Fundraising Ideas

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Posted by Jessica Boucher.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.

Posted on 11/19/2000 6:55 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Fundraising Ideas posted by Trevor McCulloch on 11/18/2000 3:33 PM MST:



: Our team has a little coffee/hot chocolate
: concession at school.

I also have to add, concessions are one of the best ways to raise funds in your school. We buy wholesale candy & chips (Hot fries, Doritos, stuff like that)...stuff that is popular but can't be found in the vending machines. We also buy Dew in bulk, and that stuff goes FAST (probably since the school doesn't sell soda)...all candy, chips & soda are $.75, and juice boxes are $.50....team members can also sign out a certain dollar amount of candy (paying the money beforehand to the team to relieve confusion) and walk around with it in classes, to sell it there (the students that sell get the money credited to them).

A couple things about concessions. First, find stuff that will get a large draw but isn't sold by the school (no need to get the school angry)...second, if you sell soda (or anything else contravercal), make sure they keep it in the classroom or area you sell, no need to get in trouble....third, keep on top of happenings at school, and use them to your advantage. Once, a fight broke out at our school's basketball game, and a kid got thrown into the only candy machine of the school and broke it to pieces......so, there went our competition...we made a killing. ::grin:: Sure, it might not be the nicest thing, but I'm glad we saw an opportunity when it arose.

Ok, I'm done for now,
-Jessica B, #237