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Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs
Posted by SH on 4/28/08

    On 3/19/08, Dee wrote:
    >
    I had a penny war the week of our book fair. Kids competed for
    a pizza party and 50 dollars in free books from the bookfair.
    I collected around 750.00 in pennies! It was fun, the kids
    helped me roll them, and we have exta money for books, etc.


    Here's my idea for what it's worth! Begin a "Birthday Book
    > Club" where parents can purchase a book for their child(s)
    > birthday INSTEAD of bringing in cupcakes. A bookplate goes
    > into the book and that child is the first to sign it out.
    > Younger students can invite a parent to read the book in the
    > classroom first thing in the morning if you want to. Older
    > students you will purchase chapter books, so that won't
    > happen. You can specify a set amount to donate, $15. Any
    > leftover money can go into a "fund" and at the end of the
    > year, you purchase more books with the money and indicate
    > with a book plate: "Purchased with funds from the Birthday
    > Book Club"
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 11/16/07, Jennifer wrote:
    >> Hello all. I am a new librarian at an Elementary School.
    >> Our previous librarian was here for 22 years and didn't
    >> like to remove any books from the shelves. A lot of our
    >> collection is very dated and the books are in sad shape.
    >> I'm wanting to weed out a lot of books and replace them,
    >> but of course, I don't have the funds to do that. I would
    >> like to do another type of fundraiser other than a book
    >> fair. (I have a book fair planned for the spring) Do you
    >> have any suggestions? Thanks for all your help!
    >>
    >> Jennifer

     
     

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