Education in schools has taken on a broader meaning than I remember it. Today there are a variety of events and activities that students have available to them outside of the classroom that add to their education. These things usually cost money. With cuts in school budgets, principals and PTA / PTO organizations have to turn to fundraising in order to raise the money needed for them.
It is fundraising that many consider to be like the "third rail" on a subway system. It is either viewed as the power source to make things go or it is viewed as the thing everyone wants to stay away from. However, a properly run fundraiser is a blessing for all. There really is no reason why teachers, volunteers, students, parents and the community should dread the start of the school fundraising drive. If the product is right, the incentives are worthwhile, the rewards will be enjoyed by all.
The fundraising programs that are generally viewed negatively are more often than not the ones that the organizers don't take into account what the participants will be getting out of the fundraiser for themselves. This is especially true if their child is not one of those on the bus for the 5th grade field trip. Consider that even the First grade teachers have been raising money for that trip and they never get to go. After a few years that begins to wear down even the most soft hearted staff.
Have you ever wondered why some schools, while all else is equal, will have a $50,000 sale and another of the same size has a $20,000 sale? They could even be selling the same product, at the same time and still have that much difference in their sale. The answer to that is really pretty simple. It's "How" they run the sale that makes all the difference.
A case in point is Howell Middle School in Victoria, Tx. For years they had been having $32-$38,000 sales with their 1000 students. One year, they made a change in only one thing...it wasn't the product, that remained the same. They made a change in how they ran their sale and the year after they had a $34,000 sale they had a $72,000 sale.
What was even more interesting than the jump in their fundriaser profits was that this school had always had a problem finding volunteers to help with the fundraiser. The teachers at the school had never offered their help on any aspect of their fundraiser. That year, they had to turn away teachers and parents who volunteered on delivery day because they had more than enough to handle it.
All that came because they chose to run their sale differently than they had been doing it all those years previous. Napoleon Hill once said, "You can get everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want." That is the basis for changing the fundraising environment at your school.
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You can keep looking for the perfect product for your school fundrasing program and you may have already discovered it! It's not always that product that is holding your school fundrasing program back. The best place to make a change is in how you run your fundraiser.
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