Pink Shirt Day Fundraising Ideas.pub - Canadian Red Cross

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FUNDRAISING IDEAS Step 1—Set a goal! Make it public and an amount to reach for! Step 2—Get creative! Use some (or all!) of the ideas here or come up with your own idea to raise money for this important cause. Taco in a Bag Sale—Cut open an individual bag of taco chips, break the chips up a little, spoon in some seasoned taco meat, cheese, salsa, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, and sour cream and you have Taco in a Bag! Your local grocery store may be able to provide a discount on ingredients. Bake Sale—A classic. Pink frosted cupcakes, brownies or cookies could be big sellers! Hat Day—Imagine a day (or a whole week!) when the teachers didn’t tell you take your hat off, because you had paid for the privilege of wearing it in school! Each student pays $5 to wear a hat for the whole day/week. Wall of Pink —Imagine what all the individual commitments to standing up to bullying would look like if you could see them in your school. Make paper Twonie T-shirts (template provided, you do the photocopying onto pink paper and the cutting—there is room for your school’s name, if you want to include it) and sell them for $2 to students, teachers, and visitors to your school. Put the shirts in a prominent place so everyone can see your school’s Wall of Pink.

Want to kick it up a notch? Get students to buy one for themselves and one to symbolize the person they will stand up for when they see bullying! Get your community involved! Students write letters to local businesses explaining Pink Shirt Day and why they are working to raise awareness of bullying and how to stop it. Students can ask for donations that can be recognized in the school newsletter or website, ask businesses to sell the Twonie T-shirts (described above) and hang them in their windows, or ask for gifts-in-kind to help with lunch or treat sales. This is great writing practice, informs the community of what you are doing in the school, and gets them involved.

Why not encourage businesses to buy shirts for their staff to wear on the same day in support of the schools efforts against bullying? Create some friendly competition between you and a neighbouring school—challenges are a great way to raise awareness and more money for bullying prevention!

Step 3—Celebrate! Tell your Community Outreach Coordinator how much money you raised and send it in to Red Cross. Take lots of pictures, invite your local media to your school to share your story! Step 4—Remember your commitment and stand up to bullying!

Wear the shirt. Be the difference.