Middle School Fundraising Ideas

I have been in the fundraising business for long enough to know that when students reach middle school results go down. Good middle school fundraising ideas are more difficult to come up with for a few reasons.

When students are in elementary school and even earlier fundraising is quite easy. There are a couple of obvious reasons for that. The top reason is that the kids are not really selling or responsible for selling. It is the parents. In fact, most middle school fundraisers tell kids to not sell door to door any more which limits their potential market.

It’s the parents and their newness to fundraising that also makes a huge difference. The parents are not soured on fundraising yet and they happily call all their friends and families as their kids participate in the fundraisers for the first time. They bring the products and brochures to work and talk to everyone about helping their child in the fundraiser. That effort produces results.

In middle school, a couple of dynamics happen. First, the kids are now older and have less desire to raise money for their school. They have not fully developed passionate pursuits that will ultimately lead them to join clubs in high school and are therefore not motivated to sell for a club as much as they will be. Parents now look at their kids as young adults and most no longer take the initiative of selling for their children. All those factors lead to the worst school age for fundraising.

By high school, most fundraising is concentrated on clubs and sports where kids have a need and passion to raise money. All of a sudden you get some of the best fundraising results from the now more mature sellers who now understand they will benefit from fundraising programs.

So middle school fundraising ideas are very important. If you are in charge of fundraising for a middle school group you should poll the students to see what they would enjoy selling. You should offer as many incentives for participation in the fundraiser as possible as opposed to rewarding the top seller as elementary schools seem to focus on. In middle school you want the largest number of people participating. The top sellers will still sell well.

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Baseball Scratch Card

Baseball scratch cards are one of our most profitable baseball fundraisers.  With eye-catching graphics and a simple premise, this fundraiser serves up a money-making shut out.   We will imprint your team name at no additional cost and each card can make up to 95% profit.

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 create a custom coupon handout with your town’s unique businesses.

The lowest profit percentage you will make from using scratch cards for fundraisers is 85%. However,  the more cards you purchase the higher your profit potential for each card, due to volume price breaks. The profits and profit percentages shown are based on successfully having all 50 dots scratched off on your scratch card.

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Cards Bought Cost Per Card Each Card Raises Your Profit $ Your Profit %
100 $5.00 $100.00 $9,500 95%
25 $7.00 $100.00 $2,325 93%
10 $10.00 $100.00 $900 90%
1 min. $15.00 $100.00 $85 85%
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Sour Mania Lollipops

Sour Mania Lollipops Fundraiser is very popular for elementary school fundraising. Both kids and adults love sour candy. These are the original sour lollipops so they pack in that pucker up punch!  It is definitely a top choice for bringing a different fundraising flavor.

What You Should Know

Sour Mania 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:

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $320.00 50%
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Journey of Faith Candle Fundraiser

Our Journey of Faith candle fundraiser is the perfect church fundraising idea for spiritual or faith-based groups looking to raise money with a high quality product. One of our most popular candle fundraisers, Journey of Faith, is easy to sell.  Each candle in the line has a different decorative label that highlighting a Bible verse. Church fundraisers report excellent results within their congregations and throughout their community. With the spiritual theme and appealing price point, the Journey of Faith candle fundraiser is a perfect fundraising idea for church youth groups and  faith-based schools.  You will receive free Journey of Faith candle fundraiser brochures to presell, so there is no upfront payment required.

What You Should Know

Candle fundraising is different than other fundraising programs. Easy Fundraising Ideas gives you a 50% profit on every candle you sell. The only additional charge you may incur is a $65 shipping fee if your group sells less than 150 candles.

Each candle sells for only $20 each.

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Items Bought % Profit Free Shipping
150 plus 50% YES
1 to 149 50% No
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Wrestling scratch card

Wrestling fundraising is quite often reflective of its sport and more of an individual project. But scratch card fundraising is a terrific way for either teams or individual wrestlers to meet their financial needs.  Each scratch card raises $100 and can be imprinted with up to three lines of custom text to customize your 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 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.

Profit and Cost

 

  • In-hand products
  • Free shipping
  • Start in under a minute
Cards Bought Cost Per Card Each Card Raises Your Profit $ Your Profit %
100 $5.00 $100.00 $9,500 95%
25 $7.00 $100.00 $2,325 93%
10 $10.00 $100.00 $900 90%
1 min. $15.00 $100.00 $85 85%
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School Fundraising Made Easy

If you feel that selecting the best school fundraising idea is a daunting task, don’t worry! Since it seems the gap between school budgets and funding required for extracurricular programs is getting larger every year, the need for profitable school fundraisers is growing.

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Sports fundraising goes hand-in-hand with playing sports. Whether you are a basketball, football, soccer, or cheerleading organization, we have fundraisers that will score big money for your team.

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