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fundraising ideas needed quick -student ambassador

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ownsmany

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DD is going to Europe for 3 wks for Student Ambassador Program.

Need some fundrasing ideas quick as the cost of the program is big bucks.

Everyone we've talked to says the student ambassador program is

well worth the money.

Any ideas for fundraising would be appreaciated.
 
Are you saying that this trip is a hardship for your family, or that you want your child to earn the money themselves?
 
I just did a fundraiser, that I have used before, both times it was a great success. We did a bowl-a-thon. I get the bowling alley to donate the lanes. I also get a couple of business, like Baskin Robbins, to donate gift certificates for prizes. The kids get donations from people like .10 a pin. They bowl two games and add the scores together. Most of our kids can bowl at least 100 so generally they get at least $20 from each person they get donations from. The kid with the most pledges and the kid with the highest bowling score I award the prizes. The kids have such a great time that they look forward to it. That is the ticket!!! If the kids have fun they are eager to participate. If this is something you want to do PM me and I can send you the pledge form to use.
 
And of course as the owner of 10 dogs, I always appreciate any fundraiser that includes an organized dogwash!!!!:banana:

Ann
 
Often a local business club like the Kiwanis or Chamber of Commerce can be a source of donations.

She can also get a part time job to raise some of the money. Nothing like flipping hamburgers to build character.
 
Since you are probably already committed, this thought is for other parents. The cost for these short term trips is pretty high. Sometimes the kids going are as young as 11 or 12.
To get the most meaningful experience, it may be worthwhile to wait until the child is in college and can spend a semester or year in another country. The cost of many of these programs is the same as staying home on campus. Every college these days has a multitude of choices to fit your purpose and destination desire. Financial aid transfers as well.
Classes can be taken to fulfill the requirements for your major, so it is a win all around.
I spent my sophomore year in Denmark (many years ago) but the experience sticks with me to this day. My son is currently in England for the semester. My daughter is already looking forward to college and where she can go.
 
johnmfaeth said:
Often a local business club like the Kiwanis or Chamber of Commerce can be a source of donations.

She can also get a part time job to raise some of the money. Nothing like flipping hamburgers to build character.
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Great idea about the Kiwanis or Chamber of Commerce. We will check it out.

She is too young to work at a business (only 14). She will help out my husband's secretary to do things. We are also going to have her put out a flyer to some neighbors on odd jobs, etc.

Other ideas?
 
ownsmany said:
Great idea about the Kiwanis or Chamber of Commerce. We will check it out.

She is too young to work at a business (only 14). She will help out my husband's secretary to do things. We are also going to have her put out a flyer to some neighbors on odd jobs, etc.

Other ideas?
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What about your Electric Co or Phone Co. Where I live, both give grants to good causes. Your big problem is your time frame. Bake sale, garage sale local Business Chamber. What about asking friends , etc to take an I O U from her to do odd jobs later. They can give her the money now. Good Luck.
 
When my niece was 14, she had more spare cash than her parents (or me) from her lucrative babysitting assignments. She would often make $60-80 per weekend night in cash.

Now she is an NYU student (junior year) overseas in Kenya for the semester. She spent the Fall of 2006 as a sophomore with NYU in Paris.

Foreign travel has been a wonderful learning experience and she has always been mature for her age and sharp as a tack.

She has been told by her counselors that she should expect a bunch of job offers upon graduation from international organizations. Not bad for a kid who grew up in a smallish condo in Queens but worked very hard since she was 12. When she was 14, they finally moved to a modest house in a great school district so the kids could get a high quality public school education.
 
I would check with the local pizza parlor. We have found the ones in our areas will do fund raisers. Depending on the parlor some will give a portion of one nights sales for a fund raiser for every pizza sold on that night when the fundraising flyer is presented. Others will offer all the ingrediants for the student(s) to make the pizzas and sell and deliver them ready to bake.

For my son's robotics club we have found it takes a minimum of 6 large pizzas to almost feed 30 students. She would make some money if she could get the local students to support her cause. Think hungry high school boys...

On a smaller scale one of the women in our office went to Costco and bought boxes of candy bars, cookies, nuts, and fruits. She put them in the breakroom about 3 PM and charged a $1 per item. She made about $150 in a week.
 
jlr10 said:
On a smaller scale one of the women in our office went to Costco and bought boxes of candy bars, cookies, nuts, and fruits. She put them in the breakroom about 3 PM and charged a $1 per item. She made about $150 in a week.
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My son does this at my husband's work (police department) where it's a 24 hour operation. He keeps the fridge stocked with bottled water & softdrinks as well. He buys gum, candy bars, cookies, cereal bars & pepperoni sticks. He usually makes at least $25 a week. The biggest profit is on bottled water. He took over "the business" from another child who stocked it for years.

