Get your school involved

A

Art Sale: Host an art show featuring student artwork, with pieces available for purchase

B

Bake sale: Host a bake sale where students, parents and teachers contribute homemade goods

Book and toy sale: Get students to donate any unused books and toys and host a sale for students, parents and even the local community

C

Car wash: Set up a car wash in the school parking lot. Students and teachers can wash cars for donations

D

Dress down day: Allow students and staff to pay a fee to dress in casual clothes instead of the school uniform

E

Eco fashion show: Get students to design an outfit using recycled items and host a fashion show with an entry fee

F

Food truck festival: Host a food truck festival on school grounds, inviting local food truck, charging an entry fee and asking for portion of the food sales can also go to the school

G

Guessing Games: Fill a jar with stones or candies and let students pay to guess the number of stones or candies in the jar

Greeting Cards: Let students get creative by making a series of greeting cards, which can be sold to other students and families

H

Hat Day: Students pay a small fee to wear their favourite hat to school for a day

I

International Food Night: Host a food festival where families prepare and sell dishes from different countries (choose a country where rhinos live for the perfect theme!)

J

Joke Book Sale: Get students to submit their favourite jokes to be published into a book, which can be sold to family and friends

K

Kindness campaign: Set up a “Kindness Wall” where students can purchase and post positive notes or messages for each other

L

Lip sync battle: Organise a lip sync battle and sell entry tickets to other students and family members, who can all vote for their favourite acts

M

Movie Night: Host a movie night at the school and charge admission. Sell popcorn and snacks to raise extra funds

N

Non-uniform Day: Allow students and staff to pay a small fee to dress in casual clothes instead of the school uniform

O

Obstacle Course: Create an obstacle course and have participants pay to compete

P

Penny Wars: Set up jars for each year. Students drop pennies in their year’s jar and ‘sabotage’ other grades by dropping silver coins or bills. The class with the most pennies wins

Q

Quiz Night: Host age-appropriate quizzes for students and ask their family and friends to sponsor for each correct answer

R

Rhino Dash: Host a Rhino Dash (sponsored walk/run) to raise money for rhinos

Read-a-thon: Students get sponsors to pledge money for every page they can read in an hour

S

Spell-a-thon: Host an age-appropriate spell-a-thon and students can get sponsored for every word they spell correctly

Swimathon: Get sponsored for every length you swim

T

Treasure hunt: Put together a treasure hunt and invite students to participate by charging an entry fee

U

Used book sale: Collect donated books and sell them to students and parents

V

Variety show: Let your students show off their talent and invite other students and family and friends to watch by charging an entry fee

W

Writing contest: Charge an entry fee for a writing contest, with prizes for winners in different categories. You can also collate a book of the best writing and sell to family and friends

X

Xmas Market: Host a Christmas Market in your school hall

Y

Yoga-thon: Hold a yoga-marathon where students get sponsors for every hour they complete

Z

Zumbathon: Host a kid-friendly Zumbathon and students get sponsored to participate