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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
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Jennifer.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Booklady.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Kevin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/28/07, by Librarian79.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/19/08, by Dee.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 4/28/08, by SH.
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