "fair" fundraising efforts were ones that involve something everyone can provide: time and elbow grease. Things like selling food at state fairs, can and bottle drives, pasta dinner fundraisers.

Fundraiser events like these elevate the responsibility from an "every man for himself" attitude into a team activity, in which the product is worth more than the sum of its parts.