If you know of a place where your daughter could do that -- as well as babysitting, which I think can be very lucrative these days, she should be able to earn quite a bit of money. Friends of ours had a daughter who was trying to earn money for a church trip, and she offered to do weeding, mowing, raking etc for donations to her cause. I thought it was great. And, of course, most people would give more than usual because it was a good cause and she was trying to raise money by herself.

Good luck! My son's friend did student ambassador trip a few years ago to Australia and he had the time of his life.

Debi
 
One summer my daughter put notes in the mailboxes of our development offering housecleaning. She made far more than she could have made in traditional kid jobs and several working couples came to our house to beg her to stay on during the school year. She didn't and went off to college the next year but I always remember what a great summer job that was for her.
 
Some more...
A little girl at our church made homemade bread and sold it to raise money for her trip. She made it from scratch, literally...grinding the wheat herself, etc...delicious and healthy!

Her brother sold farm fresh eggs to pay for his trip (but that would require chickens which I'm assuming you most likely don't have)

My son's school group is presenting a Talent Show tonight. They each pre-sold tickets (100% of the proceeds from individual sales go into the individual's trip fund) and local grocers have donated sweet goods to be auctioned. The proceeds from the door and the auction will be divided amongst the students who are "working" working the event, i.e. setting up, cleaning up, bringing desserts, serving desserts to guests, etc.

Earlier in the year the same group of students held a "Soup and Silent Auction" event. They collected donated items for the auction and brought pots full of soup and sold tickets to the event. It was quite successful as well.

Of course, there are always Yard Sales and Bake Sales, and if they are legal where you live, raffles.
 
wow - you guys are the best

Love all the ideas. Please keep them coming.

I can't wait to share them with DD. I had to work late and she's in bed now.

Please keep the ideas coming.
 
Warning: quite goofy.

When I was on swim team we did a fundraiser in pairs. Find a nice neighborhood (ie, safe for the kids to go door to door on foot).

First house, ask them to donate an egg. They will look at you funny, but will generally do it.

next house, try to sell the egg, or offer for $5 or whatever (it was $1 back then, times change) to break it on the friend's head. We got big donations to see that! Both of us having horrible swimmer's hair, the egg was very good for us. Sure, we walked around with egg on us, but we raised a ton of money and it cost us nothing but time.
 
I think the easiest and most bang for the buck would be babysitting - leave flyers at local day care and after-school care centers. Our high school also keeps a list of babysitters if people call in. Also in our area - we pay kids $20 to umpire little league games (requires a day of training and they start out with the youngest teams). We also require families to work in the snack shack and they can pay $25 to have someone else work for them. The subs must be on an approved list - so email those local sports orgs and get on those lists!
 
Why not offer a week of vacation in a silent auction through a group or club that you belong to. Four years ago we did this at my sons school to help him raise money for a mission trip to Mexico City. It was such a big hit that we have continued to do this each year even though he moved on from middle school to high school. The weeks have always brought in between $800 and $1200. Bidders feel good that they are contributing to a cause and get a very nice vacation out of the deal. And it is a fairly painless fundraiser since all of us here own timeshare.

Good Luck!

Cindy
 
A 12-year-old here was on this program last summer and all his money was stolen within the first day. Can't remember which country he was in.
 
johnmfaeth said:
Often a local business club like the Kiwanis or Chamber of Commerce can be a source of donations.

She can also get a part time job to raise some of the money. Nothing like flipping hamburgers to build character.
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My daughter contacted local business owners and clubs asking for donations and offering to speak about the experience when she returned. Be sure she writes thank you notes and includes some photos!
 
azsunluvr said:
My daughter contacted local business owners and clubs asking for donations and offering to speak about the experience when she returned. Be sure she writes thank you notes and includes some photos!
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Great idea. Did she do the inital contact - phone, mail or in person? Did she have a lot of success with it?
 
DD did her 1st fund raiser. Sold Candy bars and Hannah Montana shirts at a bank on a saturday. A lot of business don't allow it anymore.

She sold about $130 worth - but when you take out the cost of the shirts and the candy - probably only netted $50 for 4 hours standing outside in the cold. Think we need some higher profit items.
 
Would the school allow her to sell hot chocolate at the front of the school in the mornings? The supplies are cheap, mornings are cold and hot coco inviting. You could sell them for $1 a cup. You can get your local store to donate supplies.
 
ownsmany said:
Great idea. Did she do the inital contact - phone, mail or in person? Did she have a lot of success with it?
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She wrote some letters and mostly hand-delivered them. She made several hundred dollars and no one asked her to report when she returned. She did send a few photos with some of the thank you notes.
 
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