Healthy Lifestyles—Healthy Fundraisers for PTAs
Email National PTA’s Health & Wellness staff to receive an electronic copy of the Healthy Lifestyles at Home and School notebook.
Hold a trike/bike-a-thon for which families seek sponsors for each lap around the track.
Invite chefs from local restaurants to donate healthy hors d’oeuvres and desserts for a “Taste of [your town]” event. Charge for admission.
Have a PTA yard sale or auction (ask students, teachers and parents
for donations).
Seek support from local businesses. Ask them to donate a certain portion of sales from a given date or time to the school. Avoid fast-food chains and try to promote restaurants that provide only nutritious options.
Organize events like walk-a-thons, dance-a-thons or rock-a-thons for which sponsors pledge money by the mile or hour.
Hold a book reading contest for which families seek sponsors and raise money based on how many books are read.
Hold a spelling bee for which families seek sponsors.
Organize a car wash.
Plan a parent-teacher talent show or basketball game and sell tickets.
Have local businesses and community members donate items (e.g., weekends at vacation homes, pool or lawn care, baby sitting, lunch with a local celebrity) for a silent auction.
Sell fruit (citrus or other in-season fruit), gift wrap, or other items rather than candy.
Refer to PTA Fundraising Essentials in print or online for more fundraising ideas and tips.
This information was brought to you from the Healthy Lifestyles at Home and School notebook, created in partnership with Parents' Action for Children.
