Affiliate Programs & Loyalty Programmes
If you have a website make it earn money for you. With advances in technology a new way to raise funds is to look at net-based programs. Affiliate programs are an arrangement in which an online merchant web site pays affiliate web sites a commission for sending them traffic. Affiliate Web sites post links to the merchant site and are paid according to an agreement which can be based on the number of people the affiliate sends to the merchant's site, or the number of visits that result in a sale.
Commissions earned can be very generous and little work is required on behalf of the site owner. Consider investigating affiliate programs such as DVD rental, educational, sporting, toys, grocery or everyday items where your organisation can earn income from the support of your members. This is a simple fundraising method for any organisation that has a web presence. The only time and effort involved is in creating the original link and asking your members to support the sites you are affiliated with.
University Wisdom
Pauls Collect a Cap
Remember When Scrapbooking
The Bra Shop
Sydney Morning Herald
Discount Home Shoppers Club
Community Shop
Amusement Rides
If you want to attract large numbers to your event consider adding amusement rides. Rides are a must have for any fete and festival but they can also provide a good revenue stream at sports days, company picnics. Etc. Remember to book rides that are appropriate for the age group you are seeking to attract. Even something as simple as a jumping castle will ensure the youngest members of the community are catered for. Amusement rides are a must have for large events such as fetes or festivals. Most ride operators will operate on a commission basis or you can hire the rides yourself and keep all the profits that are made.
Amusement Ride Operators
Athons
There are many ways of running an ‘athon – sportathon, spellathon, danceathon, olypathon, walkathon – the ideas are endless. Quite often an even like this will be run annually and each year you aim to raise more than the previous year. The idea is to get sponsorship for how every many ‘athon’ things you complete – laps, kilometres, words, etc. There is quite a bit involved in putting together the sponsorship sheets, etc. You can do it yourself or you can have a company organise it for you. The profit returned from athons are excellent.
Sportathon
Australian Fundraising
Golden Circle Fun Run
Auctions
There are several types of auctions which can be utilised for fundraising at fetes, trivia nights, etc. Sporting memorabilia is usually a very successful auction item. There are several different options for sourcing memorabilia. Write to various sporting clubs, sports stars or associations asking for a donation. You may be lucky enough to receive something, but don’t hold your breath.
Purchase sporting items such as team jerseys and organise with the club to have them signed. The club will often charge a fee for this service and it may cost you several hundred dollars to secure an item and have it framed, but this item may sell for two or three times your outlay. There are professional sporting memorabilia businesses that will sell you complete items, signed sporting memorabilia that has been famed and authenticated. These items are professionally finished and are much sought after.
Ask around at school – it is surprising how many people in a school community know a sporting personality. Check school records – there may be past pupils who are now big stars. With contacts within the school a lot of time and money can be saved sourcing these items. Most sports stars are happy to sign memorabilia for friends. Also look within the school community for framing businesses. A signed and framed State of Origin jersey can raise many thousands of dollars. Whatever items are sourced, ensure they are well presented and pay for professional framing. The end results will look spectacular.
Promote these items well before the event to draw a large crowd – a particularly coveted sporting item will bring in many extra people. Sport personalities may also be approached to attend the event. Check with sponsors, they may have connections with sports stars.
Promote the celebrity sports auction as the highlight of the event. Check out the sporting memorabilia section of this guide as well.
Legends & Heroes
Icons of Sport
Allsports Fundraising Auctions
Apple Spirals (slinkies)
Apples are a great source of vitamins and nutrients for our kids but it is often hard to get them to eat the right things. Turn an ordinary apple into an apple slinky and you will have no problem getting them to eat apples. The amazing Apple Spiral machine will peel, core and turn your apple into a slinky in no time. The benefits of this machine are twofold – sell the machine to parents at a fraction of the price you can buy it for anywhere else on the net and make great profits and donate a machine to your tuck shop and watch the kids line up for their favourite fruit – and the tuckshop makes a great profit on the increased sales.
As the direct importer of these fantastic machines Catalina Trading can offer genuine low prices. These machines are offered at a substantial discount from retail prices. Offer them to parents at $30.00 and $35.00 for the green corer and the nickel plated machines respectively. That's $10.00 OFF the recommended retail price for each machine!
Hillmark Products
Catalina Trading
Badges
Badges are an ever popular item that can be designed for major events within your organisation. This can be done by having badges made commercially or by making them yourselves using a badge making machine. Money raised from this fundraiser could be used to purchase a badge making machine. Machines are readily available for hire, do an internet search under "badge makers" + your town.
As a simple school fundraiser, kids can draw their own picture for their badge. The uses for the machine are endless. Have badges made to promote a special event - your school's anniversary for example.
Balloons
An effective way to add colour to your event is to ask one of your major sponsors to provide custom printed balloons. Details of your event can be printed on one side and the sponsor's details on the other. When filled with helium and handed out, they provide a very eye-catching and popular way of promoting an event. Everybody wants a free balloon and people will walk around your event for hours happily carrying a balloon displaying a sponsor's name, but be sure to add a weight to the balloons. Your local balloon company can organise printing for you.
Fete balloons
Balloons add real colour and spectacle to any event - vending foil balloons can be very profitable at a school fete. They come in a variety of shapes and themes – Wiggles, Harry Potter, Dolphins, etc.
Small heart shaped balloons are a wonderful fundraiser leading up to Valentines Day. These balloons are very inexpensive to purchase and are filled with air. Children, especially at high school, love to buy them. Heart shaped balloons can be purchased from Make Believe.
Balloon Races
In the 60's and 70's balloon races were very popular. This type of fundraising event is no longer encouraged by the balloon industry for environmental reasons and in some states is illegal. Although balloons are biodegradable, the labels attached to them are not.
A variation on this is to sell helium filled balloons and encourage people to write a message on the balloon to a loved-one who has passed away. After writing the message, the balloon can be released. Many people find the idea of sending a message to a loved-one very therapeutic. It is a good fundraising idea for charities involved with illnesses such as cancer, where so many people have a loved one who has been affected by the disease. Use professional quality balloons and ensure that nothing is attached to the balloon. Balloons are biodegradable and cause no harm to the environment, but attachments are not. You can read more about environmental issues and balloons as well as finding suppliers for quality balloons at www.balloonartists.com.au. You will also need to check on the regulations for releasing balloons in your state. For example in NSW it is illegal to release more than 20 balloons at any one time.
Books
An excellent way to raise money.
Penguin Books
Total Learning
Books - Personalised
Personalised children’s books are a great way to fundraise - particularly for preschools, kindys and child care centres. Offering parents books that have been personalised with their child's name is a great idea. They are the perfect present for birthdays and Christmas. Your organisation receives a generous donation for each book sold. This is the perfect fundraiser for kindies and pre-schools.
Naming Writes
Indy Kids
Book - Specialty - University Wisdom
Discover the secrets of getting the most from your experience at University and use them as stepping-stones to launch your life and career – University Wisdom is a practical guide for all students. Our affiliate programs offer you the opportunity to sell these books / CD's to your students and earn up to $5 for each guide you sell.
University Wisdom
Bottled Water
Bottled water can be sold at any event. You can also organise to have labels custom printed with your organisation’s details.
Source Direct
World's Finest
Bra Straps
Decorated bra straps are the latest craze sweeping Australia! They are perfect for presents or as a fashion accessory. Just remove your bra strap and connect the new decor item or cut your existing bra strap off, sew over flap and connect. These are a terrific product to sell at your school fete.
Go with the Glow
Bracelets
Kids Code Bracelets are the hottest fashion item. These funky stainless steel charm links adorned with gold, enamel and precious stones can be easily linked together to create your very own individual look. Express your own KCB style, using numbers and letters to spell out your name, games and pets to show your fav things or messages and dangle charms for something fun.
KCB bracelets are sooo easy to put together. You simply start with a plain link bracelet. Then pick out the charm links you want and add them to your bracelet. You can keep collecting and swapping more links at any time. These cool bracelets are now offered as a fundraising item for schools. You can continue to raise funds long after the initial fundraiser has finished. As kids buy additional links, commission are paid to your school. You have the potential to raise money all year long.
Kids Code Bracelets
Bricks & Pavers
Engraved bricks and pavers are a way of raising large amounts of money for special projects. They can be used to raise money for major items, to commemorate a time capsule, to acknowledge new buildings and they are especially good when your school or organisation has a special event to celebrate, like a special anniversary. You can create a special area to commemorate the event and raise money at the same time.
Donations are accepted in return for a brick or paver and the brick or paver is then used to build a wall, courtyard, path or paved area - the possibilities are endless. Donors are acknowledged with their name or a special message on the brick or paver. Different level of sponsorship can be acknowledged by the size of the area given as acknowledgement. This is a fundraising idea that leaves a lasting piece of history.
