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Elementary School Fundraisers

You might have tried a lot of different Elementary School fundraisers in the past. Some may have done really well.  But we would like to suggest that you choose an earth friendly option instead.

We’d like to help by providing you some great earth friendly Elementary School fundraising ideas. We believe given the choice that groups should choose green Elementary School fundraisers when possible.

We offer a variety of highly profitable Elementary School fundraisers. In fact we highlight 6 great Elementary School fundraising ideas below on this page. You’ll find some great high profit fundraisers and others that cost nothing to try.

Our fundraisers range from Discount Fundraising Cards to Flower Bulb Fundraisers to Smencils, all of which are high profit, high value, and hassle-free!

Nobody offers as many green Elementary School fundraisers.

The Top Elementary School Fundraisers
Flower bulb Fundraisers
  • Watch Your Money Grow
  • Sell Something People Want
  • No Risk to Try
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Smencils Fundraisers
  • Easy Sell At Only $1 Each
  • Green Fundraisier!
  • Great For Students
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Smens Fundraisers
  • Easy Sell At Only $2 Each
  • Perfect Fundraiser For Students
  • Double Your Money With Smens
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Earth Candles Fundraisers
  • Best Candle Fundraiser
  • FREE Brochures & Order Forms
  • No Minimum
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Discount Card Fundraisers
  • Save up to 60%
  • We Price Match
  • 10,000+ Restaurants Nationwide
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Photo Discount Card Fundraisers
  • Up to 90% Profit
  • A $54.95 Value
  • Good at all Sears Portrait Studios
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Many school boards, PTA’s and PTO’s are coming to the conclusion that if they are going to make the time commitment and put forth the amount of effort necessary to successfuly raise money, the school should find fundraising ideas for an elementary school that offer some kind of bigger message than just “help us raise money” and so they are starting to search for better elementary school fundraising ideas. That is where we at Go Green Fundraising come in. Our earth friendly school fundraisers are designed to offer you an elementary school fundraisers with great products and competitive profit levels; but they are also designed to be integrated...
Go Green Fundraising is your source for elementary fundraiser ideas. We have pioneered a number of eco friendly fundraising ideas and are thrilled to have the opportunity to work on school fundraisers and help students, parents and teachers reach out to their communities to try and make a difference for the planet all while raising the funding that the school needs. We have a number of very popular and very successful elementary fundraiser ideas for you to choose from. All of our elementary school fundraising ideas have products that are recycled, healthy, all natural, or designed to reduce our impact on the environment....
Everyone who is serious about their school fundraisers want to know about the best school fundraisers, ideas, tip, and tricks. They want to raise as much money as possible and we intend to help in every way we can. Go Green Fundraising has helped thousands of schools improve their fundraising efforts with these simple to use fundraising ideas. The number one tip to boosting sales during your school fundraisers is to communicate, A LOT. Whether you are doing an elementary school fundraiser or a high school fundraiser, it is absolutely imperative to keep your sellers up to date with what is...
There are all kinds of school fundraisers that you can choose from; the question is which of the many different fundraisers is right for you and your school? That will depend almost entirely on what kind of school or schoo group you are raising money for. Is it an elementary school fundraising program with hundreds of young participants or is it a high school student council fundraiser that will be done by 10-15 students? The fundraising needs of these two groups are similar in some ways and incredibly different in others but the fact remains that both need to raise money...
Most anyone who has worked on or participate in elementary school fundraising knows that the time commitment to have a successful program is immense. The team who is in charge of raising money, if they want to raise a lot of money, will have to work hard. There just isn’t any way around that. But what if you could find elementary school fundraising ideas that work just as hard, if not harder, than you do? What if your school fundraisers did more than just act as a road towards a fatter piggy bank while still making a plump pig? There has...
There a many different types of elementary school fundraisers out there and choosing the right one can mean the difference between getting a new playground and teaching from used workbooks. The main types of elementary school fundraising ideas that you are probably aware of include event fundraisers like carnivals, car washes and auctions; product sales that can be either brochure based or direct sell in nature; and donation style elementary school fundraisers. At Go Green Fundraising, our elementary school fundraisers primarily focus on product sales. But we’ve taken this type of school fund raiser and turned it in a whole new direction....
Looking for youth football fundraising ideas is very much like looking for elementary school fundraisers because in the vast majority of cases it will be the parents and the coaches who do most of the selling and work rather than the team members themselves. Outside of the timid calls to grandparents, the responsibility for selling items is solely left to the adults. That means that you should definitely seek out football fundraising ideas that appeal to adults. For most groups, that means getting away from the old fashioned and unhealthy cookie dough or candy fund raisers. And if you are going...
