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Profitable Fundraising Ideas For School Trips
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Think back to when you were a kid. Do you remember the excitement of hearing about a class trip? That enthusiasm hasn’t faded; students today still look forward to their school field trips with just as much anticipation.
So, that raises an important question: How will you fund this exciting adventure?
We hope these school fundraising ideas are helpful to you!
Here are the top three fundraisers to raise money for a school field trip.
They are great for bus rentals and covering the entry fees for the exhibits you want to visit. Whether you are going to the local zoo or to visit a museum, these class trip ideas can help.
Sell candy
Sell cookie dough
Sell popcorn
High school creative fundraising At Its Best
Additional high school fundraisers to raise money for your field trip include:
- Run a car wash on the first warm Friday afternoon or Saturday morning this spring or fall. Advertise it heavily by reaching out to local businesses.
- In the spring, your juniors, Sophomores and seniors can sell pine straw, flower seeds and bulbs. Our spring fundraiser catalog can help you do this while earning up to 50% on each sale.
- In the autumn, your high school students can also rake leaves and bag them to help raise money for trips for school.
Bonus tip: Baby sitting
Babysitting is a great way to help pay for transportation costs. In addition, it provides an opportunity for your students and family members to get involved and help out. In fact, youths who babysit not only raise funds for traveling, but they also learn responsibility. There are plenty of parents who have to work and need someone to sit with their children after school until they get home. You might even be able to think of a few right now.
Middle school fundraisers for class trips
Your middle schoolers can do the following things to raise money for class trips:
- Sell coffee. Just suppose your seventh and eighth graders could earn 45% selling coffee. This is an easy sell because millions of people like to drink coffee, don’t they? You might as well be the one to help them start the morning off with a good ol’ cup of Joe. This is one awesome fundraiser for class trips. Learn more about our coffee fundraisers for middle school here.
- Sell gift wrap. This is a very popular fundraising strategy for middle schools. Since it’s around the holiday season, this works well for winter trips like skiing.
Bonus Tip: Dog Walking
Lots of people love their dogs but don’t have time to walk them. Perhaps you might be one of them!
Furthermore, many have to work until dinner time every night leaving poor Fido at home alone. This creates a mess to deal with when they finally get home. UGH!
Your students can create a list of pet owners in their neighborhood. A few of these will say yes to your offer. This also teaches children responsibility. Best of all, it offers a way to raise money for your trip now, PLUS a part time job for your kids afterward!
Elementary school fundraisers that work
These primary school fundraising ideas can help you raise money to take your elementary students anywhere you want to take them.
They also work for private and religious schools.
Snackin’ in the USA. Year after year this is one of the most popular fundraisrers we have. Why is this perfect for paying for classroom trips? PTOs love that it retails for only eight dollars. Your students earn up to four dollars per bag sold. Can you see how this small donation for your snack fundraiser can help pay for your next trip?
Sell Healthy snacks and keep up to 50% on each sale. Parents are concerned about their children eating too much junk food. So, your friends and family will love theses healthy treats. For instance, fruit and fit trail mix, mixed nuts, roasted cashews and more. They retail for only $8 each.
Our Strategies Are Perfect For All Kinds Of Day Trips
Here are a few ideas for future class trips for your school.
- Recycling Center
- Fire Station
- Police Station
- Farm
- Farmer’s Market
- Museum
- Radio Station
- Movie Theater
- ASPCA
- Veterinarian
- Planetarium
- Aquarium
- Factory
- Church or youth group mission trips
- Finally, there is the classic visit to the nearest zoo.
Trip Planning Reminders
- Plan way ahead of time.
- Set a reasonable fundraising goal.
- In addition, make sure the students get a consent form from their parents showing their approval.
- If you are not supplying lunch, then you may want to remind parents to supply a brown bag lunch for their children.
- Do you have enough teachers, teacher’s aides and parents to supervise the children?
- Could you use also use crowdfundng to help you fundraise? There may be many donors willing to help with travel expenses.
- Finally, set up a facebook page about the upcoming trip excursion and tell your followers about your next outing planned using social media.
How to raise money for any trip easily!
So, what’s the easy way to raise money for your school’s next trip?
After 50 years in this business, we believe fundraising brochures are the best way to go. Why do we say that?
First of all, your school pays no money out of pocket to get started. So that makes it a risk-free fundraiser for your next trip.
Additionally, we have a proven fundraising program to follow. In other words, you don’t have to figure this out yourself. And furthermore, we will give you all of the free coaching you need to succeed. We gladly do this because we hope to win your business for next year also.
Finally, we stand behind our products 100%. This means you can feel confident about selling these quality products to your friends and family.
Our products also work hand in hand with peer to peer and matching gifts for donations and crowd fundraising campaigns.
When you are ready, we are available for a free conference call to answer all of your questions. We will gladly share our fundraising methods with you. Until then, feel free to download your free fundraising kit here.