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How to Raise Money with a School Auction

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:09:59 +0000

Fundraising is always something big for a school, especially when clubs and societies are looking for funding. A fundraising auction is an excellent way to do just that: make money.

Now school auction projects don’t sound like big-money events, but it all depends on how it’s done. If you know what you’re doing, it sure isn’t impossible for you to rake in $10,000 to $20,000 in one fell swoop. Your child’s club will never have problems with funding as long as you know how to raise money with a school auction:

Planning: Making or Breaking the Auction

Treat a school auction like it’s a business and it’ll be like one. How you plan carefully can turn a school auction into a mere one-time yard sale or an annual money-making event of for your school.

Elements of the planning stage include mining your group for resources and items to auction off, matching items to the audience, acquiring software and hardware for the event. And you have to begin planning for all these factors nearly a year in advance for the auction: treat it like a major event, with all the courtesies and formalities that come with it and you’re going to get one.

Finding the Items to Sell

Creativity is the name of the game here. Although you’ve got the option of asking parents to donate items to set up for auction, you may want to think up alternative options that match the resources available to you.

For example: if you’ve got a parent who owns a luxury yacht, why not auction up a romantic boat ride for two? Or if you’ve got a donator who specializes in furniture making, why not have an auction for a top-notch, hand-built dresser made of fine wood?

Check the people around you, and you’ll be surprised at the options you’ll have to offer in school auction projects.

Matching Items to the Audience

It will be impossible to sell a $10,000 item in a crowd that has only a few hundred dollars in their pockets. Thus, it is essential that your school auction committee be able to assess the financial capabilities of the attending participants.

Carefully study the population of participants that will be attending the auction and divide them into categories: low, mid and high. Make sure low-spenders will be guided to the affordable section of the auctions, while those with more clink in their pockets would be guided to the higher-cost section of the auctions. Do this, and you won’t worry about having the wrong audience for the right auction.

The Art of Auctioneering

Any good auction has to have skilled auctioneers manning it. You don’t want an auctioneer who can’t speak to save his life, and you don’t want an auctioneer who doesn’t have a clue about auctions. You’ll need an auctioneer who knows how to rouse the interest of the crowd; to timely kick in humor and wit in order to keep the crowd entertained, and to inject a certain environment of desire and competitiveness within them.

Plan ahead, be creative, do the proper matching and find a good auctioneer to man the helm. Do it properly, and your fundraising auction will rake in the dollars like no tomorrow.

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How to Raise Money with a School Auction

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Every year, Bradfield Elementary hosts a fundraiser designed to raise money for the school and give parents a chance to party! This year’s event was held at the House of Blues in Downtown Dallas. The theme was “Rock the School House” and parents were encouraged to dress as their favorite rock stars. Disco cover band “Le Freak” brought down the house. In this clip, some of the ladies are brought up on stage to get their groove on and sing “She a Brick House”.

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I need an unusual theme for a auction/fundraiser. any ideas?

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:28:05 +0000

i am the head of an auction/fundraiser for a private high school. i kinda want a unusual theme and im not really sure what to do. i have a band and a caterer. its a silent and live auction. then a party after. please help!

I don’t know if any of these ideas are unique, but here are ideas of themes I’ve seen at other auctions:

*Hawaiian (leis, grass skirts, beach stuff, etc)
*Mexican (sombreros, ponchos, etc)
*50’s night (poodle skirts, vinyl records, classic cars, etc)
*Caribbean (mostly pirate stuff and shipwrecks)
*Sci-Fi (outer space stuff, high tech lighting, etc)

I know I’ve seen others, but that’s all I can remember right now. For other ideas, you could pick any country to revolve around, such as China or India. Or any historical traditional type theme, such as ancient Greek or Rome, even pioneers or the California Gold Rush. Stuff like that.

Once you’ve picked your theme, you basically decorate the place entirely with theme related items. The auction workers should dress their part (make the theme dress optional for regular attendees, or you won’t get as much participation). Have your band play at least a couple of theme related songs, if appropriate. Some themes are easier to plan a meal around, than others, so if you’re having a dinner keep that in mind. Basically, just have fun with it.

~Kyanna

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admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:04 +0000

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Go to class for you, do your work while you truant.

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How do I decoupage kids’ artwork on wood?

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:28:01 +0000

For an upcoming school auction, I would like to have kids do individual pieces of artwork, cut them out, and then decoupage each piece onto one piece of wood (such as a rocking chair or CD stand). I’ve had bad luck with some materials running when I go to decoupage. Any ideas as to which materials will not run? (ie. Sharpie vs. paint pen and acrylic vs. oil paints?) Thanks!

While your idea is a good one- carrying it out – not so easy!

‘Modge-Podge’ might work if you spray the artwork with an acrylic sealer first.

You might try having the kids do a collage of images on the wood piece instead of drawing their own pictures. Magazine pictures work great for this with modge-podge or Elmers Glue(watered just a bit)

good luck

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