Action Tips: 11 Ideas for an Awesome Collection Drive

  1. Partner up: Get many different groups to take part. Are you on the soccer team? Get them on board! Are you a member of student government? Pull them in too. The more people are involved, the more successful your drive will be.
  2. Clean out the Competition: Compete with your friends or set up a competition between grades or homerooms to see who can raise the most donations. The winner gets bragging rights.
  3. Shovel Snow or trim grass: Shovel snow (or if it’s warm out, mow lawns) in exchange for donations. It's simple and you’ll get exercise!
  4. Host a Movie Night: Charge a donation as the admission price. Take it a step further: ask a local movie theater to host it. Now you can get hundreds of people & loads of donations!
  5. Have a Pajama/Dress Down/Crazy Hair Day: Petition your principal. Set a goal. (Like, if 50% of the students bring in a donation, you get to dress down.)
  6. Use Any Upcoming Event: Holiday party? Big b-ball game? Hockey tourney? Have the cost to take part be a donation to your cause. After the event/game, deliver donations together.
  7. Create a Raffle – Win Cool Stuff!: Visit a few local stores (try a pizzeria, deli, video store) and get good prizes donated. Price of a ticket? A donation to the cause.
  8. Lock Up Your Teacher: Columbus High School in Iowa did it last year. They put teachers on the school roof on a drizzly, cold day. (Seriously!) Each donated item added a minute of lock-up time. The result? 6+ hours on the roof! We all have teachers we’d like to see locked up....
  9. Hot Chocolate or Lemonade Stand: Pick a good location. Get fun people to work it. Pick a good time—like right in front of school in the morning or right outside of the mall on a Saturday. Advertise it with posters a few days before: "Want some hot cocoa (or lemonade)? It’ll cost you a donation!" Tip: If it’s hot chocolate, give extra marshmallows to those who contrib mad threads. If it’s lemonade, give them an extra large cup.
  10. Sponsor a sculpture contest: Get awesome prizes donated. The person or group with the craziest sculpture made out of donations (cans, jeans, whatever it is you’re collecting), gets the loot.
  11. Days of the Week: Make a theme for each day of the week & tell people to bring in donations that fit the theme:
    • Manic Monday
    • Tacky Tuesday
    • Wacky Wednesday
    • Thick Thursday
    • Fake Friday

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Comments

those are some cool ideas but our school already have food drives so i don't think they would give a donation.

I don't know how to start.
Where would I donate too?
What would I call it?
What organization?

Help....Please

Kayleigh_Johnston@manornewtech.org

idk how to do any of that but ill try my best

i don't now where to put my goods at when i have them!

i meant what orginazation to give them to!^^

what are some organizations we can do the drives for? thanks:)

This sounds great and it would be great for the youth at my church to do. But whatorganization would we donate to?

What organization would we give the donated items to?

This is wonderful! I want to drag my bookclub together and do a book drive. It would be awesome.

You can google local food pantrys, homeless shelters, or battered womans houses etc. that are looking for donations.

i dont know where i could give these donations to. any ideas?

hahahha
i was thinking that

These r some good suggestions i think ill have to try some of it

Great idea! I might do a book drive or a supplies drive to donate to a needy school!

do you have any suggestions on how to start a book drive? i just dont know where to start.

This would be great for my Do Something project! Okay, now I'm excited to go back to school :) lol

I am starting a club at my school, any advice?!?!

this is a great idea, iven doe my school olds food drive. i guess ill be putting a word for this.

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