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Neighborhood Flea-market

Get neighborhood families to gather their old books and used clothes and household items to sell.

Costume Ball

Hold this event around Halloween or New Year’s. Sell tickets or charge admission at the door.

Read-a-thon, Dance-a-thon or Walk-a-thon

Collect pledges from family, friends, and neighbors for each book you read, each hour you dance, or every mile you walk.

Student-Faculty Play-off

Sponsor a charity sports event (volleyball, baseball or soccer) between students and teachers. Sell tickets or charge admission at the door.

Talent Show

Hold a talent show at your school. Sell tickets or charge admission at the door.

Art Contest

Hold an art contest at school and with local artists as judges. Sell tickets or charge admission at the door. You could also sell this artwork and donate the proceeds to your favorite cause.

Poetry Reading

Hold a poetry reading in your favorite cafe. Get students or friends to read their own or published poems related to hunger & poverty, discrimination or environmental issues. Pass the hat and ask for contributions.

FastingGive up one meal a week or give up junk food for one week and donate the money to a charity that feeds the homeless. Place large containers in each classroom in which students and teachers can place their change.

Seasonal Celebration

Hold a seasonal pot-luck dinner. For instance, in autumn ask participants to bring a seasonal dish. Eat outside under colorful trees. Organize simple games and activities to attract children to the event – leaf rubbings, scavenger hunt and story-tellings. Charge admission.

Car Wash

Hold a weekend car-wash to raise money or make yourself (and friends) available to run errands, do yard work, or walk dogs. Make up fliers to advertise your services and explain where the money will go that is earned.

Birthday DonationsOn birthdays students can ask parents, friends and grand-parents to make a donation to a special organization instead of buying a gift. Students can do the same for other people’s birthdays. Make up a card for the birthday person explaining that a donation was made in honor of his/her birthday to a local organization.

Community Auction

Ask families, friends and community businesses to donate their specialties – including skills – to be auctioned off. Be creative! Some teachers and students have had themselves auctioned for a day of baby-sitting, or a day of museum-gazing with a small child, etc. Teachers have made videos of their classroom over the course of the year and auctioned them off to parents. Restaurant and theater owners can donate dinners and seats to shows. This takes some organizing but can raise lots of money for your cause and will alert the community and get everyone involved as well. Students can create posters, canvas the neighborhood for donations, etc.

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