Insignia Paving
Signature Engraving
Selkirk
Bubble Wands
Bubble wands are a fantastic fundraising item for pre-schools, kindies and child care centres. They make a great stall item at school fetes, festivals or market days. Available in an array of bright eye-catching colours, the huge bubbles they blow always attract a crowd.
Make Believe
Bulbs
Bulb fundraising has appeal to young and old, whether you have a pot on a balcony or a full size garden. Bulb fundraising promotes a healthy activity that has the bonus of lasting pleasure that can last for years after the fundraiser has achieved its goal. The colour and fragrance are still fresh in people’s minds when you start to organize your next year’s fundraising and they always have room for more!
Bulb fundraising offers a wide range of bulb types that suit many different climates and personal preferences. Better quality bulb fundraising activities offer comprehensive growing information as well as garden accessories to complement the bulb range. Spring flowering bulbs are the most popular and are available earlier in the school year which suits many fundraising plans. Summer flowering bulbs are also available for fundraising and this suits organizations wanting to organize fundraising later in the year.
Bulb Express
Fulham Grange
Tesselar Bulbs
Calendars
Here's an idea that parents love and is great for fundraising drives at Christmas, Mother's Day or Father's Day. Children are naturally creative and love to draw. Turn their drawings into a fundraising activity. Children's artwork can be laminated into a calendar that makes an ideal gift for parents and grandparents. Crazy Camel Calendars provide all the paper necessary for such a fundraising drive and provide the laminated calendars with your school or association's name printed across the top. As well as being a great fundraiser, it is also an on-going promotion for you.
Crazy Camel Calendars
Fridge Door Fundraising
Calico Bags
Calico bags have become very popular as people become more aware of the damage plastic bags can cause to the environment. You can use calico bags as a fundraiser. Offer calico bags customised with your children’s artwork for an affordable fundraiser that makes great gifts for Mother’s Day, Christmas, etc.
Sabine Products
CAP Fundraising
Eco Shopper
Candle Making Workshops
Interactive attractions are always really popular fundraisers. Traditional candle dipping and carving offers a fun filled activity and participants get to take home a really beautiful souvenir. Participants dip their wicks into coloured pots of wax, until the candle reaches a certain thickness. It is then shaped and carved into wonderful shapes such as flowers, animals etc. Children feel a great sense of achievement when they have their own finished product to take home. Making candles is a fun and very affordable activity to promote confidence and a positive self image in children and young adults. It is a fun filled activity which is suitable for all age groups.
Crazy Candles
Caps & Hats – Personalised
Personalised caps and hats make great fundraisers for many different organisations. Pre-schools can offer caps embroidered with a child’s name; schools can offer slouch hats for sun shade, sporting clubs can have their logo embroidered on a variety of different styles. Be personalised offers a large range of styles and an excellent fundraising program which is completely automated - you get access to your very own webpage where you can track the progress of your fundraising efforts.
CAP Fundraising
Design Stuff
Cards - Christmas, Mothers Day, etc.
Offer for sale a pack of Christmas Cards (or cards for any occasion) featuring drawings by children in your school. You can run a competition (with a nominal entry fee) to make extra money. Or offer each parent a pack of cards featuring their own child's artwork.
Your school has the choice of offering 2 types of high quality note cards: colour on white or black on ivory. To add a personal touch the child's handwritten signature is printed on the back of the card. The colour cards come in a set of 20 with matching envelopes and packaged in a functional clear plastic sealable bag. The black on cream cards come in a set of 25 with matching envelopes and packaged in a functional clear plastic sealable bag.
The cards have multiple uses: ideal for thank you notes, birthday cards, Christmas cards. Also, a great idea to give as gifts for parents, grandparents, special friends.
Art by Kids
Vantage
Carols by Candlelight
Carols by Candlelight are a wonderful Christmas tradition. Run a Carols by Candlelight at your school or church group and fundraise by selling SafeFlame candles. SafeFlame Candles are 6" candle shaped glowsticks, moulded with a 35mm flame tip, and filled with a 6-hour super bright mixture. All SafeFlame candles are filled with a triple enclosed casing improving transportation, glow duration, and product shelf life. Made to the highest quality standards with a sturdy construction technique of a one-piece mould, limiting any leaking and choking hazards. Unlike conventional candles that can pose a safety threat, no matter how well supervised, SafeFlame candles are 100% self contained and do away with all the issues associated with conventional candles. SafeFlame candles do not emit heat or sparks, and the contained light source will not drip hot wax onto floors, clothing, or skin.
In the interest of event sponsorship, local community businesses can advertise their corporate details along the shaft of a SafeFlame candle, acting as a cost saving measure to your event's budget. We can transform any SafeFlame candle into an effective advertising and promotional tool. The minimum quantity for printed SafeFlames is 500 candles with a surcharge of $0.20 per SafeFlame.
Being safe for all ages, SafeFlame candles provide children with a fun and safe novelty toy to play with during the event, allowing parents to relax and enjoy the night. As well as providing a safe alternative to conventional candles, SafeFlame also provides your event with an extra way to raise quick and easy funds. SafeFlame Candles can be sold separately, or with glow bracelets, to achieve profits of up to 75% for your organisation.
Safe Flame
Casino Nights
Casino Nights are a very sophisticated type of interactive fundraiser. They are suitable for an adult audience only and you should be mindful of gambling regulations within your state. It is definitely easiest to book a Casino Night company for your event. They can provide all the equipment you need plus trained staff, entertainment and theming, if required as well as being fully conversant with relevant regulations.
Planet Entertainment
Blackjack Knights
Vegas Nights
Action Events
Cent Auctions
Cent auctions are a variation on silent auctions and are often used where your prices are of a lower value than those used in the silent auction. It is a very simple type of auction to run and you can make your stall look very attractive by displaying your prizes well
Your whole stall will be dedicated to displaying your prizes so make sure they are well wrapped and attractive. You will normally have several items grouped together to form a substantial prize, so group those prizes into a large basket, hamper, laundry basket or gift box, then wrap in cellophane and finish with large bows. Your prizes will look enticing and worth more than they actually are. Display your prizes at the back of your stall, clearly number them and have a list of the contents of that prize for people to view.
At the front of your cent auction stall you place a series of containers numbered to match your prizes. You can use ice cream containers for cheapness or if you want to make your stall more eye catching you can buy cheap cardboard gift boxes from dollar stores; cut a slit in the lid of your box. Make sure your boxes are big enough to take plenty of tickets. Your customers will use these boxes to place their bids and as cent auction stalls are very popular you can have large numbers of tickets in your bid boxes.
Tickets are sold in sheets, all bearing the same number with a stub that is retained by the purchaser. This stub is used to claim prizes and the rest of the tickets are the ‘bids’. The sheets are sold for a nominal amount - $1 or $2. Traditionally a sheet contained 100 tickets and was sold for $1, hence the name 'cent' auction. Your buyer can place as many tickets as he wants in each box - if there is one particular item he is after he can place all his tickets in that box, or he can spread them over all the prizes. Your local newsagent or party store will stock cent auction tickets.
It is a good idea to have a complete list of prizes and their approximate drawing times to hand out to everybody attending your event.
Have your cent auctions drawn progressively throughout the event. Start your draws with the cheaper items first. Have your most expensive prize as the last item of the day. Make sure the draw is announced so that people have the opportunity to place last minute bids. When the auction closes, the box is removed from the cent auction area and taken to the 'auctioneer' who draws a ticket from the box. The winning number is announced and the holder of that numbered stub is able to claim his prize. Remember that your event will only run for a limited amount of time, so ensure you allow yourself enough time between auctions to cover all prizes. Have your MC announcing draws throughout the event and get him to promote ‘the big one’.
You can add excitement to your event by having special spot prizes. Don't have these on display, rather have these announced by the auctioneer and then have volunteers pass through the crowd with a box collecting numbers (and selling tickets). A good auctioneer can really whip up some excitement this way for special items.
Make a list of each lot, itemise all the components of the prize and the lot number, and have these clearly displayed on your stall. It is important to show exactly what is contained in each lot. Cent auctions are a lot of fun, by starting with your cheaper valued prizes you will whet people’s appetite for the bigger ones drawn later in the event.
Caricatures
The Caricature King offers an amazing service – simply send him a photograph and he will turn it into a caricature. Here are several easy ways of fundraising with Caricature King:
1. Offer a simple caricature service – you provide the special link to our website where the customer orders and we pay you up to 25% (Around $4 per head/shoulders caricature - more for full body etc.) on the order value PLUS we may provide special discounts for registered entities (i.e school P&C (P&F), church groups, scout groups etc. This works very well with a group of people who can distribute the information through social and work networks via email or personal websites.