Things are changing in the world of fundraising and that fact may be more true for elementary school student fundraising than for any other group or type of organization. The traditional fundraising ideas that so many schools have relied on for decades are falling out of favor. Some school boards have started banning the sale of unhealthy items like frozen cookie dough as a means to raise money. Some of the larger chocolate and candy bar manufacturers have decided that in the face of rising costs they will abandon the fundraising market altogether. Additionally, the largest supplier of the holiday item...
Fundraising for high school students is different than trying to raise money at any other school. In elementary school and junior high the focus is on school fundraisers that the whole school does. The administration or the PTA chooses the programs that every student participates in. For a high school fundraiser, the focus of the efforts is typically on an individual organization or team with the benefits going directly to the team or towards a specific cause they want to help like a local food bank. The difference between this kind of fundraiser and those done by clubs at colleges and...
Elementary school PTA fundraisers have a lot more riding on them these days than they did when I was in elementary school. Back in my day, we sold cookie dough and when it was warm outside, the PTA moms would set up a booth and sell snow cones. There was never much thought put into considering what the best PTA fundraisers might be and this was long before anyone considered a sugary snow cone a bad thing. Plus, there were only a handful of other elementary schools in the immediate area so the idea of competing for elementary school fundraising...
Go Green Fundraising is your source for eco friendly and healthy ideas for PTA fundraisers. We have worked with PTA’s from around the country to help them raise the money they need and we would love the chance to work with you on your PTA fundraisers. Here are some of the best ideas for PTA fundraisers based on feedback from real customers. Smencils Fundraising – Smencils are one of the most popular ideas for PTA fundraisers that you will find, especially for elementary school PTA’s. At its heart, this is basically a pencil fund raiser but the reality is that it...
Looking for tips on how to pick your next elementary fundraising program? Well, you have come to the right place. Go Green Fundraising is the leader in offering elementary school fundraising ideas with healthier and greener products and we work with thousands of elementary schools every year to help them raise the money the need. We have compiled some steps to help your pick your elementary school fundraising program that we believe will help you raise more money than ever before. We call them the 5 P’s and they are Products, Profit, Payment, People and Poll. Products - While many groups...
The best elementary school fundraiser ideas are almost always the ones that are the easiest to do. Fundraising for any group can require a serious time commitment and when its elementary school fundraisers that you are managing, the effort needed can be much greater. That is because school fundraisers tend to have more participants than nearly any other fund raising group and with participants ranging in age from 5 years old up to 18, keep everything organized can be a headache to say the least. Helping you to not only simplify but make more out of your elementary fundraising program is...
I assume that you are searching for elementary fundraising ideas and that you don’t mean really basic ideas. Instead I would imagine you are looking for elementary school fundraising ideas and I am here to assure you that you have come to the right place. Go Green Fundraising has a full line of earth friendly fundraising ideas with profits as high as 90% and free shipping on all orders that meet our low minimums. We fully comply with all school board and school district requirements for healthy food fundraising options if a food or candy fundraiser has been your go to...
Elementary school fundraisers, those ever present, ever important efforts to raise money that take place in every corner of the country each fall and again each spring. In this day and age of shrinking school budgets and ever increasing demands on the school system to provide a high quality education in a world of exploding competition, successful elementary school fundraising efforts can mean the difference between maintaining or even adding important coursework and, well, not. All of that may seem to place a lot of pressure on what would at first glance appear to be a fun, if not necessary, elementary...
Fundraising for elementary schools can certainly be tough these days. One major obstacle schools are facing is school boards and concerned parents narrowing the selection of, or even outright banning, traditional elementary school fundraising programs like candy and cookie dough because of health concerns. In one extreme (and amazing) case, the state of Texas has mandated that sugary foods cannot be sold on campus during school hours. Another issue that can hamper the results you see when fundraising for elementary schools is the sheer number of schools who are trying to raise money and the very real effects of competition on the success...
When you boil it down, there are really only two different ways to do an elementary school fundraising program. You can either have the parents do the sale or you can have a program that takes place at the school where the students can participate. Here are some of the most successful fundraising ideas for elementary school students that we have seen. Smencils - We typically suggest Smencils as an in school program. Smencils are far and away one of the most popular, most successful, fastest selling and highest profit fundraising ideas for an elementary school. These pencils are made from recycled...
