Healthy and sustainable fundraising activities : mobilizing your community toward social responsibility

Presents 19 ecofriendly fundraising ideas to reinforce the health, physical activity, and ecological messages taught by schools and community organizations. The ''Activity Finder'' provides an alphabetical index to events, indicating targeted dimensions of health (physical, mental, spiritual, social, emotional, environmental), 21st century student outcomes (life and career skills; learning and innovation skills; information, media, and technology skills), and level of skill required (low, moderate, high), as well as correlations with National Health Education Standards (NHES) and National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards. Each entry includes an activity description, educational objectives, age level, materials, recommended procedures, event preparation time line, postevent processing and evaluation, and sustainable extension. Ready-made forms and templates are also included. Read more... For most schools and organizations, fundraisers bridge the gap between budgets and the money they need in order to operate. Despite the continued rise in childhood and adult obesity and increased attention to humankind's ecological impact, many fundraisers still rely on the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods or ask supporters to become consumers of incidental items and paper products “to support the cause.” Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities offers innovative and thoughtful options that raise money for your cause without contradicting the physical activity, health, and ecological messages emphasized in your school or organization. In contrast to traditional fundraisers involving food and incidental products, the ideas in Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities encourage personal, community, and environmental health and reinforce the health and social responsibility initiatives in place in your school or organization. With Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities you'll learn how to involve not just your school or organization but the entire community in health-promoting, environmentally friendly activities. With Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities, you'll find a range of ideas—from ink cartridge recycling to a dance competition—and a unique approach to fundraising sure to energize your students, members, and community to meet and exceed your fundraising goals. For educators, each of the activities outlined in the text is based on National Health Education Standards (NHES) and National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards and 21st-century learning outcomes, making this text a great resource for incorporating the health and wellness initiatives of your school into the fundraising plans for your class, club, sport team, or organization. Activities in the book are grouped according to the level of knowledge, skills, and abilities required for organizing and conducting them. Most activities use similar or commonly used resources often available in a school or organizational setting. You'll find clear and complete explanations in a standard lesson plan format along with the tools and information you need in order to implement each idea. With background information on various types of fundraisers, how these types are categorized, and guidance on scheduling, implementing, and communication, you'll have a full picture of what it takes to complete each event. Get your members and community involved in a project that not only raises money but also gives children exposure to important values such as lifelong wellness, hard work, perseverance, integrity, and civic engagement. Regardless of whether you are new to fundraising or simply searching for new ideas for your next project, Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities offers the tools, information, and inspiration to help you reach your monetary goals in ways that contribute to the health and well-being of your students, members, community, and the environment. Content: Fundraising 101: implementation and sequential planning -- Extending your fundraising potential: social networking -- Low-level knowledge, skills, and abilities fundraisers -- Midlevel knowledge, skills, and abilities fundraisers -- High-level knowledge, skills, and abilities fundraisers. Fundraising 101: how to plan and implement your fundraiser -- Extending your fundraising potential: social networking, donation networking, and grant writing -- Low-level fundraisers: require little maintenance and are short in duration -- Midlevel fundraisers: require increased level of technological know-how and increased youth supervision -- High-level fundraisers: require experience and strong leadership skills. Abstract: Presents 19 ecofriendly fundraising ideas to reinforce the health, physical activity, and ecological messages taught by schools and community organizations. The ''Activity Finder'' provides an alphabetical index to events, indicating targeted dimensions of health (physical, mental, spiritual, social, emotional, environmental), 21st century student outcomes (life and career skills; learning and innovation skills; information, media, and technology skills), and level of skill required (low, moderate, high), as well as correlations with National Health Education Standards (NHES) and National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards. Each entry includes an activity description, educational objectives, age level, materials, recommended procedures, event preparation time line, postevent processing and evaluation, and sustainable extension. Ready-made forms and templates are also included Title page - Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities 1 Contents 3 Preface 5 How to Use the Activity Finder 9 Activity Finder 11 Chapter 1 - Fundraising 101 17 Chapter 2 - Extending Your Fundraising Potential 27 Chapter 3 - Low-Level Fundraisers 41 Chapter 4 - MIdlevel Fundraisers 113 Chapter 5 - High-Level Fundraisers 145 Bibliography 181 About the Authors 182 Offers innovative and thoughtful schemes that raise money for your cause without compromising the physical activity, health and ecological messages adopted by individual schools and organizations. This title includes ideas that range from ink cartridge recycling to dance competitions.