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Fundraising Ideas for Schools
School Fundraising Ideas for Elementary, Middle & High Schools
With so many options for school fundraising ideas, we can help you find the best fundraiser for your school group. Our fundraising ideas for schools include brochure, online, and in-hand options.
Best Fundraising Ideas for Schools
When you’re comparing fundraising options for schools, we suggest considering what products your students
would like to sell and how you want to sell them. Usually, the best fundraising ideas for schools offer a variety
of items and include brochures and online sales. We think good fundraising ideas for schools include fundraisers that are easy to run, help you reach your fundraising goal, and are ones that you will want to make an annual tradition.
Quick School Fundraising Decision Guide
Sometimes the easiest way to narrow the choices is to begin by considering how you want your students to sell:
Brochure sales: Candles, cookie dough, and seasonal catalogs give your students products to show and orders to take.
Online sales: Fundraising for schools should include hybrid, cashless, and virtual options to let your supporters order and pay online.
Sell right away: In-hand candy bars offer quick fundraising ideas by letting your students carry the products with them and collect payment at the time of the sale.
Seasonal fundraising: We have fundraisers for every season, including spring, summer, fall, and Christmas.
Recommended Fundraisers for Schools
Consider our top fundraisers for schools.
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Online School Fundraising Options
Online fundraising for schools gives your students another way to reach out to family and friends, especially those they don’t see often. Whether your supporters are near or far, they can shop online and pay by credit card, and, depending on the program, your school can choose hybrid, cashless, or virtual fundraising. Using an online store with brochure sales is highly recommended because most people do not carry cash. A seller showing a brochure in person can invite their supporters to place their order online, where online sales can be
higher. With cash sales, a buyer might only have enough cash on hand to buy one item.
To compare different online fundraisers for schools, our online school fundraising page explains how each one works so you can decide which one to use.
Fundraisers for Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Grade levels can make a difference when you’re looking at fundraising ideas for students. What works well for younger children may not be what middle or high school students want to sell, so we have separate pages to help you explore the choices.
Preschool fundraising ideas
Fundraisers that work well for preschool groups and younger children.
Kindergarten fundraiser ideas
More ideas for kindergarten students and their families.
Elementary fundraising ideas
Explore fundraising ideas for elementary schools and the choices we
recommend for this age group.
PTO Fundraising Ideas
For PTO fundraising, we have a separate page with ideas and fundraiser
choices for parent groups.
Middle School Fundraising Ideas
See fundraising ideas middle school students can use.
High School Fundraising Ideas
Explore the best fundraising ideas for high schools and high school
fundraiser Ideas.
PTA Fundraising Ideas
Our PTA fundraising page has more ideas for PTA groups planning their next
fundraiser.
Easy School Fundraisers
Some schools simply want a fundraiser that’s easy to organize. Our easy fundraising ideas for schools can
help you consider how you want your students to sell, how your supporters will pay, and what your volunteers
will need to handle when the orders come in.
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Our easy fundraising ideas page offers more options if keeping things simple is a priority for your school.
School Fundraiser Catalogs and Product Fundraisers
A brochure fundraiser for schools, our Season to Sparkle fundraiser, is perfect for buying candles, wax melts, room sprays, and essential oils that your supporters will want for their homes and for gift-giving. Larger catalog fundraisers for schools, like Winter Wonderland, offer a Christmas catalog filled with a wide variety of items for holidays and everyday use. For a spring gift catalog, Perfect Scents for Every Season and Hello Spring are the best choices for most groups, followed by Spring Heartland Goodies & Gifts.
With different fundraising catalog companies available, we can help you review the programs and sales options each one offers. Several of our school fundraiser catalog programs combine traditional brochure sales
with online ordering to help you raise more money.
Seasonal and Holiday Fundraisers for Schools
Seasonal fundraisers can work especially well when the products you are selling align with what your supporters are already buying, and we have several suggestions for a holiday fundraiser for schools.
Our Season to Sparkle and Winter Wonderland fundraisers are our top Christmas fundraiser options. Wrapping paper is another popular product for Christmas and the winter season. If you want to offer a school gift wrap fundraiser, both Wonderland and Heartland Goodies & Gifts offer a wide selection of gift wrap.
A Perfect Scents for Every Season or Fall Heartland Goodies & Gifts fundraiser is a good choice for early or late fall.
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And Hello Spring and Spring Heartland Goodies & Gifts offer flowers, chocolates, and other spring items.
Fundraising Opportunities for Schools
With plenty of Ideas for Schools to Raise Money, some of our groups prefer food or seasonal products, while others like online fundraising or something students can sell at once, such as candy bars, pretzel rods, or gummy candies.
Great fundraisers for schools are the ones that work well for groups of any size, with options for hybrid, cashless, virtual, and traditional brochure sales to help you raise money. Whether you want something traditional or you’re interested in unique fundraising ideas for schools, contact me, and I can help you narrow
down the best options.
What Should Your School Sell?
If your group wants to try a new fundraiser idea and you wonder what to sell for fundraising, be sure to view our candle fundraiser for schools. It's available year-round and offers 40%–50% profit, making it an excellent fundraiser. Currently, our candle fundraiser, featuring several candle styles, wax melts, room sprays, and essential oils, has the highest participation and average sales per seller, and it's the fundraiser groups come back year after year to run again.
We can also recommend additional high profit fundraisers for schools, including a variety of food, seasonal catalogs, online fundraising, and products your students can sell by hand. Whether you need fundraising for school trip ideas or funds for classroom supplies, we can offer suggestions to help you.
With so many fundraiser ideas for schools to choose from, you can start narrowing down your options by deciding what products you might be interested in selling and the date you need your delivery by. Contact me, and I can help you find the best fundraiser for schools based on the products and selling options you prefer.
Fundraising Ideas for Your Group
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Teacher Appreciation Fundraiser Ideas
Teacher appreciation is a nice time to share Hello Spring with your families.
They can choose flowers,
chocolates, gifts, and gardening products while helping your school raise money.
More Fundraisers to Explore
Need Help Choosing a School Fundraiser?
Have questions about which fundraiser to choose? Call me, and I’ll help you narrow down your school choices.
