Fundraising

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/20/2004, 7:27 pm

Okay. I need suggestions, please. My music class and other music students are planning a trip to New York next spring. We're going to perform at a school in New Jersey and also in Times Square, I think...which would be awesome. We're also going to a bunch of places, obviously. But anyways! A lot of people are concerned about the cost. The trip itself is $500, but we're seeing a couple musicals, I believe, which will be about another $200. We've decided to have a bake sale at the end of the month (because it's parent teacher interviews), we're going to have a garage sale, dinner dance, and a car wash. Some more ideas would help. So, if anyone has any thoughts, please share. Thanks.

Clumsy7Thief · Post by **Clumsy7Thief** » 10/20/2004, 7:32 pm

*throws pennies at you*

*runs*

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 10/20/2004, 7:35 pm

:O which school in new jersey?! i'd assume some where in north jersey.

Post by **xjsb125** » 10/20/2004, 7:39 pm

Date auction, dunking booth, sell concessions for your school's sports teams. If you have a local Wal-Mart, or any other retailer/grocery store in your town, ask if you can do a bake sale on their sidewalk (be sure to call several weeks in advance). Call up local companies and ask about donation requests. You're a band, have a concert! Just a few thoughts I had. If I think of anything else, I'll post 'em.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/20/2004, 7:42 pm

Clumsy7Thief wrote:
*throws pennies at you*

*runs*

xoNoDoubt69 wrote::O which school in new jersey?! i'd assume some where in north jersey.

I'm not sure. I know it's a Catholic School though. The head of Chapman Tours told us a lot of hispanic children go there. (incase we had any songs they would especially enjoy *shrug*) I really know nothing about it.

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 10/20/2004, 7:44 pm

i wish my music class did cool things like that. we mostly went to amusement parks and that was no fun cause i get motion sickness

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/20/2004, 7:45 pm

xjsb125 wrote:Date auction, dunking booth, sell concessions for your school's sports teams. If you have a local Wal-Mart, or any other retailer/grocery store in your town, ask if you can do a bake sale on their sidewalk (be sure to call several weeks in advance). Call up local companies and ask about donation requests. You're a band, have a concert! Just a few thoughts I had. If I think of anything else, I'll post 'em.

ooo, thanks. We're actually are having a concert this year (again). I'm just hoping we get a better turnout.

Last year was our first year doing it though, so it was pretty cool. A bake sale in front of a store would work well. When there's bake sales at our school, the cafeteria people have a fit. :lol:

Anyways, thanks!

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/20/2004, 7:47 pm

xoNoDoubt69 wrote:i wish my music class did cool things like that. we mostly went to amusement parks and that was no fun cause i get motion sickness

Oh, and the school we're going to doesn't have a music program. We were told that they enjoy having music students come in, so..tis cool.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 10/20/2004, 10:43 pm

Umm ya why not have a couple concerts with different themes. Even if parents and relatives buy tickets that surely covers a lot of the cost, unless you have to pay to use your auditorium (if you have an auditorium...) . Corporate donations are great as well. You can never complain about free money. Even if every person gets a sponsor for 100$ that would help and you can put their advertisements in the programs for your concerts. There is so much money out there.

From my experience, bake sales are a bad way to go. Very little profit is actually made on them. Selling pizza by the slice on the other hand is a great way to raise money.
Here's what you do. You go to a local (and when I say local I mean like a mom and pop pizza place, not pizza pizzza or pizza hut) and you ask for the price of a party tray with cheese and pepperoni. You ask for 2 dollars off and in return they get free advertising space in a program. We were getting our party trays for about 11 dollars. You sell the slices for a dollar a piece, you make 13$ off of each party tray and you buy at least 6 to start (depending on school size... we were selling about a dozen twice a week and we only had 500 people at our school). In one lunch hour you can easily pull off $120 profit. That's a good chunk of one person's cost. Also, sell pop with it as well. In a case of 24 each can is usually about 30 cents. If you buy 3 cases and sell them, you're looking at another 50 dollars worth of profit if you sell them for a buck.

The key to any fundraising is to think of it like a business. Do that and you'll make a lot of money.

Post by **xjsb125** » 10/21/2004, 8:51 am

J-Neli wrote:The key to any fundraising is to think of it like a business. Do that and you'll make a lot of money.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 10/22/2004, 2:02 am

do a hotdog sale at safeway. they give you everything.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/22/2004, 1:37 pm

what's safeway?

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 10/22/2004, 1:38 pm

Sell beer!

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/22/2004, 1:49 pm

i don't think that would work out too well

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 10/22/2004, 1:57 pm

I was thinking about this. Just disguise it as something else, don't bother with a liquor license, and no one will be the wiser.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/22/2004, 1:57 pm

ooo, okay! thanks.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 10/22/2004, 1:58 pm

Hop to it! :thumbs:

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 10/22/2004, 1:58 pm

*hops*

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 10/22/2004, 2:10 pm

Lemonade stand.....all the way