ACTION: Have the fundraising leader sign up to our affiliate program in order to get the link. The customer uses the link to buy. The earnings tally up and then are paid out to you. We have a low payout threshold.
2. Have a Portrait Day - For customers who may not have a digital image of themselves, organise a ‘Portrait Day’. This is where you take their picture (or accept a hard copy print for scanning - or even a picture of a picture ;) ) and payment, and you submit them through our system. The finished caricatures will then be emailed to you. You handle final delivery to the customer (by email again or on floppy disk). You can charge the customer a 10-30% premium for this service, thus leveraging your fundraising inflow.
ACTION: Have the fundraising leader sign up to our affiliate program in order to get the link (and the discount up to 25%). This link is then used to place the orders by the fundraiser (not the customer). The earnings tally up and then are paid out to you. We have a low payout threshold.
3. Value add with products – provide caricaturised products. Similar to number 2, except you may work in with a local supplier who can put the image on quality paper, a t-shirt, mug, frame etc. Again this offers the opportunity to further leverage funds by adding a percentage for taking the photo, plus a further percentage from the sale of the item (the supplier should give you at least a 10% discount).
ACTION: Same as 2.
Caricature King
Christmas in July
Christmas in July has become such a popular event now with many families taking advantage of the cold weather to cook that big roast turkey dinner that is just too filling to have in the middle of summer. You can organise a Christmas in July function quite easily and turn it into a fundraising event. A great product to fundraise with at this time of year is Magic Snow. Magic Snow is a very fine polymer crystal, when mixed with water these crystals swell and take on the appearance of real snow. It is a fun product that kids love and offers a good margin for fundraising. You can run this fundraiser at Christmas as well.
Dziner Sno
Christmas Lights
This is a novel fundraiser within a school or community group. Lighting up houses at Christmas time has become very popular with radio and television stations running big competitions every year. Organise something on a small scale for your group - invite everybody to enter the Christmas lights competition and set a fee for every entry - charge a higher fee for those who decline to enter! You can have various categories so that people who don’t want to decorate their whole house can enter - best front door, best window, best garage, best garden and, of course, best house. Distribute the addresses of all entries to the members of your community and have collection boxes at each house - the house who collects the most money wins the prize as House of the Year.
Clothes – Children’s
Affordable children’s clothing is a very popular item for fundraising and Tots & Tigers offers an extensive range of well priced clothing. Offer a popular item as your fundraiser and receive a generous commission and incentive prizes that can be used as raffle prizes. Couple with a fashion parade
Code Bracelets
Kids Code Bracelets are the latest in kids fashion. They are fun, colourful and exciting. Kids all around the country want to get their hands on their very own KCB.
The bracelets come in many shapes, sizes and patterns. From sport to friendship to fantasy, kids love Kids Code Bracelets because:
• KCB are fun
• They can put the bracelets together themselves
• Links can be swapped and moved, changing the look and size of the bracelet
• New links can be added to the bracelet at any time
With the ability to swap and change the bracelet, kids can continually buy new links to swap out their old ones. This means the Kids Code Bracelets purchase is not just a one off. Kids will come back again and again, for their new links, providing you with an excellent on-going fundraiser.
Kids Code Bracelets
Coins & Cash
Everybody has coins in their pocket and are usually willing to part with a gold coin for a good cause. There are several ways you can collect gold coins.
collection buckets at sporting events
make a challenge to see how long you can make a line of coins
make a challenge to see how high you can make a pile of coins
make a challenge to see if you can match somebody's weights in coins
fill a large jar with coins and charge people to guess how much is in the jar - prize can be a set prize or the amount of cash they guess
Collection Containers
Coin Fountain
Most people can't resist throwing a coin in a fountain or ornamental pond and you can use this to raise money. Water features are very popular decorator items at the moment. Approach your local garden centre to donate a water feature for fundraising at your event. The item could be returned after the event, or if donated, it could be used as a major raffle prize. Place a sign on the feature asking people to throw a coin and make a wish. You can also approach local shopping centres to have their water features designated as make a wish places. If you particularly need a wishing well, many wedding hire specialists have them available.
Coffee & Tea
Here's an everyday product that is used in every household and business - coffee and tea. Run a fundraiser in your school or club encouraging all your members to purchase their tea and coffee through a fundraising company and earn commission on sales. Expand this by encouraging your members to ask their place of employment to join in the fundraiser and you are on your way to earning good fundraising dollars.
Coffee Fundraising
Coffee Hit
Coffee & Tea Mobile Cafes for Events
At sporting events, fetes, etc. you can sell tea and coffee. Invite a mobile cafe to your event and they will pay you a percentage of takings.
Mobile Cafes
Computer Mice
With more and more households owning a personal computer, Animal Friends computer mice make a great fundraising product. The same size as a regular mouse, they are more user-friendly for smaller hands and their "Lite-Touch" mechanism makes them much easier to click than a regular mouse. They come in five great designs - one to suit every personality - and are a great way to brighten up a home office or workplace. They make ideal gifts and at only $14.90 are priced to sell!! Your school or group gets to keep a whopping $5.00 from this sale price - that beats other rebates hands-down!
Mice have cords, a PS2 (round pin) plug, use a ball mechanism, and have a scroll wheel Compatible with Windows, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 & XP. Six month guarantee. These are a great item for school bookshops. No minimum order requirements; fast shipment.
Mouse Mania
Chocolates
Chocolate drives have always been a very popular fundraiser. As a major fundraiser they can earn several thousands of dollars for your school or organisation.
As well as standard chocolate bars, Cherubs & Chocolate offer a selection of labels you can customise with your own fundraising message. Let the chocolate bar do the advertising for you - everyone will see immediately why they are buying the chocolate. You can add your club name, logo, picture, special message - whatever you wish to say. You set the price and therefore set your profit.
Australian Fundraising
Cherubs n Chocolate
Cookbooks
A tried and proven fundraiser is to produce your own cookbook. Your cookbook can have a theme
favourite recipes from celebrities or sports stars
favourite recipes from members of your group
fabulous deserts
low fat
chocolate
You can ask each ethnic group in your school to provide a section and produce an international cookbook, recipes for children party foods, Christmas and other seasons. The co-ordinator of the book will need to take responsibility for sourcing and collating the recipes. The book then needs to be desktop published ready for printing. You can increase your fundraiser by running a competition to design the cover. Charge $1 per entry and you can easily raise more $$$. Run a teatowe, apron or spice fundraiser in conjunction with the cookbooks - these would make great packages for mother's or father's day.
Cookie Dough
The newest and most exciting product available for fundraising will very quickly become your highest earner. So be one of the first to easily raise lots of money and also make some families very happy. We don’t sell our cookie dough in retail stores which ensures that you maximise your sales and therefore profits. Your families can only purchase our cookie dough through your fundraiser. You will want to run this fundraiser two times a year so your families can stock up their freezers.
Australian Fundraising
Custom Cups
Custom Cups are Australian Made - designed and manufactured in Queensland. They are a novelty drinkware product that can be used as a great fundraiser for any event where you need to sell drinks. Forget selling softdrinks and have custom cups instead. Fill the Custom Cup with cordial and plenty of ice, resell for $6.50 and you make $3.00 profit per cup. Sell refills throughout the day and make an additional $2.00 on every cup.
Custom Cups
Dress down days
A great source of revenue for any school is a free dress day. There are many variations on how you can raise money. Charge a gold coin to each child who arrives in free dress, or use the day to raise items for other events within your school - leading up to your school fete the children have to bring in specific items in return for free dress - one week it could be bottles for the bottle stall, the next it could be cake mixes for the cake stall and so on. You will find you will get a lot more donations this way than simply asking the parents to send the items in. This activity can also be used in a workplace where employees are allowed to go casual, or follow a theme for the day. Many large charities now use this method to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars Australia wide.
Easy meals in minutes
The finest available herbs and spices are hand roasted, ground and then combined into the perfect measure creating the basis of meals the family will love. BooBook spice blends are free from preservatives, fillers, artificial colours and flavours. With every day pantry items, Boobook spice blends, easy to follow recipes, the most tentative cook can confidently create delicious meals. Boobook is easy to sell! Boobook meals have been created for busy families. Our spice blends form the basis of healthy, fast food! This is a unique fundraising opportunity that offers hassle free administration and excellent returns.
BooBook
Fairy Floss
Fairy floss can be sold at any major event – school fetes, open days, sports days. You can sell pre-packaged floss, hire in a machine and do it yourself or hire in an operator who will pay you a percentage of turnover for the day.
