Maximizing Your Opportunity with an Elementary School Fundraiser – Easy Fundraising IdeasMaximizing Your Opportunity with an Elementary School Fundraiser - Easy Fundraising Ideas
Maximizing Your Opportunity with an Elementary School Fundraiser
An elementary school fundraiser is very possibly one of the most rewarding types of fundraisers out there. Anytime you are doing something that will directly impact the educational experience of children, you should feel proud of that work and enthusiastic about it. The larger community enjoys getting involved, as well, and that can make the experience just that much better. Organizing an elementary school fundraiser is not too difficult, and we can give you all the pointers you need to get started.
Here’s your secret weapon, in case you haven’t figured it out already: you have an army of adorable kids on your side. This gives you such an unfair advantage, it’s unbelievable. Obviously you won’t expect the kids to go out and do their elementary school fundraising on their own, but you should definitely base the fundraiser around them, and get them involved in a very strong way. This will have two positive effects – for one, your profits will soar (come on, who won’t buy something from cute kids to help out their school?), but also the children themselves will learn a valuable lesson about how teamwork can help them reach some pretty important goals.
It helps if you choose an elementary school fundraiser that fits well with your group. Do you have enough people that you don’t really need to worry about minimum order requirements? If that’s the case, maybe a catalog fundraiser would be right for you. On the other hand, if your group is on the small side, a direct sale item with high profits might work better for your team as an elementary school fundraiser, and you might want to consider something like candy bars or scratch cards for that. If the kids can get permission to sell candy bars to their fellow students as well, that could an outstanding elementary school fundraiser.
Our $10 Heritage Fundraising Candles are the most affordable 55 hour burn time candle in the fundraising industry. Designed specifically to be sold as fundraising candles, these are some of the finest candles available today. They are hand-poured, highly fragrant, long burning, and affordably priced. Choose from 6 wonderful scents.
The 8oz Heritage Fundraising Candles offering is our newest no upfront cost fundraising option. With an attractive $10 price point, this product has broad appeal. Perfect for your friends and family to use themselves or to give as gifts, the highly fragrant, long-lasting Heritage Candles are a fantastic candle fundraising option. Plus, your groups can sell this product year after year!
What You Should Know
8oz Heritage Candle fundraiser is pre-sell or brochure sales. That means you sell the candles using free brochures and order forms we provide. We suggest a two-week selling period. At the end of your event, tally together all the order forms and money, then place your order online or call us with your candle order. There is no minimum to order; however, there will be a $65 shipping fee for orders under 150 candles. Call us toll-free (866) 874-8383 if you have any questions.
Virtually every student will be part of an elementary school fundraiser before reaching the 6th grade. If you need a simple, high-profit fundraiser, take a look at our Elementary School scratch card fundraisers. Each participant can raise $100 using just one card.
What You Should Know
Here is an example of the coupon page you give to the people as a “Thank You” for participating. You can also create a custom coupon handout with your town’s unique businesses.
As you can see from the profit chart below the lowest profit percentage you will make from using scratch cards for fundraisers is 70%. There are, however, price breaks that can increase your profit percentage. The more cards you purchase the higher your profit potential for each card. The profits and profit percentages shown are based on successfully having all 50 dots scratched off on your scratch card:
Welch’s are America’s favorite fruit snacks which make them a fabulous fundraising product. Fruit is the first ingredient and they are an excellent source of Vitamins A, C, and E. Welch’s Fruit Snacks are also fat-free, gluten-free, have no preservatives, and come in over 10 varieties. If you are looking for a healthier alternative to chocolate bars or lollipops, consider selling our Welch’s Fruit Snacks Variety Pack.
What You Should Know
You sell each bag of fruit snacks for $1 each. Profits from selling Welch.s Fruit Snacks are determined based on the number of cases you purchase.
The more cases you purchase the lower your cost per case. Take a look at the profit chart below for details.
Yummy Lix Round Lollipops are our #1 selling lollipop. They come in an assortment of all your favorite flavors. Yummy Lix Round Lollipops are packaged in cases of 640 pops. Inside the case are 8 packages. Each package contains 80 lollipops. You will make 50% profit selling just one case. Shipping is free!
What You Should Know
Yummy Lix Round Lollipops offer the same profit regardless of the number of cases that you purchase. Sell the lollipops for two times the cost. Meaning, you double your investment no matter how many cases you purchase. Here is a quick profit chart for you to review:
“What’s a Smencil School Fundraiser?” It’s a cute name and a great school fundraising product. Smencils are scented pencils made from recycled newspapers. They are the perfect fundraising product for schools. Shipped in cases containing 10 buckets, each bucket contains 50 Smencils. Each scented pencil sells for $1. Kids love them making Smecils easy to sell. Smencil school fundraiser pencils come in two varieties. Regular black lead as well as assorted fun colors. Best of all, shipping is free!
What You Should Know
Profits on Smencil school fundraiser pencils are extremely easy to calculate since you are buying them by the case. Smencils have a 40% profit margin. The retail price is $1 per Smencil. You will make a $200 profit for each case you sell.
Raise money by creating your own discount card fundraiser. Sign up between 8 and 12 local merchants to advertise on the back of your fundraising discount cards. We will custom design the front for your group. These fundraiser discount cards make terrific annual fundraising tools.
What You Should Know
Custom Fundraising Discount Cards offer some of the highest profits possible. Take a look at the profit chart below to estimate what your group can earn with this outstanding program:
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