Elementary Schools around Gallatin Valley in Montana participated in the 2009 From Farms to Schools Fundraising Program. This program helps the school’s fundraise, as well as supports local farmers, by selling produce generated by the farms ranging from squash to corn.
The fundraising program this year generated $37,700 in sales, 40% of which goes to the schools. The sixth graders from Gallatin Gateway School will be using the funds for their trip to Yellow Stone State Park, and the eight graders will be using the funds for their Washington D.C. field trip.
Post Date: Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:45
Post Date: Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:45
Last year students from Richmond Public School hosted a school fundraiser to raise money for juvenile diabetes. The fundraiser started when a student was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and her best friend wanted to find a way to help. With the schools help they ran a fundraiser and each class was allowed to dance during their gymnasium period. Even though the students have graduated, the school continues to hold the fundraiser and support the cause.
Post Date: Mon, 11/30/2009 - 15:11
Post Date: Mon, 11/30/2009 - 15:11
When Langston Charter Middle School decided to hold their annual Relay for Life fundraiser, eighth-grader Bracy Black didn’t want to do the same old thing. He was tired of bake sales and door-to-door Chick-fil-A calendar and raffle ticket sales. It was time to do something new for this fundraiser. Bracey enlisted the help of Golden Skate Park’s owner to let the school hold a Skate Night fundraising event. The owner generously is allowing the school to hold the event.
Post Date: Wed, 11/25/2009 - 11:23
Post Date: Wed, 11/25/2009 - 11:23
Washington Elementary School is holding school fundraisers for a new playground. The old playground had to be torn down due to safety concerns. Estimates for building a new Eagle Park playground range from $25,000 to more than $50,000 depending on how many children the playground would accommodate.
Post Date: Wed, 11/25/2009 - 10:58
Post Date: Wed, 11/25/2009 - 10:58
School Fundraising is never really easy; in some instances it is backbreaking work, as we find out from Hillsborough High. You see, Hillsborough High has a unique school fundraising idea which has helped them raise $3,000 to $4,000 a year for their school’s baseball team.
Post Date: Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:27
Post Date: Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:27
Post Date: Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:22
As with public schools, Charter schools funding has been cut this year as well and it has a lot of staff worried about next year. Some schools have already pushed off repairs, supplies, and upgrades and they have even cut their staffing to a bare minimum. If things continue the way they are, all the cuts may not be enough.
This is where fundraising has entered the picture. At Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences fundraising has stepped up. Students have been selling chocolates, school spirit shirts, and Blue and Gold sausage.
Post Date: Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:52
Post Date: Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:52
After school activities are important for children and for parents. For children, it provides them with time to socialize, read, play, and get their homework done. For parents, it provides them with a daycare service until they leave work. Recently fundraising has begun to keep a Marion Boys and Girls Club open. The goal is to fundraise $79,500 in three months, which should be enough to keep the club in operation until alternative funding is found. The group hopes to achieve state funding by becoming a state-certified childcare facility.
Post Date: Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:38
Post Date: Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:38
At Meadowdale Middle School, the annual school fundraiser, “Viking Run” raised $11,000 this year. Even in hard economic times and fewer students, communities can pull together and support their school when needed. The money raised will help the school with supplies, dances, field trips, clubs, sports, music, and other extra curricular activities. The fundraising event usually raises anywhere from $9,000 up to $14,000 with community pledges. We hope that their success continues for the years to come!
Post Date: Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:54
Post Date: Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:54
Being a Senior at Bridges High School, Emily Gentry decided that students should be the ones to start organizing fundraisers to spruce the place up a bit and generate some school pride. The school hasn’t really offered much for student organizations, so Emily was to start a student council. The council’s focus is to help give back to the school by fundraising for a school greenhouse, field trips, and installing art around the school building. To raise the funds needed however they needed some fundraising ideas to get themselves started.
Post Date: Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:15
Post Date: Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:15