Middle school fundraising ideas need to meet middle schoolers where they are. With this in mind, let's consider effective fundraising solutions during this challenging age. A virtual donation drive via Fund-Team.com is remarkably painless and lucrative.
Fundraising and Education
Giving kids the experience they deserve to have requires fundraising. Schools do as much as possible with finite budgets, but they're generally stretched to just meet the minimum. Fundraising must enter the picture if you want your students to enjoy more than the minimum.
Over a school year, you'll likely plan several different fundraisers, and choosing the most effective ones will allow your school to maximize student experiences. Let's review a few of the most effective options - including signing up for a campaign through Fund-Team.com.
Pledge Drives with a Reading or Math Focus
Walk-a-thons are popular fundraisers, but for an educational focus, the pledges can be based on reading or math rather than physical activities. Students can track the number of books read throughout a specified period or the number of math problems completed in a special fundraising booklet. Family members and friends will feel good about supporting this money-raising effort!
Sell Plates or Bowls to the Public
Spaghetti, chicken tenders, fried fish, BBQ, soup, or hamburgers—choose a dish and sell tickets beforehand. Recruit a few parents and appeal to local grocery stores or restaurants for donations, and you'll create a popular fundraiser that the entire community will enjoy.
Restaurant Night Fundraiser
This straightforward fundraiser is very effective and simple. Area businesses generally participate because they earn more customers and a better reputation in the community. Schools partner with an area restaurant and select one night where the restaurant donates all profits to the school. Advertise the event on social media and with newsletters sent home to families for maximum effect.
Sell Donuts, Candy Bars, or Other Sweet Treats
The traditional sale is an oldie-but-goodie fundraiser. Ask each student to sell a specified amount of product and emphasize the importance of supervision, and this fundraiser can be surprisingly effective. Choose a tasty enough product, and it will sell itself.
Embarrass the Principal
Middle schoolers love little more than seeing their principal experience a touch of humiliation. Hold a school-wide change drive with an established goal, promising that when that goal is met, the principal will do something embarrassing in front of the entire school. Provide the students with a list of choices (that the principal can tolerate) and allow them to vote. This fundraiser will leave you with highly motivated participants.
Online Donation Campaign through Fund-Team.com
Fund-Team.com is an online platform for raising money. There is no app to download or set up fees to pay. Unlike other platforms, we charge a 5% commission, as opposed to the 20% common to the competition.
Payment processing will take another 3% of the donations, so your school will keep about 92% of the money it receives. We make it easy to donate via debit/credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or PayPal.
Make Fund-Team.com the star of your middle school fundraising ideas. Call 512-522-1338 or click here to schedule a call. Already convinced? Click here to sign up and start your first fundraising campaign today.