Fairy Floss
Fetes
An annual Fete or Fair is a major fund raising activity for any school or community. It requires many months of intense planning to ensure the event is a success. Our sister site, www.fetesandfestivals.com.au provides you with valuable resources for sourcing equipment, rides and literally every item you will need for your event. There is also a comprehensive 60+ page guide to organising and running a school fete which can be downloaded free of charge or you can email us for a copy at info@fetesandfestivals.com.au. This guide includes ideas for stalls, information on food handling, and much more.
www.fetedirectory.com.au
Funky Fruit
Mouthwatering Taste sensations of 100% frozen fruit made into funky shapes for all to enjoy! This fantastic product is a great after school snack or a wonderful product to sell via your school tuckshop. AVAILABLE SYDNEY ONLY.
Funky Fruit
Fudge
If you need a great alternative fundraiser to chocolate, fudge is equally liked. It has the benefit of a low price and contains less than half the fat, and more milk content than chocolate.
Fudge 4 Fundraising
Grans Fudge
Gift Wrapping
Gift wrapping is a very popular fund raising activity with many organisations. Setting up shop in your local shopping centre at Christmas can earn valuable dollars for you or your designated charity. Most shopping centres will donate an area if it is for charity, you will need to provide your own tables. Buying your giftwrap in bulk rolls will make it an economical activity. You will also need a selection of ribbons - most floristry wholesalers now carry a beautiful selection of ribbons, ranging from cheap paper ribbons to luxurious organzas. Set your prices according to the size of the items you are wrapping, or make it a gold coin donation. Have a training day for your volunteers in advance and practice how to make bows.
Gift Baskets
Gift hampers jam packed with home made cakes and biscuits or gift baskets for mother’s day, valentines day and father’s day. All are great ways to raise funds throughout the year and Mary-Clair’s Delicacies offer a generous commission on the sale of these hand made products.
Mary Clair's
Glow Sticks
A great selling items at school dances or night events are glow sticks, and the newer products on the market, flashing LED lights.
Everything Glows
Glowstix
Playtime Glow Products
Go with the Glow
Ready Set Glow
Guess How Many
An ever popular fundraiser with children and adults alike. Find an attractive glass jar, vase or see through container and fill it with something that can easily be counted - a beautiful glass jar filled with jelly beans is ideal. Charge each player an amount to guess how many jelly beans are in the jar, at the end of the day, the person who has guessed the closest number is the winner - and wins the jar.
Head Lice
Head Lice are an ever increasing problem in our schools and many lice products available through your local pharmacy don’t give the desired results. One Stop Dropä is available in Organic Oil Concentrate or a Gentle All Purpose Spray and is highly effective in the prevention of Head Lice. So turn that nuisance problem within your school into a great fundraiser. One Stop Dropä doesn’t just treat head lice, it can be used in a host of other ways around the home, including Healthy Families - bites, stings, minor burns, splinters, sunburn, minor rashes, mozzie bites, midges, dandruff, head lice, coughs & colds, blocked noses, stress, tension & sleepless nights. Chemical free homes - bench tops, showers, toilets, deodorise furniture, sparkling windows, sweet smelling washing. Happy Pets - fleas, dog bedding, pet wash, and more.
The One Stop Drop
Hand Towels
Is your organisation looking for something NEW and profitable in fundraising! Happy Homewares offers the opportunity to raise funds easily with our CASHBACK offer. Happy Homewares offers over 350 products of everyday homewares and gifts. Their coordinated unique designs are incorporated into children’s and adults homewares and accessories, which are practical, affordable and 'happy' with prices from $3.95! Happy Homewares would like to help you raise funds as part of your fundraising program with their everyday product ….’happy’ hand towel. This Australian made product is very well priced at $13.95. Why Happy hand towels? It is an everyday use product with so many functional uses around the home, at kindy and school, at sport and even great for the office- a product for all ages. It is new and different and happy!
Happy Homewares
Ice Cream
Whatever the event, people are always willing to purchase an ice cream. Whether it’s your school fete, sports carnival, swimming carnival or family day, an ice cream van will be a big hit.
View ice cream suppliers on Fetes & Festivals
Ice Ties
Ice Ties are a fantastic item that sell well as a stand alone fundraiser or as an item to sell at events on hot days - sports days, fetes, festivals and market stalls. Ice Ties will keep you cool on even the hottest day. You can feel cool and look great wearing an attractive Ice Ties neck scarf filled with hidden water-soaked crystals. Magic Ice crystals are safe and non-toxic.
Magic Ice crystals, are concealed in the casing of a cotton neck scarf. When the scarf is soaked in water, the granules absorb the water, expand, and turn into a crystalline gel. The cotton fabric absorbs water from the gel, then the water evaporates for a cooling effect. Scarves stay cool and moist for hours due to the crystal's water-retaining properties. Ice Ties work on the principal of evaporative cooling. Once the crystal is hydrated, the fabric surface of the Ice Tie draws the moisture from the crystal to the fabric surface, which evaporates resulting in an effective body cooler.
Ice Ties are a fantastic product to sell at sporting events, fetes, markets, in fact anywhere it's hot! Set them up on a stall on their own or combine with icy cold water for a really cool stall. Ice Ties are a fantastic fundraising item. They are inexpensive to buy and resell profits are high. Unlike chocolates, everybody wants an Ice Tie. Ice Ties come in a variety of colours and can be supplied in your school or club colours. Have them manufactured in your school colours and include in your school uniform range.
Ice Towels
Ice Towels are quickly gaining consumer acceptance and appeal at major tourist, sports, leisure and promotional events in Asia and the USA. We think they are ideally suited to Australian conditions. Brand them with your school or sports club details for a great fundraiser. Super Cool Ice Towels are instantly refreshing and invigorating. They are designed to be pre-chilled in a refrigerator before use. They are generally displayed with and sell for the same price as bottled water. Each individually packed towel is hygienically packed and made from 100% cotton terry cloth. Each towel is infused with menthol, lemongrass and bergamot leaf extracts for invigoration and alcohol for cooling. They smell terrific! The lemongrass also acts as a natural insect repellent.
Super Cool Ice Towels are ideal for any summer, sporting or leisure event, and at home, office, bike or in the car. Ideal for sponsor giveaways at events. Great for hygiene/refreshment prior to eating or after physical exertion. Super Cool Ice Towels will be a big hit at your next fete or sporting event. Custom packaging and embroidery is available.Super Cool Ice Towels can be custom printed or embroidered together with packaging designed to suit any branding requirement. There are a wide range of colours and scents available for individual needs.
Ice Towels
Infomagnet
In today’s busy world we need all the help we can get to keep organised. Info Magnets are a fantastic range of innovative A4 (297x210mm) size fridge magnets of great quality and value. Covering such topics as school timetable, the Weekly Diary, Kids Chores and babysitters Board, pets, gardening and generally getting organised, these printed magnets, that are unique in the Australian marketplace, each offer multiple practical uses and are designed to really stand out and become an integral part of every busy Australian family's lives. The range also includes fun novelty magnets that are ideal for leaving happy notes to loved ones or letting them know how much you care. These magnets are a must have for the busy family and are a great fundraising idea for any organisation. Each Infomagnet is brightly packaged with a white board marker and magnetic pen holder. A generous 20% return for your organization. New designs available soon.
Infomagnet
Jigsaw Puzzles
Jigsaw puzzles are proving to be a highly popular fundraising product, offering high returns for your organization. You can have any graphic imaginable recreated into a jigsaw puzzle - school photos, sports team photos, children's artwork - anything! They are a fun and unique way to raise funds for your organisation.
I'm Puzzled
Jumping Castles
Jumping Castles add fun for children at many large events. Sports days, open days, fetes, festivals, Christmas parties, etc. Provide jumping castles free of charge for entertainment or charge for rides and make extra dollars for your event.
Jumping Castles
Kindy Cam
Gain a rare insight into your child's day. Kindy Cam capture on video the essence of a day at preschool, including children at work and play plus teacher interactions and present it to you in an easy to view DVD format. This is an excellent fundraising program for kindies, child care centres and pre-schools
Beltaine Photographic
Labels
There are a myriad of styles of labels available today and they can be used as an excellent fundraising opportunity. Labels available include:
name tags
shoe labels
address labels
book plates
shoe bags
iron ons for school uniforms
pantry labels
Christmas and seasonal labels
Identikid
Sock-it-to-You
Bright Star Kids
Lamingtons & Pies, Cakes & Slices
A lamington or pie drive is one of the good old timers. Everybody has room in their cupboard for food items. Don't restrict yourself just to pies and lamingtons, there are many companies now who do a whole range of baked products and offer them as fundraising items.
Generally you will be supplied with order forms to send out to members of your school or organisation. Have a set date for these to be returned by, together with money. Your Lamington supplier will be able to give you all the information you need to run a successful drive. Approach your local bakery for supplies.
Big Dad's Pies
Laundry Detergent
HeroWash is a new fundraising concept based on a top quality, economical and environmentally friendly laundry detergent. It also combines a refill system with the convenience of the internet to provide an income stream for schools, clubs and other organisations.
