“Friendraiser”= Neat Community-Building Idea
September 15th, 2009 by Lisa GundlachLots of articles out there about the economy putting the squeeze on schools, and how parent groups are being asked to pick up the slack. I just came across this article about a parent group that decided that they were not going let their PTA and school community feel like victims of the economy. Instead, this creative bunch put together a free all-night, camp out event for their K through 5 families and called it a “friendraiser.” Love it. Instead of only focusing on fundraising, this group showed that family nights are the perfect way to build community at any school.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
loved this idea. any tips on ways to promote this? fun prize ideas?
October 14th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hi Carmen-
This article has some great tips for promoting events:
http://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/article/343-basic-marketing-that-builds-involvement
For fun prize ideas, check out our yellowpages. Looking at the various sites gives you all kinds of ideas!
http://www.ptotoday.com/yellowpages/category/carnivals-and-fairs/
Hope this helps!
~ Lisa