Archive for the Cheerleading Category
Cheerleaders gif-wrapping Christmas presents makes for a sweet sight; pretty girls working with pretty gifts. Of course, it is a seasonal fundraiser but one that has the potential to net you good funds year after year. If your cheerleading team can do this well then your presence will be looked forward to every year by the scores of folks who aren’t quite comfortable wrapping gifts.
A benefit with this fundraising is that you get cash then and there; you don’t have to invest in any special tools. All you need is some space, a table, some color pens, tape, maybe some cheerful music and scissors. You’ll also need to invest in some fancy tissue paper, gift tags, ribbons, colorful strings, etc. With these items in place, you are good to go. The best place to put up your gift wrapping service is where you can get footfalls; next to a shopping mall or a subway. The rates you charge can vary with the size of wrapping paper and the extras that someone would want on a gift. Be sure to offer discounts on bulk wrappings.
Let there be a banner in front of the table that states the cause of...
Cheerleaders add cheer, glamor, and inject verve to a sporting event. But very often, teams struggle to make ends meet. There are expenses to be met, this is where fundraising comes into the picture. Let us check out this ever popular cheerleading fundraising idea that can help you make money and stay afloat in the world of competitive cheerleading.
Bake sales work. And they are a good fit for cheerleading fundraisers because of easy organizing and execution. The basic idea is that you buy some cakes or prepare some cakes and try to sell them. You can hold a bake sale whenever you want to. Of course, it pays more to hold a bake sale during Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day. Volunteers do not have to spend a lot of time baking. It's easy to spread the word within the community that the girls are having a bake sale. A bake sale can very easily be clubbed with any other activity or can be held independently. You can make the sale as diverse as you wish by including as many baked items of different varieties as you want. You can include a whole lot of sweet and savory items. A...
Jan
16
2009
How Can Cheerleaders Succeed In Fundraising
Cheerleading in the U.S is serious business and fundraising for the cheer squad is taken seriously too. Cheerleaders and cheer coaches should ideally go in for fundraisers that can keep the cheer troupe interested; basically fun ideas that will get the audience to participate and reach out for their purses.
Ask questions to the cheerleaders as well as those whom you consider prospective customers. Find out what they like. Look back on successful fund raisers in the past, see what worked. At any given fundraiser try to focus the energies on a single objective, preferably one that cheerleaders are passionate about. This could mean a fundraiser for their uniforms or to raise funds for a long-distance trip.
You can tap into local businesses for fundraising collaborations. For example, you can hold small competitions for kids where the winner gets garments donated by local stores as prizes. If you wish you can charge a small entry fee. Or you can hold a bottle drive in your community. Inform community members in advance that the cheerleaders will be coming on a given date to collect bottles as a part of a fundraising program.
Cheerleading fundraisers can also tap into the school spirit of students; cheerleaders...
Jun
15
2008
Some Great Ideas for a Cheerleader Fundraiser
If you are looking for some ideas for a cheerleader fundraiser then you came to the right place. We'll take a look at some of the latest innovative fundraising ideas that are out today, specifically recycling printer ink cartridges and donation scratch cards. The new trend in recycling printer ink cartridges is a real hit because there is such little effort involved for people to hold the fundraiser and participate. To hold it all you need to do is get the word out that you are collecting old ink cartridges for a good cause and watch them pour in. The participants only need to bring in the cartridges that they were planning on throwing out anyway – how easy is that? No selling, no collecting, nothing to stock, no melting chocolate bars etc. Another of my favorite fundraisers is a scratch card fundraiser. This is when you get cards printed from any fundraising site that has little scratch off areas on it covering up dollar amounts that range for $.05 - $2. Have a donor scratch a spot, and simply donate the amount that they scratched. This is great...
Sep
26
2007
School Spirit Fundraising Ideas for Cheerleaders
Each year cheerleaders lead their schools in raising the school spirit. The cheerleaders are seen at football and basketball games, performing gymnastic-like turns and flips, all with a great big smile! Cheerleading, like any school sport, has funding needs.
Many cheerleaders sell spirit items for their fundraiser. Now you may have heard of a few of school spirit ideas, but I bet there are some that are new. Take a look:
Traditional Spirit Items
The best way to raise funds for your cheerleaders is to create a fundraiser that centers on what they do best: cheering for the school’s team! There are several tried and true spirit items that fans always love:- Team apparel - t-shirts, baseball caps
- Noisemakers - cow bells
and whistles
- Waveables - spirit sticks and signs
- Game gear - stadium seats
