Start a Bake Sale Fundraiser to Adopt an Endangered Animal

If only we had been around to save the unicorns before they went extinct! Do your part to help an endangered animal who still has a chance... and is also not mythical. Fortunately, many of these animals have conservation projects dedicated to helping them survive. Get your school, class, or club to start a bake sale to raise enough money to adopt an endangered animal. You don't get to keep it...but it does get to live in a conservatory free from harm.

1. Find the Animals. First figure out which endangered animals have conservation projects which allow adoption by checking with different endangered animal organizations. Compile a list.
2. Bring out the Vote. Get everyone who is involved with your project, be it your school, class, or club, to vote on the animal they would most like to adopt. It's important to narrow your focus and not spread yourself too thin; we may not be able to save all the animals in the world at once, but we can make a big difference one animal at a time.
3. Contact the Conservation Project. Just to be sure, get in touch with the conservation organization for the animal you're looking to adopt so they know you're interested, and you can be positive you're doing everything you need to be doing.
4. Start baking! Have everyone in your class/club/organization bring in baked goods to sell. Having a successful bake sale depends on few key ideas:

• Set a goal. Figure out exactly how much you'll need adopt the animal of your choosing!
• Make sure you sell your goodies in a high-traffic area. No one is going to buy baked goods from the supply closet. Try places such as outside the cafeteria, near the entrance, in classrooms where eating is alowed.
• Timing is everything! People didn't want a delicious brownie at 10 am might be all about chocolate-y treats at 2 pm. Focus your energy around meal and snack times.
• Keep track of what people are buying. If your grandma's strawberry cupcake recipe sells out in an hour, and no one has purchased a single oatmeal raisin cookie, bring more cupcakes the next day. Make sure to keep the most popular items well-stocked.

If bake sales aren't your thing but you'd still like to raise money for endangered animal adoption, check out some of our other fundraising ideas.