The District Representatives and myself have put together a few suggestions for Fundraising. We hope you find some of them helpful. If you have any suggestions for fundraising please feel free to e-mail me and I would love to add them to this page.

• Hold an Auction

            This "Auction" could be done many ways. #1 You could go around to businesses asking them to donate numerous items depending on the business) or gift certificates. Then, you would auction these things off before a play or whenever you found convenient to do so. A silent auction always seems to work best. #2 You can make it a "Date Auction", meaning that you have people bid on people to go on a date with...maybe even see the show with. This can be done live or by ballot (silent), whatever works best for you.

• Hold a "Thespian Showcase"

            This is when you get a night organized in which you will perform everything that you are planning to bring to State. Since you can not charge admittance (because of copy right laws) you can, however ask for donations or sell concessions. 

• Hold a Garage Sale

            This is pretty self explanatory. You can start by asking your school and or community to donate any old junk they have laying around that you can turn into cash. (you know, because everyone loves other peoples junk!) You then just have to find a place to hold the sale. (A church, or parking lot always seems to work, just make sure you have permission)!

• Sell Candy

            This you can do many ways. You can find a company who does this a lot. (Like the M&M candy company) and work out deals with them. Or, you can simply go and purchase candy yourself and sell it. (Some school have strict rules about selling candy during school hours, be sure to check with the principle).

• Hold a Car Wash

            Anyone who knows anything about fundraising know about the good old car wash idea. This one is very popular because it has very little over head cost. You just get a group of students (and parents) together and find a place that will let you hold a Car Wash in their parking lot. (Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Publix, to name a few, are normally very nice about this).

• Hold a "Karaoke/Coffee House"

            This one takes a lot of work but has proven to be very successful. You might have to rent a karaoke machine, but they do not normally cost to much. You must have a place and night to do it on. It is basically like a big party / Dance. You can charge admission, sell concession's, and do raffles. You can do may things on this night. It can be a talent show too. This is all what you want to make of it. (You can tie many fundraisers into this event)!

• Have a "Teacher fun day" 

            This is one of the most fun fundraisers that there is. First, you must have all the teachers who are going to participate sign up, willingly!!! You come up with something different that each Teacher must do if they are the "Winner". (Some examples are: Kiss a pig, Color their hair, dress outrageously for a week or so, roller skate, whatever) Once you find out what each teacher would have to do, you write it down on posters and the students and other faculty have to pay to vote on a teacher. The teacher who makes the most money (gets the most vote's) will have to do what they have signed up to do. 

Remember, if you have a suggestion to add to this list, just e-mail it to me.

© Florida State Thespian Society, Ross Corristan, State Student Representative