HeroWash is an excellent quality superconcentrate laundry detergent available exclusively through fundraising groups
HeroWash is Australian owned and made, and is environmentally friendly - suitable for water recycling and grey water systems.
HeroWash costs up to half the price of leading supermarket brands.
HeroWash operates on a refill system that establishes a long term income stream for your organisation.
HeroWash provides an excellent fundraising package and all the support you need, with generous profits to be made.
Community Shop
Mangoes
Is your school, association or club looking for a new fundraising idea? Make your next event the Mango Fundraiser! It's fresh, healthy and an innovative alternative to conventional fundraising and it is very easy to organise! The Mango Fundraiser delivers trays of fresh mangoes, picked and packed during the premium mango harvest period, directly to schools, organisations or a nominated address. This healthy alternative has proven to be a phenomenal success as a fundraiser. The fundraiser is held during Term 4 and is available in Metropolitan areas throughout QLD, NSW, VIC & ACT - great fruit and great prices.
The Mango Fundraiser
Market Research
Market Research is a new area paying cash for undertaking surveys. Some companies will allow you to set up an account for your fundraising activity. Every time one of your members completes a survey the money is credited to your fundraising account. This is a very easy way of earning money.
Taste Test
Mementos Using Children’s Artwork
Many items can be combined with children's artwork to make excellent fundraisers. These products include melamine plates, cushion covers, calico bags, wall hangars, tea towels and Christmas stockings. You are supplied with the art materials required for the fundraiser. The children draw their pictures and these are then transferred to the selected media. They are excellent gifts for relatives and are particularly popular for Mother's Day, Father's Day and Christmas, so run your fundraiser early to ensure you meet the deadlines.
Microfibre Cleaning Products
Microfibre cleaning products are fairly new and revolutionary in most parts of the world. However for many years in Europe, people have enjoyed the benefits of microfiber cleaning technology! You can take advantage of these revolutionary cleaning products to fundraise. Some of the benefits of these remarkable products include:
A dry microfiber cloth will dust and polish surfaces. It uses a static force to hold the dirt and dust in the fiber. To clean with the microfibre cloths, wet the cloth, wring it out and wipe your surface. When wet, microfibre uses capillary force to suck water and dirt deep into the fiber. It is important to wring the cloth as dry as possible. If a microfiber cloth is dripping with water, it is too wet, and it could leave streaks on the surface you are cleaning.
Microfiber is hypoallergenic. It will not create problems for asthmatics or allery sufferers. Micro fiber is super absorbent, absorbing over 7 times it's weight in water. Microfiber towels dry in one third of the time ordinary towels take to dry. Microfiber cloths, mops and towels are environmentally friendly cleaning products, requiring no soap or chemicals of any kind. A micro fiber cloth is 4 times more effective than ordinary cleaning towels & cloths. It will clean virtually any stain from any surface, is longer lasting than other cleaning products and contains more fibers per square inch of product.
Microfiber cloths and mops used only with regular tap water are 99.94% effective in removing bacteria from smooth surfaces, compared with conventional cloths and mops used with Lysol or bleach, which were only 91.89% effective . A bacterial culture taken after a traditional wet mop cleaning showed only a 30% reduction to precleaning. The bacterial culture taken after the microfiber mop cleaning showed a 99% reduction. Microfiber is lint free and non-abrasive.
Using Microfiber will save you time, money, effort & water. Your home environment will be safer for children and allergy sufferers. As microfibre effortlessly picks up dirt, dust and hair and bacteria, your home will be cleaner than ever before. And at the same time, you can feel good about doing something to protect the environment from chemical pollution!
Mi Tadeze
Money Tree
A money tree is a really novel way to raise money at a school fete, trivia night or any other fundraising event. It is simple to put together, cost effective and an attractive prize. You simply need to buy (or have donated) a small topiary tree in a nice pot. Buy a selection of Scratch It cards (select your own amount). You then punch a small hole in the scratch it card, pass a small piece of coloured ribbon through the card and tie it to the tree. Make sure they are placed evenly across the tree. You can also vary the idea by using dollar notes wrapped and tied with a small piece or ribbon, or gift vouchers. Make it seasonal by using a Christmas tree. You can use your money tree as a raffle prize, chocolate wheel prize, trivia night prize - the possibilities are endless.
Mobile Phone Plans
M2 Mobile phone plans offer a fundraiser that pays you a $50 donation for every new subscriber. All you have to do is make your members aware of M2 Mobile phone capped plans (thru newsletter, or brochures), and collect name and address details of those interested in joining. M2 will then complete the sign-up process, and make a $50 donation for each new subscriber.
M2 Mobile phone capped plans offer great value on mobile phone services, and every new subscriber is entitled to receive a free holiday. For more information visit their web site.
M2 Phone Plans
Movie Tickets
At last…. Easyrun fundraising in conjunction with Hoyts Cinemas is delighted to respond to the growing call for an alternative to the regular chocolate drive with the potential for substantially greater profit. Using our send home packs of discount movie vouchers couldn’t be easier. The program is run on exactly the same principle as a regular send home fundraiser but the focus is on FUN rather than FOOD.
Pre packed envelopes ready for naming and allocation to families
No more bulky handling of perishable goods
Just 10 discount vouchers per family to use, gift or sell
Full support from an Easyrun consultant for a successful outcome
Easy Run
Murder Mystery Parties
A really fun fundraising event is to host Murder Mystery Party. Your guests can become involved in a night of mystery and intrigue. Ready made murder mystery kits do all the hard work for you. Most take around three hours to play out and can be adapted to suit the number of people attending your event.
The beauty of this fundraiser is it is suitable for a small number of people and you can host it at home. For larger numbers, book a restaurant or use your school hall. Guests attending your event will assume the role of characters in the mystery and will work through a series of clues to find the killer. Theming your event gives your guests the opportunity to arrive in fancy dress. These the meal you serve to suit the occasion. You can award prizes for the best dressed. There are a huge number of mystery dinners you can choose from.
You can combine other fundraising elements during the evening such as raffles and silent auctions. With some good planning this can be a very profitable fundraiser than can become an annual event.
Merri Mysteries
Neoprene Covers
With today's focus on health & good nutrition it is important to keep your kids lunches cool & fresh. By using the Koola Kozzie ice brick & drink bottle cover, you can do just that, and fundraise at the same time.
Mumbo Jumbo Fundraising
Koola Kozzie
Personalised Music CD’s
How many CDs does the average child have where their name is sung in every song? Indy Kids selection of music CDs not only has each child’s name sung through every song, but the messages are encouraging and uplifting. Help them learn their ABCs, celebrate a birthday, or inspire them to play outside safely.
Indy Kid’s CDs can have a database of over 3000 names so catering for the individual child with an unusual name is no problem. Best of all there is the opportunity to write a special message to the child on the CD itself. Whether you want to say “Happy Birthday, Love Mum and Dad”, or “Just because we love you”, your special message will stay with the child forever.
Enjoy the many benefits of fundraising with IndyKids:
Great returns
No Stock Accountability
No Cost Outlay
No Risk of Losing Money from Non-Payment
Option for a Cashless Payment System
Quality Personalised Products
Option for a ‘Demo for a Day’* at a fete or fair to kick off your fundraiser, where you begin to make a profit immediately.
*Subject to availability and area
Bring fun to fundraising, as well as sell a product that can be educational or may help to build a child’s self-esteem. Call 1300 654 906 for a free fundraising pack, or visit www.indykids.com.au for more information on our extensive range of products. We can also offer personalised storybook CD-ROMs, books, clocks, growth charts. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Good luck with your fundraising.
Indy Kids
Pet Care Products
Most Australian households have at least one pet and spend hundreds of dollars every year on pet care products. Channel some of those dollars back into your fundraiser by joining a pet care fundraising program. The Bongo has designed a fundraising program that not only filters money back to the schools, but provides valuable information on animal care to the pupils. Pupils will participate in many fun filled fundraising events.
The Bongo
Perfume
Perfume is a wonderful gift for Christmas, Mother’s or Father’s day, birthdays, etc. You can offer a fundraiser using leading brand perfumes and earn a commission on each sale. Imagine offering every dad the opportunity to effortlessly purchase Christmas or Mother’s Day presents and help with a fundraising campaign at the same time. It couldn’t be simpler. Perfume to Go offer a Perfume fundraiser and donate $5 from each bottle or gift set purchased, to your organisation. With a great selection of men’s and women’s fragrances and gift sets this is a great service to offer your members. Any purchases made throughout the year will also earn fundraising dollars for you.