Elementary fundraisers are changing. With school boards and PTA’s putting an end to cookie dough and candy sales there has been a massive shift in the types of programs that schools are looking to do. And while the change has been temporarily difficult it has proved itself a beneficial one because schools are finding new elementary school fundraising programs that offer higher profits, lower minimums, and better products - they are finding green elementary fundraisers. Green school fundraisers can work just like a traditional fund raising program but with one major, earth changing difference – the products you sell are healthy, organic,...
Elementary school fundraising doesn’t have to be hard. It just doesn’t. Despite what you may have been told or even experienced for yourself in the past, the fact is that easy elementary school fundraising ideas do exist and they can not only make your life MUCH easier but they can also help you raise substantially more money than you have in the past. The best way to determine the easiness of elementary school fundraisers is to look at what made the programs you used in the past difficult. The most common gripes that people have about managing elementary school fundraising ideas...
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Whether it is to raise money for a new playground or to buy new books or to cover the cost of the next field trip, finding top notch elementary school fundraising ideas is an absolute necessity. There are a lot of schools in the country and nearly all of them will do some type of school fundraiser every year. That means that when you go out to raise money for your chosen reason, you need to be armed with the very best fundraiser possible. But what do the best elementary school fundraisers look like and how can you go about...
Elementary school fundraising needs to be fun to be successful. As any parent who has been a part of the school fundraisers at their child's elementary school can attest, if the fundraiser is not at least interesting, the kids won't want to participate and neither will the parents. So it would seem that you need to find a way to put the fun back in elementary school fundraising. To ensure that your elementary school fundraiser is as successful as possible, you need to do a couple of things. You need to find a fundraiser that is fun and you need to...
Elementary school fundraising is different from other student fundraising programs. This is due mostly to the fact that it is usually not the students doing the actual selling but rather their parents. With that in mind, we at Go Green Fundraising have created a number of student fundraiser ideas that are designed to appeal to adults. We know that most parents are tired of selling the same old products year after year and that is why we think they will really like our products and programs. We know that for the most part products for school fundraisers are sold in the work...
People always think that it is only elementary school aged and older children and those participating in sports leagues that do fundraisers. But there is another huge group of kids that need to raise money that tends to be overlooked and that is kids who attend daycares or preschools. This demographic has been searching for new Daycare fundraising ideas and so we have put together this short list with some of the best daycare fundraising ideas to come out in a very long time. 1.)One of the most popular daycare fundraising ideas is a Smencils fundraiser. These pencils are made by...
We work with a lot of elementary schools who cannot say enough about how much they appreciate the PTA parents and teachers and all of the work that these dedicated individuals do. They tell us time and again that their school just wouldn’t be the same without a strong PTA. And if you are involved with the PTA, you know that fundraising is one of the most important things that you do. With that in mind, we want to help you as you search for fundraising ideas for elementary school PTAs. Choosing the right elementary school fundraising program depends a lot...
Smencils may very well be the perfect choice for your next elementary school fundraising program. Think about it – they are earth friendly, offer high profits, and they are very easy to sell. What could be better for your school fundraisers? Elementary school parents and teachers all over the country are discovering that these scented pencils made from recycled newspapers can be the key to immediate fundraising success. In fact, Smencils for elementary school fundraising are the most popular direct sell product in the earth friendly category and it is very easy to see why. All schools want to earn great profits...
Because you are a living, breathing human being, chances are nearly 100% that you have been approached at some point by someone trying to sell you something to raise money. If you haven’t, just wait, you will. Of those of you who have, the chances that they were trying to sell you wrapping paper or cookie is also probably well above 90%. And if you are like most people, you really, REALLY wish they would just offer you something different. And now they can! Go Green Fundraising has revolutionized elementary school fundraising without wrapping paper and it’s a great time for...
Unless you have a parent with kids who are many years apart who continues to head up the fundraising committee year after year, chances are pretty good that your school could use some help to make sure that everything goes smoothly as you raise money. School fundraisers are quite a bit of work and following just a couple of elementary school fundraising tips can make the whole ordeal less hectic and much more successful. By taking the time to look for elementary school fundraising tips, you have already taken the first, and arguably most important, step. The number one tip is...
We all know that school fundraisers are an important and necessary way for schools to make up for budget gaps or to pay for special projects or supplies. Typically, in an elementary school setting, there is a school wide PTA fundraising or elementary school fundraising effort that raises money for the whole school. The money is then used to buy something the entire school can use, or to pay for the things the school needs the most. But what happens when the 1st graders have a need and there just isn’t enough money left over from the schools fund raiser...
