Two things...
First: There are businesses out there that will fund raise for you. For example: They (not you) call people in the commnity and say "Hi, I calling to rais emoney for the George W. Bush High School Drama Club. We are selling fozen pizzas. Would you like to help?"
You do nothing and get like 65% of the money.
Second at the high school I went to every year the sophmore class sold ribbons of various colors which meant differnt things: Red=I love you (boyfriends would buy for girlfriends) Pink=Secret Admirer (nerds bought those for pretty girls) Green=You turn me on Blue=Best Friend Yellow=shat, I can't remember. You get the idea.
I suggested Black=I don't like you, but it ws shot-down by the commitee.
Anyhow the things were sold once a year (becomes a tradition) for 25 cents a piece. Here's how you do it:
Print up pages of sign-up sheets. The person pays you a buck and puts the name of the person they want to send each ribbon to on each line while circling the color they want. Then have the kids in your group make the ribbons... buy spools of 1/4 inch ribbon (in bulk from CostCo would be cheapest) tie them into bows and put a stick pin in it so people can pin them on thier clothes for the day. So it's a profit of about 22 cents per ribbon. Then pin the ribbons to the sheets, cut them up by name (you'll have whole pages for just one person) them distribute them during first period. (Have your commitee put them in the classromms the afternoon before.
At a high school of 1200 students, the typical annual sales were about 8,000 ribbons.
These things are the kind thing people put in their scrapbooks eavery year.
Also for lumber, paint etc. Try asking local lumber company for a break. Promise them free advertising, etc. Don't ask Home Depot because they can't give away stuff without permission of the parent company.
Updated On: 10/2/04 at 03:13 PM