Perfume to Go
Personalised Chocolates
We have a fantastic selection of wrappers available which we personalise, front and back, with your fundraising message. Let the chocolate bar do the advertising for you - everyone will see immediately why they are buying the chocolate. You can add your club name, logo, picture, special message - whatever you wish to say. You set the price and therefore set your profit. Please browse all our categories as we have over 150 designs in our range and there are wrappers to suit every occasion and theme. It's so easy with Cherubs-n-Chocolate as we do the work for you and we are happy to advise you on wrapper selection, text and picture placement. Please contact us for a free, no-obligation sample, catalogue and special fundraising pricelist.
Australian Fundraising
Cherubs n Chocolate
Personalised Wheelie Bin Labels
Personalised wheelie bin labels are a fantastic unique fundraising idea from Bright Star Kids. Every house has wheelie bins (usually at least 3) and for those who live in built up areas it can sometimes be difficult to tell the bins apart. Bright Star Kids have recognised this problem and have created a bin label template that can be personalised for each house. Customers can add their address (usually just the house number and street name) and choose from 6 bright colours and 64 cute icons. The labels can be bought individually or as part of a For Your House value pack on Bright Star Kids website (www.brightstarkids.com.au/house.shtml) or through their printed catalogue. It’s an easy and different way to raise funds for your school or club.
Bright Star Kids
Photographs & Family Portraits
There are many ways of fundraising using photography. These include class photographs, photographs for special events such as graduation, kindy/pre school photos. Glamour photography is now very popular and you can raise funds for your group by having your members attend a glamour photography sitting. With no upfront costs to your members, a generous commission is paid for every photograph purchased. Family portraits are also a popular method of raising funds. Like glamour photography, the usual fee for a sitting is waived and a generous commission is paid for sales.
Blush Photography
5D Publishing & Photography
Honeydew Photography
Beltaine Photographic
Picture Frames
20 seconds is all it takes to PROFESSIONALLY FRAME your child’s latest picture and STORE the previous item SAFELY with all your other precious pieces. Give your children a sense of PRIDE and ACHIEVEMENT in their work all under the one lid and you can use it again and again! Painstakingly handmade by Australian disabled workers using top quality materials - they are designed to last a lifetime. Unique design makes them safe and easy to use. Versatility limited only by your imagination. Great for Kids Art, certificates, photos, projects, posters, jigsaws and collages of just about anything. Suitable for everyone from 0 -101.
File o Frame
Popsicle Covers
Popsox are a cover for those little icy poles you keep in the freezer for kids. Kids just love them – no more frozen fingers. Available in fundraising packs, including icy poles, these are a great item for your next fundraising program. Also a great product to include in your school fete shaved ice or lolly stall.
Mumbo Jumbo Fundraising
Koola Kozzie
Pottery
Handmade Australian pottery makes a wonderful gift for any occasion. You can fundraise and support local arts and crafts at the same time. The Potty Knitter offers a fundraising program supplying beautiful hand-made pottery and hand-knitted woollen socks. The program is simple to run with an easy to understand order form and you receive a generous 20% commission on all sales. You can even have mugs personalised with your name.
Potty Knitter
Progressive Dinners
Progressive dinners are a fun way to raise money. You can organise the food and venues yourself or have a tour company provide this service for you. Go Get Around Tours in Melbourne offer you’re the opportunity to indulge yourself by incorporating some of your city’s premier restaurants for each course of your meal, with the added option of the delights of a cocktail bar or club/casino to finish the night. The offer a choice of packages including all cuisine, refreshments, luxury coach travel and entertainment, as well as complimentary souvenir photos and prizes
Go Get Around Tours
Raffles
Now you can run a professional raffle with exciting prizes without having to get permits, source prizes, etc. Simply engage a company that can do all the hardwork for you as well as providing fantastic prizes.
Sportathon
Australian Fundraising
World's Finest
Readathon
Take the hard work out of organising a readathon by using a company that can do all the hardwork for you.
Read n Spell
Removable Wall Decorating Stickers
Making over kid’s rooms is fun for all the family. Being able to do it easily, affordably and without any mess left behind is an added bonus. Bright Star Kids have a great range of removable wall stickers in fantastic themes from Fairy Wonderland to Outer Space. They are sold as separate packs or in a value pack giving the customer great savings. For fundraising groups these products are a brilliant way to raise much needed funds. The products are all originals, designed by Bright Star Kids and the illustrations used will not be found anywhere else. Every room can be given a revamp in minutes using these wall stickers and will give the appearance of a hand-painted mural that everyone will envy. Bright Star Kids also offer bath stickers that use an amazing material that sticks to tiles, mirrors, glass and metal surfaces such as fridges without adhesive. These static stickers can get wet and can be removed and reapplied countless times. These room themes can be viewed on Bright Star Kids website www.brightstarkids.com.au or you can call 042 2556527 to have a printed catalogue posted. Remember these removable wall stickers are an easy and different way to raise funds for your school or club.
Bright Star Kids
Silent Auctions
Silent auctions are an ideal additional fundraiser to run in conjunction with a major event, ie ball, trivia night, school fete, the possibilities are endless. Silent auctions operate throughout the evening and do not interfere with the evening the way a public auction can.
There are many ways of customising a silent auction to your needs and here we outline the basics.
Firstly you will need to secure prizes for your auction. For schools you may be able to source many of these from businesses owned by parents. Also approach local business and sporting identities. Sports memorabilia is always a very popular item. Remember to give publicity to the organisations that have donated prizes.
Set aside one section of your room for the silent auction and use this area to display the prizes. Look for someone creative within your group to handle the display, make it exciting and eye catching, you want people to visit this area to view the prizes. Make sure you have cloths on the tables, add some pot plants to the display area, make it colourful and eye catching. Also remember that if your prizes have been donated you need to give publicity to the company or individual who has made the generous donation.
Bid cards
You can have these placed on a table in the area where the goods are displayed. (Click here for a sample bid card - this is a word document that you can edit to suit your needs. We suggest when copying you reduce to A5 size.) Here you can vary how you collect bids to suit your event. For example, at a ball you can have bid cards placed on each table and have volunteers collect them during the evening.
If you keep your bid cards in your silent auction area, you need to remind people to return to check their bids. If your bid cards were placed on tables, have your volunteers return regularly to the bidder to see if they wish to increase their bid. You will have more success if you work on your bidders to increase their bids.
You may wish to have a large board on display in your auction area showing the current highest bid.
With silent auctions you can set the times for the auctions so that they are continuous throughout the evening, depending on the number of items you have for auction, maybe every half hour. Make sure your MC announces the auction is about to close and encourage bidders to check that they still have the highest bid.
At the end of the auction, the highest bidder is the winner. Ensure that prizes are paid for and collected on the night. If you have high value items, you may want to ensure you have credit card facilities available.
Shaved Ice
Shaved Ice is much smoother and comes in a much larger variety of flavours than snow cones. It is a product that appeals to all age groups and is great to have at your next fundraising events, sports day or festival. Operators will set up everything that is needed and pay you a generous percentage of the day's takings.
Visit Fetes & Festivals to locate suppliers
School Fact File
The School Fact File is a simple easy to use folder that helps parents file all those pieces of paper and information that come with having a child. Every parent complains about the masses of paperwork sent home from schools and child care centres, from policies to newsletters, permission forms, certificates, rosters, fundraising activities, health information, party invitations, canteen lists, sporting activities and the list goes on. With the School Fact File you can have all that information on hand and organised ready for when you need it. No more piles of papers hanging around or last minute search for that elusive piece of paper. The School Fact File is self standing so you can keep it on hand and comes with everything you need to get organised.
The School Fact File was designed by parents for parents and will last your child’s entire education from preschool through to the end of high school. Made from sturdy, environmentally and print friendly polypropylene the file is completely washable. It is made to easily accommodate A4 paper and has numerous clear pockets for smaller items and keepsakes. Simply file papers as they come in, all the school, activities and health information will be in one place, on hand for when you need it. At the end of each term clear out what you no longer need or want to file away.
Everything to do with your child can be filed in one place so you can always find it. Doctors referrals, prescriptions, health books . . . Organised Minds would like to promote the School Fact File directly through schools, preschools and long daycare centres. Either as part of the enrolment process or as a fund raiser. Each school should earn up to 40% of the total purchase price. This is a similar return to selling doughnuts and chocolates but a lot healthier, a lot less fattening and with greater benefits to parents. A place for everything and everything in its place.
Organised Minds
Shopping Tours
Shopping Tours are a great deal of fun and are run in most major cities. The tours generally visit factory outlets and discount stores. Your guests are given the opportunity to save huge amounts of money on every day items such as clothing, shoes, homewares, glassware, china and more. The tours are a whole day event and include lunch. Running raffles along the way boosts your fundraising dollars. There are many companies who run these tours and offer you assistance to make it a positive fundraising experience.
