Perhaps my craziest fundraising idea yet!

[Ronald_raygun]

Ok, I think we all know what an easter egg hunt is right?

• Lets get some sort of valuable prize, (iPod, Laptop, Car, PSP, etc.)
• Find a large field (highschool football stadiums work perfectly)
• Get maybe a thousand or so eggs--the plastic variety such as these.
• Mark one of the eggs and take a picture of the mark so there is no dispute.
• Sell tickets to participate in the hunt at around 5-10% of the original price so only 20 people minimum are required to buy.
• Turn this into a very large school event. Helps you spread your name and brings parents, teachers, and students together unlike any "Back-to-School Night" would.
• Have food vendors go there to sell their wares, and--if possible--make them pay for the right to sell their goods there for the event.

Assuming that we get a donation of a couple iPods as long as the donator's logo is displayed at the event, we advertise that there are 4 iPod headphones each hidden in 1 of 3000 eggs, whoever finds the headphones wins. A ticket to participate is $10.

My school has approximately 2500 students. Lets assume that 500 decide to participate.

Those 500 students each pay $10, and we have $5000 for team funding.
I went online and found a source for these plastic eggs and 3000 assembled plastic eggs cost $222.50. So after expenses, $4777.50 net profit assuming that your only expenses are the eggs.

The total cost of this entire event shouldn't be too much over $500 depending on what you want there. (Inflatable jumping enclosures, carnival games, etc.) NOTE: Pony rides are not advisable on the track.

Don't forget the simple fact that there doesn't need to SPECIFICALLY be one hunt. You can make multiple hunts to encourage people to buy multiple tickets, technically multiplying your profitability.

This simple concept can also be turned into a team-building and cost-cutting experience. You could save $22.50 if you bought disassembled eggs and assembled them yourselves as a team.






Just my 2 eggs.