COVID-19 Friendly Fundraising for Schools With distanced learning and delayed events, school groups have to get creative with how their community fundraises. Habitat Systems has some ways to help! Scratchcard Program Habitat Systems’ scratchcard program yields 100% profit. We will work with you to personalize your cards with your playground design so that people will connect to your cause and therefore be more willing to support it! This program can be executed without the need for students to meet with family or friends to gather funds. Using virtual meeting platforms such as Facetime, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams, students can execute the program and collect funds using e-transfer. Many schools have benefited from this program over the years. Flip the page to read program success stories.
MunchALunch The Munch-a-Lunch program assists schools with running all aspects of a fundraiser online such as selling school branded hoodies, plant sales, cookie sales etc. The program provides online payment so that no cash collection is needed keeping everyone safe and item distribution organized. You can run detailed reports with the click of a button so that everyone on PAC can see class participation and profit amounts easily. Habitat has a team member with extensive program experience who can walk you through the benefits and connect you with Munch-a-Lunch directly.
Digital Pledge Sheets We are able to provide our clients with personalized marketing materials such as fundraising “thermometers”, banners, posters, and pledge sheets to help schools get the word out to the community. Pledge sheets featuring your school’s 3D playground rendering with a personalized message and an appeal for donations can be printed or we are able to provide a digital form that can be sent via email to parents and community members.
Visit habitat-systems.com to begin working with us on fundraising for your playground.
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Fundraising Success Stories and Tips Many schools have walked the same path towards funding their dream playgrounds. Find out what worked for them, and how it can work for you too!
“It took 10 days to raise $14,000” Irene Melandis, Whiteside Elementary
“The scratch card program proved to me that sometimes you just have to go for it. Did we think we would raise $14,000? No we didn’t, so we were extremely happy with our results. My advice would be to try to create as much excitement as you can about the playground...I think it’s also important to have prizes as an incentive. We had so many eager students who completed 2 booklets and one kindergarten student who completed 3 booklets because they wanted more entries for the prizes. In addition to the three prizes, we also had a pizza for the primary and intermediate classes with the most money raised. In order to encourage students to return their booklets (completed or not), we entered them in a draw for the gift bags.” - Irene Melandis, Whiteside Elementary
“If you are going to have any type of auction, set up a website so that people can browse through the available items prior to the event.”
“Our Walk-a-Thon is a really successful event that raises thousands of dollars and supports our mandate of promoting healthy active living.”
- Jacqui Stuart, Braemar Elementary
- Dale Owen, Gilmore Community School
“When we started our new playground process, our target price tag was set at $40,000. The playground concept presented by Habitat was considerably more, at $75,000. Although it seemed a daunting amount of money to raise, Habitat designed the best possible playground to fit the space, and we went ahead and presented it to the community. I believe that because the playground looked “grand”, everyone involved felt a great sense of excitement. Paradoxically, it may have been easier to raise $75,000 for something really great, than it would have been to raise $40,000 for something average. Therefore, my advice is to dream big!” - Barbara Meihuizen, Hastings Elementary habitat-systems.com | 1.866.422.4828 | info@habitat-systems.com