Visit Fundraising Directory to locate your shopping tour experts
School Discos
School discos can be a big source of revenue for any school. For primary schools it is generally a good idea to run two discos - one for the grade 1 -4's early in the evening, followed by one for the grade 5 - 7's. Charge a reasonable entry fee and also sell simple food - hot dogs and hot chips are ideal, soft drinks and water. Glow sticks and LED products are also very popular and will make you good profits. Most children will buy one or two if the price is reasonable. You will need to have a reasonable number of parents available for security. Generally children are not allowed to leave the hall once the disco has started and must be collected by an adult.
It is essential that you book a DJ who is familiar with working with children. Bop till you Drop is Sydney and Melbourne’s leading Disco and Karaoke Company for children. Our professional disco entertainer will come to your rescue with a powerful P.A. system, spectacular disco lights and microphones for the children to sing all their favorite songs on. All you need to do is sit back and relax while we keep the children entertained with singing, dancing and various musical games. Ideal for schools, child care centers, birthdays, christenings, Hotel and RSL clubs.
Bop till you Drop
Shoes - Ladies
Do you want something that’s fun, different and highly profitable? Fundraising is challenging enough particularly when the products you’re trying to sell don’t even excite the buyers? Tip Toes Shoes & Accessories Shopping Parties are a great way to raise funds for your school, club or charity. When was the last time you and your friends had fun buying shoes, bags & accessories? When you book and hold a Tip Toes Shoes & Accessories Shopping Party, you and your guests will be able to shop at your leisure whilst at the same time helping your school, club or charity raise much needed funds.
Tip Toes Shoes & Accessories understand the frustrations associated with fundraising, so our fundraising package has been designed to ensure you have a successful and fun event. This is what you will receive when you book & hold a Tip Toes Shoes & Accessories shopping party. Booking gift – We suggest you raffle this gift on the night to help you raise even more funds. 10% of sales*. (This can be taken in product or shopping vouchers…the choice is yours!) Please Note: If the fundraising shopping party is over $1000.00 with at least 10 buying guests your organisation may choose to take the hostess incentives in cash, product or vouchers. To qualify for the 10%, sales must be over $400.00 with at least 3 buying guests.
TipToes Shoes & Accessories
Showbags
Showbags are a traditional item at every school fete. But you don't have to restrict showbags to fetes. Showbags can also be sold at your school's open day, sports day, school disco or any fundraising event. And they can be sold as an alternative to boxes of chocolates. Showbags are very popular with children and will always sell out quickly. Instead of tearing your hair out trying to find items to fill your showbags do it the quick and easy way by purchasing ready made showbags or lucky dips.
Visit Fetes & Festivals to locate your showbag suppliers
Silicone Wristbands
“Hit the streets or the office with a fashionable accessory that captures the eyes and the mind with your unique message and colour.” Handband™ has introduced an exciting new way to promote your organisation, charity, school, and even yourself. Handband™ can help you celebrate your sports teams and loved ones in a fashionable and memorable way.
What is Handband™?
Handband™ is an Australian owned company synonymous with high quality silicone wristbands that are readily available in hip, trendy styles and colours. What's more, Handband™ silicone bracelets can also be customised with whatever you desire: phrases, logos, artwork. They are available in a wide range of colours, styles and sizes - the ideas and possibilities are endless.
Fund-raising Profit Potential - You can now promote your non-profit group, club or organisation to your community, by selling these highly sought after silicone wristbands. Handbands™ are great for building team spirit too!
Handband Silicone Bands
Design Stuff
Slot Car Racing
Mobile slot car racing is a fun and exciting addition to any event, whether it is for your school fete, school formal, sports day, open day or trivia night. This really is the ‘big boys toy’ and everyone will love playing it. A mobile slot car track can be easily located at your venue. Mega Trax are the slot car racing specialists and will bring their mobile set-up to your next event. Mega Trax raceways come with the latest technology including variable voltage and fully computerized digital lap counting.
Megatrax
Smencils
This is a brand new product that is taking fundraising by storm. Fundraise and help the environment at the same time. Smencils look and feel just like normal wooden pencils, but they are manufactured from newspaper. This is a great way to help the environment by using a recycled product. They come in several fun gourmet scents! And, yes - they really are pencils made from sheets of newspaper instead of wood - you can actually see the layers of newspaper when you sharpen them! They sharpen the same as all other wood pencils and they SMELL WAY BETTER!
Not only do Smencils smell great, but they look great too. Each one has a colourfully designed wrapping on it that coordinates with the scent. Each Smencil comes in its own Freshness Tube. This great fundraising product offers you an excellent 58% profit margin. They are easy to sell and make a wonderful alterative to chocolates.
Smencils Australia
Socks
Something everybody wears and a great original fundraiser. You can run a fundraiser offering Australian wool socks and earn generous commissions on your sales. What a great fundraiser to run for Father's Day!
Sock it to You
Potty Knitter Hand-knitted socks
Spellathon
Take the hard work out of organising a spellathon by using a company who can organise everything for you. This is very economical but returns excellent funds.
Read n Spell
Australian Fundraising
Sports Days
Sports Days are usually compulsory attendance by all students at your school. Provide cool drinks, ice ties, shaved ice and food and raise valuable extra dollars. You can also combine your cold drinks stall with food such as a sausage sizzle.
Sportathon
Australian Fundraising
Golden Circle Fun Run
Sportathon
Any type of sports based ‘athon is always extremely popular, whether it is something organised on an Australia-wide scale such as Walk for the Cure or just a lapathon around the school oval. Athons are capable of raising large amounts of money. If you aren’t confident about organsing one yourself, then contact a company who can organise everything for you.
Read n Spell
Australian Fundraising
Sports Memorabilia
Sports memorabilia may be hard to locate for your next fundraising event. Many companies now specialise in providing memorabilia. Sports memorabilia is ideal for fundraising auctions, which can be combined with fetes, trivia nights, dinner dances or balls.
Street Numbers
Visit homes in your local area and offer to paint street numbers on the kerb. It is a quick and easy fundraiser and all you need is a set of stencil numbers from 1 – 0, a square stencil cutout, a can of white reflective paint and a can of black paint. Use the square stencil and spray paint a large white square in reflective paint, then use the number stencils and black paint to paint the house number. It will only take a few minutes to complete and $15 is a reasonable amount to charge.
Storybook CD-ROMs
How many computer programs are fun, educational, and completely personalised? Our CD-ROM Storybooks tell a rhyming story with the child as the central character, and allow the child to use a mouse to manoeuvre around the screen, clicking on different objects that come to life. To add more value to the product there is a printable colouring book, a simple beginner’s game and a vocabulary builder! Best of all it’s completely personalised, with the main character’s eye, hair, gender and race customised to be the same as the child. Even Mum can be personalised (and some Storybooks include Dad, as well)!
Our Storybook CD-ROMs have a database of thousands of names so catering for the individual child with an unusual name is no problem. Best of all there is the opportunity to write a special message to the child, both within the Storybook, and on the CD-ROM itself. Whether you want to say “Happy Birthday, Love Mum and Dad”, or “Just because we love you”, your special message will stay with the child forever.
Bring fun to fundraising, as well as sell a product that can be educational or may help to build a child’s self-esteem. Call 1300 654 906 for a free fundraising pack, or visit www.indykids.com.au for more information on our extensive range of products. We can also offer personalised music CDs, books, clocks, growth charts. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Good luck with your fundraising.
Indy Kids
Surveys
A great new way to earn easy dollars for your organisation is to conduct paid on-line surveys. Encourage your members to sign up to complete on line surveys and have them direct the payment to an account set up for your fundraising activity. This is an easy way to earn large sums of money.
Swimwear
Sell a fabulous range of swimwear and raise money at the same time.
Summerfun
Taste Tests
TasteTesting.org pays groups to taste test food! Schools, churches, businesses, sports or community groups can make as much as $1000 in just a few hours by participating in taste tests. No selling, no fees, no contracts, and no cash outlay. If your group has access to 200 or more people (including family and friends) and is situated in the Sydney metropolitan area, register today! TasteTesting.org is an Australian company specialising in testing new products for major food and beverage manufacturers. For almost ten years, they have worked with many groups to raise money through taste tests. Last year their groups drank and ate their way through milk, chips, soft drinks, cheese, bread, roast beef, breakfast cereal, biscuits and much much more.
Fundraising groups receive money for participating in organised taste tests. It is very easy since there are no right or wrong answers. It's your honest opinion that counts. Taste tests are always conducted in the Sydney metropolitan area at your own venue or close to where your group is located. Sometimes you can even test a product in your own home. This is an easy and unique way to fundraise.
Taste Test
Tea Towels
Group tea towel projects involve the students, produce a wonderful memento and also provide a meaningful present for parents, relatives and special friends. They are a great reminder in years to come of your child’s artistic development and special years at kindy and school. You’ll be surprised at your order numbers, many families will want to buy several for their keepsake box and present list.
