How to Raise Funds for an After Prom Event
Many high schools have taken to offering post-prom parties for students in an effort to ensure responsible partying in a supervised environment after the main event is over. To have these events, however, schools have to raise the funds to pay for food, activities and even a location to have the event. This is where fundraising comes in handy. Does this Spark an idea?
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Have students get together one weekend at the school to wash cars for donations. Designate students to bring soap, towels, sponges and buckets. Have other students create signs advertising the car wash to set up along the road near the school in the days leading up to the event. Ask for donations only; oftentimes, you will raise more money with donations than by setting a price.
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Designate a weekend to have a big fundraiser yard sale at the school. Ask students to bring in items their families no longer use, such as baby items, furniture, clothes and toys. Have students make signs for advertisement and work on price tags for each item. Add to the yard sale by combining it with a bake sale. Have students bring in cookies, beverages and other baked items to sell to customers, or ask local bakeries or stores to donate baked goods for the sale.
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Sell baskets at an auction. Have each homeroom class in the school come up with a theme and create a basket using that theme by having each student bring in an item to put in the basket. For example, one class could decide to create a baby basket. Someone could bring in a baby bassinet and the rest of the class could fill it with diapers, wipes, pacifiers, bottles and other baby items. Every class makes a different basket. Advertise the basket auction for one evening after school. Sell tickets at the fundraiser for people to place in a bucket in front of each basket. At the end of the night have a student draw a ticket out of each basket and the winner gets to take that basket home while the school gets to keep the funds raised by selling tickets.
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Sell candy on Friday after lunch to students and teachers. Almost everyone loves to indulge in a not-so-healthy candy bar from time to time. Purchase items in bulk and sell them for $1 each. If you pay $10 for a box of 50 candy bars and sell them for $1 each, you profited $40 for just that one box of candy bars.
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Tips & Warnings
When soliciting donations, create a letter that specifies your reasons for wanting an After Prom program in the community. Include ideas like Prom and graduation are the two highest risk nights for high school students; After Prom parties provide a safe and alcohol free environment; and the kids will be safe in one location, not driving the roads late at night.
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