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How To: Run a Collection Drive
- Get the go ahead. You don’t want to get on your principal’s bad side so first make sure that he or she is okay with this sort of thing.
- Get your teachers on board. Have the teachers promise to do something crazy if you reach a certain goal, like promise to wear a ridiculous t-shirt to work or shave their heads. The hope of punishing a teacher has a certain way of inspiring people.
- Get your friends on board. You don’t want to do this alone so recruit anyone and everyone to help you out. Pull the guilt trip and/or friendship card if you have to - hey, it’s for a good cause!
- Spread the word. You need to market your drive! Make posters and fliers ahead of time giving people the details.
- Get attention. Use some creativity to decorate the boxes/barrels. You can even put it on t-shirts, pants, whatever! The more people know about it, the more donations you’ll get.
- Use your lungs. Ask if you can make an announcement over the PA system, during morning announcements or homeroom. Or use your big mouth during lunch or in between periods and shout out the cause.
- Make it easy. People are more likely to help if they don’t have to do much work, so offer to pick up the donations at their houses or set up a collection bin in the front of your school or in the lunchroom. As a matter of fact, DO BOTH!
- Show off the goods. Display the donations you’ve gotten to get other teens into the mix. You may even want to set a goal and give a daily update on how close you are to achieving your goal. Create huge poster boards that you can display in a prominent place. If it’s a food drive, you can set a goal of 1,000 items and update the sign everyday with the number collected, and the still to go.
- Close down. Officially end the drive by posting the number of donations you collected in the main lobby or lunchroom and give special thanks to everyone who chipped in.
- Now that you’ve got the goods. Send your donations to a charity in your area. Make sure you get the okay beforehand.
- Drive ideas. Can’t think of anything off the chain to raise donations for your cause? Check out our list of 11 Ideas for a Collection Drive.
And don’t forget to report back: Let Do Something know about all the awesome things you did so we can feature you on our website!! Post a project at http://www.dosomething.org/projects_recent to inspire other teens to get involved.
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We have recently started a book drive in my school and will ultimately give the book to group homes in the metro Atlanta area. 230 books so far!
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This sounds like a great idea! A local animal shelter in my community has a whole wish list of things they need, and this donation drive would be perfect!
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I am a huge supporter of book drives! I've organized three book drives, and the number of books have grown in each book drive. Originally doating locally by having the organization pick up the 300 books, this year we traveled two hours to Philadelphia to donate the 3,000 books we collected! I have collection drive, especially book drive, tips coming out my ears, but I'm always looking to improve my books drives. Does anyone know of an organization in need to gently used books? I would love to ship the books to Africa, but I'm looking for an organization that takes used english books in Africa. If anyone needs drve advice, let me know! (:
I need drive advice!
But not for books, for blankets.
I'm going to do a blanket drive at my school and around my neighborhood for animals at a local animal shelter. or maybe homeless people? I'm not sure yet so I need your help! Any ideas are greatly appreciated! :]
hey lauren i could help i know their is some very needed homeless in los angeles I visist them once amonth and feed them that could be your chanse to donate or give
i promise to do my best to make sure that the poor are happy
I am going to do awareness for secondary schools teaching them Human capacity Building, entrepreneurship training and Moral. Using the strategy of awarding the best Student.
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I'm going to try to do a canned-food drive at my school. I am very nervouse, so words of encouragement and advice would be great!!
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how do i start a book drive??? i never of this but it sounds interesting.
hey does anyone know of a popular successful business that supports our troops? i need help starting a care package drive going.
This is a great idea! Shriner Hospitals for children take pop-tabs as a donation to fund medical care to children. If it isn't out of your way, you could take the pop-tabs off and donate them to Shriner Hospitals for children. :)
the interact club in my school already did it. it's fantastic! i think the homeroom that got the most cans had a donut party. Most of the teachers in my school are nice. they usually motivate the students to donate. even provide extra credit! don't be nervous you'll be alright :) just make sure the teachers know that
i love these ideas the are all great and now i know what im gonna do to help.
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Im a person who wants to end homelessness in my town. It's really common here, so if you are interested in helping email me at savvy5th@gmail.com.
i still dont know if im gonna do that though so if you have any good ideas for me then email me for that too
I live in Tucson,AZ and immigration is a big issue here especially since we live right by the Sonoran Desert. Every year hundreds of immigrants risk their lives WALKING through there to get to the U.S. Most of them die of dehydration.. So i started a local drive in my neighbor hood to collect water jugs/ gallons and shoes. If you live in the Tucson area and would like to help please email me at luz.burruel@yahoo.com =)
Hey, I want to start a book drive in my community so that I can distribute books to disadvantaged children. Do you have any suggestions about how to start?
we collect new/used books and give them to teachers for their classroom libraries! our website is teacherbooks.org if you want to check us out. or look at our profile on this website under L.E.A.R.N.
To: Savvy
Hi I am interested in helping you end or decrease the mount of homelessness in your town. Have you started this project already? My email is jojoypie94@yahoo.com. I will email you. hopefully you get this message or the email soon!
I have a non-profit: www.communityactionworks.org and one of our projects is collecting books for school libraries. I have recently returned from northern Zambia where I had hand-carried 340 books (from the US and South Africa) for delivery to two basic schools.
Books I have chosen ranged for ages 5-18. I excluded any holiday-references, snow, witchcraft-based books so as to be culturally sensitive.
If you would like to donate books, please send them to me in South Africa or Zambia. Thank you!
I would like to start a book drive and a food drive. In our area we have much poverty. I was watching television about one of our local high school that did need new library books for their elementary school.
I have lots ideas for a fundraiser at my school. I just don't know whether to start my own organization, or send money to an already-existing one? If I start my own, how will the money get there?
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i want to host a book drive in my neighborhood. does anyone have any tips on how to get started?
i want to improve the standard of living in our community.anyone knows how to get started?
this is a good idea!!! I like it.
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Im trying to gather clothes and school supplies For needy children in and around my county but havent had much luck with donations any ideas
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I would like to hold a glove/mitten drive to give the my local elemetary school counsler so she can give them to students who are in need of them. Is this a good idea? Anything i need to add?
Running a food drive my goal is 2,000 items I plan on donating my food to my school because we have a donation group at my school for the kids who don't have food at my school. Hope I reach my goal!
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