Ways to Fund Raise #1

I decided to do a segment on creative ways to raise money for a charity or friend, so here is the first way.
This one I learned when I was in fifth grade.

Materials:
1. large empty water jug from one of the water dispensers at places like dentists offices or waiting rooms.
2. a large group of people, a class works great or an office.

What you do is you place the Jug in an easily accessible place where a large group of people can get to it. This is mainly for classrooms but I am sure you can adapt it to different settings. Tell of your students/friends that you are raising money for something. Educate them on what it is and have them make a label for the jug. Next, tell them that the jug will be used to collect change. Whenever a kid has spare change in their pocket they can put it into the jug. Set a goal to fill the entire jug with change and once they do, take them on a field trip or do a fun project. It is really fun for all of the kids to watch the change get larger and larger.

And that's it. My class was able to find a sponsor who said that they would match our classes donation. We filled two jugs with change and made $500 our sponsor matched it and we were able to send $1,000 to our charity (Malaria tents for people in Africa). It was incredible and went very well

Have fun and keep your eye out for the next few posts of fundraising ideas

-If you have any ideas, email me at graphicbirdie@gmail.com