Cheerleading Fundraising

Cheerleading fundraisers work best when they are held as a team, because a cheerleading team is trained to work together.

In order to have the most successful cheerleading fundraiser, pull on the team’s strengths. Enthusiasm, energy and positivity are perfect for a fundraiser, and cheerleaders are known for having all three.

If your cheerleading squad is thinking about hosting a fundraiser, there are several different types you can plan. Depending on what you are raising money for, and how much money you need to raise, the type of fundraiser you choose can make all the difference.

Cheer Fundraiser #1
A great and easy fundraiser that fits in well with what cheerleaders do for their school and the teams they cheer for is a poster fundraiser. Custom posters can easily be designed and created by members of the squad or together as a group.

Smaller sales of team photos and custom pictures can be taken, developed and sold to classmates and to the families of team members. Make sure you organize for a fundraiser like this and have samples of each photo or poster available with prices so that orders can be placed and filled as quickly as possible.

Anything you can do to personalize the posters and pictures will add appeal to the items and increase your sales. Offer options such as the team logo, class status, and name or initial options for people who are placing orders.

Cheer Fundraiser #2
A unique idea for a cheerleading fundraiser would be a customized CD that is created with the team and school in mind. The best way to create a customized CD to sell for a fundraiser is to choose a theme that represents the school and then pick songs around that theme. Each member of the squad can contribute a song, that way everyone feels involved in the process and is enthused to sell more CDs.

Since you will be creating the CDs yourself, it is possible to create several CDs for a low price which allows you to make the most profit.

Another way to create the CDs is to give the buyers more options and personalization of their CDs. Let each cheerleader choose two songs and when taking orders, allow buyers to select the songs that are on their CD.

Cheer Fundraiser #3
Flower sales are a great fundraiser because you have a great product to sell, and your buyers can purchase something that they need anyway. Flower fundraisers can be an order taking fundraiser where you sell entire flats of plants to buyers or a huge plant sale type event where buyers come to you to purchase flowers in a designated spot.

In order to raise the most money, a single plant sale event is the best idea because buyers can see what they are buying. As far as sales go, buyers are more likely to purchase more flowers if they can see them firsthand.