The designs on your tea towels are done by everyone involved with your organisation students and staff. They are made up of drawings or handprints with everybody’s name beside their pictures. Your unique design is screen printed by hand onto high quality 100% cotton tea towels with an attractive border. Drawings can be positioned any way you like, you may choose to have everyone in random order or separated into classes. Designs can include drawings, pictures, logos, signatures, handprints, calendars it’s up to you. Be creative, have fun and feel free to discuss any ideas you have with our friendly staff. We can also create a design using your school’s crest, logo or a single drawing to celebrate an anniversary or special event. We have made the process as easy as possible for you. We help you coordinate it all and PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, WITH NO UPFRONT COSTS. Follow the simple steps below to create your own unique commemorative tea towels, aprons or carry bags.
Expressions
CAP Fundraising
Kidz Images
Temporary Tattoos
A great item to add to any fundraising event, school fete, etc. Temporary Tattoos are really popular with all ages. There are a variety of ways you can utilise tattoos. You can have a company like Unreal Tattoo attend your event and pay you a percentage of the takings. You can purchase tattoos yourself and have your own stall or add to your crazy hair or face painting stall. You can also have custom made tattoos to promote a special event such as the school anniversary, a sports carnival or special fundraiser. Amazing Raymond can produce any logo or image into a tattoo.
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Toad & Cockroach Races
Cane toads, cockroaches, whatever, we all hate the little so and so's - but what a great fundraiser they make! You can eradicate the pests and make some money at the same time.
BUT WE DO REMIND YOU, THEY ARE LIVING CREATURES AND YOU CANNOT ABUSE THEM.
What you need to race them is a field of runners. If you live in Queensland, you'll have no shortage of cane toads, if you live in NSW, you'll have no shortage of cockroaches - is somebody asking about Stage of Origin?
Gather up a decent number of the little b*****s. You will need to identify them - maybe make a little jacket for the canetoad, or mark with non-toxic face paint. You then offer these fine pedigrees for sale at auction. Once they have been purchased, you are ready to race. the new owner can take their purchase home with them after the races or leave them to be dealt with humanely.
Charge an entry fee for each race, and give a percentage of this back as prize money, say 25% for the first out of the circle and 10% for the last - the balance of the monies is profit for your charity.
A circle is an ideal race track. Mark a decent sized circle using a piece of string, a stake and some chalk - (we've all watched Burke's Back Yard). A diameter of about three metre is idea. Then mark a small circle inside the larger one - 50cm should be about right. Then you let the games begin. Keep your thoroughbred stallions in a bucket or calico bag, let them go in the inner circle and start yelling. They're off and racing ......
The winner is the first thoroughbred to break out of the big circle.
You can run several races over the course of an evening. Remember, it is highly illegal to run a book on any of these races and at the end of the night you must dispose of your thoroughbreds in a humane manner. The suggested method for cane toads is to place them in a plastic bag in a freezer, where they will simply fall asleep in the cold and eventually pass away. Cane toads are the biggest environmental pest ever introduced into Australia. they are slowly moving both north and south, sightings have already been reported in Kakadu National Park - an ecological disaster in the making.
So have some fun and do a bit for the environment at the same time. What about a sponsored toad hunt..... now there's an idea
Toys
Nobody can deny that toys are an item purchased for every child for birthdays, Christmas, special events, and educational purposes. You can use toys as a fundraising drive to earn valuable income for your organisation. By running a toy fundraiser you can earn a percentage of all toy sales. This is an excellent program to run in the last term of your school year to take advantage of Christmas sales.
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Trivia Nights
Trivia or Quiz nights are great fundraisers. They are also a lot of fun and more profitable than most other activities. Trivia night questions should be designed so that at least 80 percent of the questions will be answered correctly and should also cover a wide variety of topics thus ensuring everybody will have a rewarding evening.
What you need to do
Depending on the amount of people attending you will obviously need to organise a venue which will cater for all of the people comfortably. The venue can be set up in any shape you wish bearing in mind the presenter will need a table at the head or front of the venue ( a small platform or stage is ideal). Teams of no more than 10 people should be encouraged. Small teams (eg: 4 people or less) should be encouraged to join ‘forces’.
A good, reliable P.A. system is required for the evening.
A portable whiteboard is ideal.
Aim to play at least 3 games played during the course of the evening and a prize needs to be awarded to each winner. The prizes need not be anything extravagant (a bottle of Champagne, a box of Chocolates or a book are some examples).
Award prizes for the teams which come first and second for the evening and again these do not have to be overly extravagant.( a small hamper of goodies or a small trophy per player usually does the trick) Remember, to provide at least one prize per team member. This of course is at your discretion - you may only wish to reward the winning table. The table which comes last could also receive a prize ( in good taste of course!).
Another effective means of raising funds is to run a raffle during the course of the evening. This is where, if at all possible, an attractive prize needs to be provided. The bigger the ‘carrot’ the more tickets will be sold. An effective way to run the raffle is to have two separate draws for the evening, leaving the big prize until last of course. The amount of draws will depend on the amount of prizes on offer. Tickets can be sold during the course of the evening.
Trivia companies can organise nights for you of supply you with kits to do it yourself.
Visit Fundraising Directory to view toy suppliers
Fundraising with Wine by Prospect Wines
Are you sick of selling chocolates, lamingtons & pens? Selling wine is easy to organize, unique & different, offers exceptional value for money and can make your group lots of profit. We do all the hard work; you make fantastic profits. Gone are the days of having to buy wine in bulk and do your own bottling. No more mess. No more printing of labels. No left over wine. Your group does not have to pay for any wine in advance. And we give a money back guarantee on the quality of our wine.
How does it work?
Prospect Wines have contracts with wineries from all regions around Australia to supply us a fantastic range of unlabelled wines at ridiculously low prices.
the savings on these wines are passed over to schools, clubs and groups for fundraising
we produce a special wine label with your logo or emblem free of charge
we produce an order form for you
your members sell wine to friends, neighbors & relatives.
you collect all the orders and send back to us.
we send you the wine, plus your big profit cheque.
so easy!
How profitable is it?
Like all fundraising it depends entirely on how much effort you put in. While we do a lot of the background work, you need to enthuse your members to sell wine to as many people as possible. The amount of profit varies with different groups, but as a guide you can make up to $4.00 per bottle easily. Do the sums yourself! Selling 10 dozen bottles will make you around $500 profit. How many bottles can your members each sell? We have had many successful fundraisers over the previous few years. One secondary college in NSW was raising funds to send students on an overseas trip and sold 1600 bottles! Of course they are not all that big, and we are happy to work with any size group. We have no minimum quantities you must achieve. Most groups who raise money using Prospect Wines come back a second or third time because they are delighted with our professional service.
What to do now?
Contact us by telephone, fax, or email and we can send you an information kit. It will explain how to go about running a successful wine drive, what wines we have available, sample labels & order forms, and a price list with the costs and suggested sells. We can easily set the whole thing up over the telephone/email. It does not matter what state you live in, we can service all of Australia.
If you live near one of our retail outlets you can call in to sample our range of wines and talk to our staff. Visit our website for a complete list of our retail outlets.
Prospect Wines
Fundraising with Wines - Wine Experience
Wine Experience aims to make your fundraising initiative both fun and successful. Here is a simple step-by-step guide to the process:
Choose your wines. If you live in southeast Queensland, make a time for a private tasting at our Rosalie headquarters. Our friendly staff can help you make the perfect choices for your fundraising needs. For interstate organisations, we are happy to guide your selections over the phone or via our website.
Customise your label design. For a minimal fee per case, we can incorporate your logo, letterhead, drawing or any other item or text you'd like. We have a variety of label templates that may appeal, or we can design something completely original on your behalf.
Confirm dates – both for obtaining orders and for delivery. Based on this information, we will send you your order forms.
Distribute order forms, publicise your terrific opportunity, and wait for the interest to roll in! Wine Experience will happily assist you at every stage of the publicity process.
Collect the order forms. Check payment options and other details.
Return all order forms and other information to Wine Experience.
Allow us two weeks to process cheques and credit cards, and to prepare all your customers' orders. No additional outlay is required from your charitable organisation, nor are there any hidden charges
Wine Experience will organise delivery of all wine orders. We will also supply you with an order spreadsheet and a profit summary for your records
Wine Experience
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Winery Tours
Winery Tours are a great deal of fun and are run in most major cities to their adjacent wine growing areas. The tours will normally visit a selection of wineries giving you the opportunity to see how wine is produced, sample the product and buy wine to take home. As well as making a profit on your ticket prices you can also run raffles along the way boosts your fundraising dollars. There are many companies who run these tours and offer you assistance to make it a positive fundraising experience. If you involve children in fundraising activities make sure they are supervised by an adult at all times
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