If you own or manage a daycare or preschool, fundraising is a great activity for parents to do with their toddlers. However, coming up with preschool fundraising ideas can be challenging. You’ll want to choose activities that are fun and simple yet productive in reaching your fundraising goals.
With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best preschool fundraising ideas that everyone will enjoy participating in.
Fundraising is part of a student’s academic career for many reasons. Tuition and extra-curricular fees hardly ever cover the costs involved in running a school, so many child care centers and preschools count on fundraisers to help them earn money for their extra programs or charitable causes.
On the other hand, a preschool fundraiser is a wonderful way to teach children about the importance of giving back to the community, not to mention that the sense of accomplishment is a great confidence-booster for young people.
A fundraiser also teaches children important values. They’ll learn about hard work, committing to a task, and teamwork if they fundraise with their classmates. It’s also a great way to bond with their parents, as most daycare fundraising ideas require the input of their guardians.
There are plenty of fundraising activities to raise money for preschool. Consider hosting a fundraising event or activity that involves the family and local community with your fundraising efforts.
The best fundraising ideas for preschool are those that make learning fun, and what better way to motivate kids to read than to pay them? A read-a-thon encourages students to set a goal of reading many books within a specific time, while parents and friends give pledges towards the goal and donate as it happens. Make it preschool-friendly by having a fundraising thermometer or sticker chart to make their efforts seem more tangible.
Together with teachers or parents, have young children create cute card designs that can be reproduced and sold to the community for a small fee. They could be holiday cards or “just because” cards.
If you want a successful fundraiser that appeals to family members, look no further than a bake sale. Bake cookie dough and baked goods with the kids and contribute them to the bake sale. To make things more fun, parents can record themselves in the process with their children, and then help them do in-person deliveries around the neighborhood or set up a stall in a local park.
Pencils, magic markers, art supplies, and more. Every family needs stationery in their home, especially things as cool as secret ink pens. Buy these in bulk and create an online marketplace where you invite members of the community to purchase items.
If children can’t have a photo day at school, parents can send in their favorite recent photo of their child and make a small donation to have it customized and put in the year’s virtual photo book.
Have students, parents, or other community members participate in a spelling bee contest online. Make it more special by selecting words that are related to your school or hometown. Sell tickets to the event and encourage people to donate any spare change to the cause as the show happens.
Encourage students to commit to a virtual fun run or obstacle course with their parents and ask the community to pledge according to the total distance covered. Simply create a spreadsheet for parents to log their times and add up your money raised as the times come in.
If you’re looking for preschool fundraising ideas that get the staff involved, this is it. Select a song and ask all your school’s keen dancers to enter a competition. Charge an entry fee to those watching.
Every child has a skill they would like to show the world. Arrange for them to showcase their skills in a virtual talent show. Charge people to log in to the virtual show, and collect donations from the audience as the show goes on.
Who doesn’t love a chance to stay in their pajamas all day? Get children and staff to dress up in pajamas to raise money for their preschool. You can extend this to other age groups by asking older children’s schools if they’d be willing to allow students to participate and support your fundraiser.
If you don’t have the advantage of large student numbers, here are some creative fundraising ideas that could be just as effective in raising money.
Ask teachers to get involved by organizing a virtual charity walk. Students and their parents are also welcome to participate, but the focus should be on the teachers reaching their distance goals. Ask the community to pledge or donate based on step milestones or miles covered. Post their progress on social media to encourage donations.
Fundraising for preschoolers is more exciting if they get to do something fun, and perhaps, just a little bit silly. Choose a task that a teacher or the principal has to do, such as dressing like a clown for a day or putting on a puppet show. The teacher or principal will do the chosen silly task or dress up when the fundraising goal is reached.
Parents and children can do this together. Inform the community of a recycling drive where preschoolers and their parents pick up trash such as plastic bottles and soda cans for recycling. They can contribute to the drive while the school earns money for whatever recycling they collect.
Make it easy for parents and the community to follow through with their pledges and encourage others to donate to your cause with a GoFundMe donation page. Just choose an idea for your donation drive, set up your fundraising campaign, and start raising money.
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