Elementary school fundraising ideas come in all shapes and sizes. Some are designed to raise a bunch of money while others don’t raise quite as much. Some school fundraisers require an enormous amount of effort and management and others are very hands off. What most elementary schools are looking for are the programs that raise a lot of money without taking thousands of man-hours to accomplish. A lot of schools are also looking for smart fund raisers that stand out from crowd and make a difference for their school like the eco friendly fundraisers that we offer. With that in...
We would like to help you as you are looking for ideas for school fundraisers for elementary school fundraising. Working with elementary schools to help them get the most from the school fundraisers is one of our specialties. In fact, we have worked with more than a thousand different schools and would really love the chance to work with you on your next elementary school fundraising effort. One of the most important steps in the fund raising process is finding the right elementary school fundraising ideas with excellent products and a terrific mix of high profits, low minimums, and low start...
Many times, when you get down to it and run the numbers, elementary school catalog fundraisers just tend to be the most successful elementary school fundraising programs. And that’s not to say that direct sell programs like our Smencils fund raiser aren’t successful. It’s just that for most schools, the fact that our catalog fundraisers are free to start and offer some great products and profits just makes them too hard to resist. One of our primary missions here at Go Green Fundraising, besides helping you to raise as much money as possible for your elementary school, is to get you...
Even with all of the advances in educational technologies, there is still a need for a good old pen or pencil in elementary school classrooms. From art projects to learning how to write, kids need something to draw, write, and color with. So you’ve got this ever-present demand for writing utensils while at the same time you’ve got a never ending need for elementary school fundraising programs to pay for all kinds of things. So it just makes complete and total sense to do your elementary school fundraising with Smencils and Smens. But Smencils and Smens go WAY beyond simply being...
There sure are a bunch of different elementary school fundraising products that you can pick from and sell to raise money. There are the traditional products for elementary school fundraising programs that we are all so familiar with like cookie dough or wrapping paper. But there are also some great choices out there for elementary schools that want to raise money in a manner that is healthier, better for planet, or smarter than the programs they’ve used in the past. Some schools even look for new ideas, not because their old program isn’t successful anymore, but just to shake things up...
Let’s cut right to the chase here. You’re not looking for the worst elementary school fundraisers because that would just be silly. What you really want are the BEST elementary school fundraising ideas. You want to be able to raise as much money as possible in the shortest possible amount of time with the least possible amount of effort. You may also want some healthier fundraising ideas or some school fundraisers that don’t feature foods at all. That may be because your elementary school is focusing on health or going green or it might even be because the state has decided...
There are all kinds of excellent green fundraiser ideas for elementary school fundraisers if you know where to look. And, luckily, you have stumbled across the number one site on the internet for green fundraising programs and ideas. Go Green Fundraising has the widest range of eco friendly elementary school fundraisers available and we have worked with thousands of schools all over the country to take their fund raising efforts to the next level! Because you are looking for green fundraiser ideas for your elementary school fundraisers, I have to assume that you are aware of the benefits of using such...
Anyone who has ever done an elementary school fundraising program will probably spend some time the next year looking for easy to do elementary school fundraising ideas. Fundraising can be A LOT of work and so it’s totally understandable that you would want to find PTA fundraisers that are just easier to do. Now, we all know that with most things in life, there is a direct relationship between the amount of effort you put into something and the results you can expect to see. Rarely does real life turn out like the Saved by the Bell episode where they find...
Smencils are a very popular fundraising product, especially for an elementary school fundraising program. But just what is a Smencil? How much do they cost? And how do you sell them? Well, this article is here to give you answers to each of those questions. First, what is a Smencil? A Smencil is a #2 pencil made from recycled newspapers that is infused with a variety of different scents that kids and adults love. A #2 pencil is required for all standardized testing so Smencils will work just fine for any school work your child has. Smencils also can...
If you have been involved with school fundraisers in some capacity, especially with elementary school fundraising, chances are very good that you have at least heard of Smencils pencils for fundraising. And it should be no surprise that so many people are familiar with this fund raising program because it is such a great option for so many different groups. Real quick, for anyone who hasn’t heard of Smencils, they are standard #2 or colored pencils that are made from recycled newspapers rather than wood. The newspapers are hardened and then the whole pencil is infused with a scent like orange...