How could a school raise money for Charity with 50 or more Santa suits ?

Apart from selling them! The school is only small but we would like any safe ways that could be suggested. I have already thought of a sponsopred run or relay race, but these seem so boring and people must be fed up with them by now.|||You can have a "Poor Man's Supper" in your cafeteria. This is pinto beans, slaw and cornbread. Charge 5-6 dollars for the meal. Advertise it by posting signs around town, your church and in front of the school.|||How about a fun catwalk/ type thing. Children pay a small deposit of money for a small santa costume and some materials and they could go home and customize it, then you could have a fun fashion shoot type of sponsor!|||Wait, so you already HAVE the 50 Santa suits, or you NEED 50 Santa suits?





If it's that you need them, get crafty. Homemade things often sell like hotcakes to people for easy Christmas gifts. My mom and I are doing this.





You can get cheap unpainted photo frames from craft sections at stores and paint or fabric decorate them.





Go through the scrap fabric bin at your craft section and get fleece material. Make heating pads by sewing rectangles of fleece (these came range in size from 4x6" to a foot or bigger, it's all up to you) that you fill with plain white uncooked rice. Thse go in the micorwave for 2-3 minutes. You can also add various things to them like lavender for relaxation or orange peel for envigoration. Fennel seed also works well for filling, but rice is more readily available and cheaper. These sell very well.





You can get some unpainted ornaments from craft sections and paint them up, leaving room for a name, and do personalized ornaments.





You could do a bake sale, too. This is a good one! You can get cookie mixes and pre-made tear'n'bakes for $3 a dozen, and bake up a whole bunch of them. Do some in singles, doubles, five-packs and dozens. You could wrap them in colored saran wrap and ribbon (the colored Saran Wrap is around $3 but would do them all, and ribbon is around $1).





Contact local grocery store managers and explain what you're raising money for and ask if you cuold put donation jars by their registers. You can also ask if you can sell your baked goods and crafts at a table outside their store. Also, if you have a WalMart, ask them about a matching program. Many WalMarts will match whatever you raise in a set amount of time, like the day you sit at your table outside of their establishment.





A note about this: write down which stores helped you in any way, and be sure to write them thank you notes. They'll LOVE that, and be more likely to help you out if you need assistance again in the future.





f you're allowed to set up a table anywhere, be sure to have material about the program you're going to, maybe make up a poster or visual aid like you have to do in school. Be ready to talk about it a lot. People will really respond to a young, ambitious kid who wants to further their education and follow their ambitions.





Another thing you should do is make up a card to go with all your crafts and baked goods explaining that the proceeds from this purchase will go to (Your cause) and if they have any questions about it, to please call you, (Your Name) at (your number). People will see this and be intrigued, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts you'll get donations AFTER the sale, as well.