How School Fundraising Projects Help Your Kids

Additional benefits students experience by raising money.

No, we’re not being sarcastic. So how dare we say that school fundraising projects can help your kids? After all, most people assume it’s the other way around. Don’t schools use kids to raise money to fund their various projects? Some would go so far as to say that we’re exploiting our students for things that should already be provided as part of their educational experience.

However, students can glean some potentially invaluable benefits from participating in school fundraisers. No, we’re not just discussing how students benefit from the sale. According to an article posted in PTO Today by Lee Erica Elder entitled, “What Kids Learn From Fundraising”, students can learn some valuable lessons.

Interpersonal Communication Skills

Most who aspire for some form of advancement in life usually have to sell something. For example, it could be an idea, a product, or even themselves to a prospective employer. You have to be able to communicate. And whether you like them or not, successful salespeople are good at getting their point across to others.

In the same way, students who participate in school fundraising projects are asked to sell a product. Approaching potential buyers helps develop self-confidence, interpersonal communication skills, and professionalism. Good eye contact, smiling, and speaking are all skills that will be useful throughout life. Participating in fundraisers helps put those abilities to work.

To help facilitate the selling process, we provide effective yet easy-to-use sales scripts to sponsors to give to their students to practice during the fundraiser kickoff meeting. Being able to articulate their sales message helps develop confidence and build self-esteem.

Working Towards an End Goal

Sponsors who set fundraising goals for their students understand that fundraisers prosper when everyone understands what’s expected of them individually. Students who reach their selling objective get to experience a sense of accomplishment. To succeed, they had to choose to become involved and then work towards their goal.

We encourage our sponsors to have their students develop a sales game plan by listing prospective buyers before starting. This requires preparation and brainstorming skills.

Having the discipline to persevere to the end helps students realize there’s a reward when you can finish what you start. This is where participating in school fundraising projects can end up paying off in spades for a lifetime.

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Author Bio

Clay Boggess has been designing fundraising programs for schools and various nonprofit organizations throughout the US since 1999. He’s helped administrators, teachers, and outside support entities such as PTAs and PTOs raise millions of dollars. Clay is an owner and partner at Big Fundraising Ideas.