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Would you really want to pucker up and kiss a pig to raise money for your school?  How about a goat?  Or a turtle?  When it comes to the infamous “kiss” fundraiser students can be pretty creative.

Students at one school, voting with their loose change, picked a teacher to kiss a goat.

The students, parents and staff at the school dropped money into milk bottles one bottle assigned to each teacher or staff member at the school. The teacher, administrator or staff member whose milk bottle contained the most money at the end of the fundraiser had to pucker up to a goat

Kramer was unpleasantly surprised when she ended up having to smooch the animal. She was pleasantly surprised to learn that that kiss, as unpleasant as it might have been, brought in close to $800 for her school.

Whether students vote for teachers to kiss a goat, kiss a pig or any other strange thing, it’s all about the “I dare Ya” of it and seeing their teacher do something they wouldn’t normally do.   Teachers rule the classroom, but once in awhile students get to have their day to be the boss too.

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The Valley View Elementary School PTA held their annual Walkathon on Thursday, October 11th in Ellensburg, Washington. They raised $13,647 — and because of their efforts, Principal Brenda Welch came to school for Friday, October 26th on rollerblades.

Funds raised will benefit PTA programs like author visits and school assemblies. The PTA will also fund 100% of entry fees for field trips. The school raised $6,000 more than the average that was raised in previous years.

The school made their walkathon fun with unique fundraising prizes students found appealing. One student, Taylor Wilson who raised $349.46 gets to be Principal for a day. Principal Welch has other challenges based on how much was raised. If the school raised $9,000, she would dye her hair and also wear roller blades on Friday, October 26th. If the school raised $11,000, she would jump in the pool with all of her clothes on at the $200 club pool party. If the school raised $13,000, a student would get to throw a pie in her ace at an upcoming awards assembly.

Source: DailyRecord

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Two California High School football teams are teaming together for a unique fundraiser. They will pull a DC-10 airplane with a rope. The Apple Valley High School of Apple Valley and the Silverado High School of Mission Viejo are rival football teams participating in the event.

The event will take place on Tuesday, October 30th at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. Funds raised will benefit eye care for residents of third-world countries. The World Health Organization states that approximately 75 percent of the people who are blind can be cured. The airplane they are pulling is the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital DC-10 which has flown around the world since 1982.

The football teams will be wearing their uniforms, gloves and football helmets for the special athletic competition. This event is considered a rehersal for another fundraiser planned in December of this year, five corporate sponsors will be competing and will pay $10,000 for the chance to participate.

Source: Aero-News.Net

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The Winneconne High School held their Winneconne Halloween Bash 2007 fundraiser on Sunday, October 21st. More than 300 children attended the spooky event at the Winnecone, Wisconsin school. Funds raised benefited the American Cancer Society. The event was to promote safe trick or treating and was organized by the high school student council.

One popular feature was the haunted science labratory. It was one of the newest attractions at the event.

Barb Sauer, a science teacher at Winneconne High School, said she developed the ideas for the haunted lab through the Internet while looking for lesson plans for her class. Sauer found a lot of haunted physics lab ideas there. “We want to make science fun and intriguing,” she said. “There really isn’t anything there that will scare kids.”

The Halloween-themed event had 20 trick-or-treat stations. It also had 14 game stations for various age groups. There was a glow-in-the-dark hallway and also a haunted hayride.

Source: thenorthwestern.com

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The Christ Academy sixth- and seventh-grade cheerleaders of Wichita Falls, TX have created a unique fundraiser to raise money to go on their trip to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL. Two red and yellow painted toilet bowls, decorated with pom poms and fake dollar bills have been appearing on the front lawns of Wichita Falls homes. To have the spirited item removed, the recipient’s home makes a donation to the cheerleading team.

The toilet bowl has the initials “C.A.” for Christ Academy on the tank and “Cheer” painted across the lid. Pom poms hang from the open lid of the toilet tank. Fake dollar bills stick out from the sides of the lid from around all of the edges. The bottom of the toilet is painted yellow. Red and yellow are the school’s team colors.

The team needs to raise $15,000 to pay for travel costs for the trip for nine cheerleaders and a coach to go to Florida. The cheerleading team typically cheers for the junior high school football team.

The cheerleaders were invited to cheer at the Capital One Bowl when they participated in a Wichita Falls junior high cheerleading camp held over the summer by Universal Cheerleaders. The sixth- and seventh-graders won a “Superior” trophy which is the camp’s highest honor, while they were competing against the other junior high school’s eighth grade cheerleading team.

Source: TimesRecordNews

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Coastal Grove Charter School held their Medieval Festival of Courage of Saturday, October 13th at the Manila Community Center in Arcata, California. The festival invites several local schools to participate in the event, but it is a fundraiser for the Charter school.

Children and adults dressed in medieval costumes. They were entertained by traditional medieval music and games from that time. Instruments included acoustic guitar, harp, flute, bagpipes, penny whistles and also traditional medieval songs.

Vendors at the medieval festival offered handmade crafts, herbs and weapons that were several centuries in age. The festival was both fun and very educational.

The Coastal Grove Charter School is a public charter school using Waldorf curriculum. The Waldorf curriculum is based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.

Source: The Eureka Reporter

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The Lead-Deadwood Elementary PTO is trying a different fundraiser for
their school in Deadwood, South Dakota, inspired by the District-wide
Wellness Plan. A “Fall into Reading” Read-A-Thon was held from
September 15th through 28th. The read-a-thon event was created to
encourage children to read more.

The read-a-thon is the school’s main fundraising for the year. The
goal is to raise the PTO’s annual budget of $15,000 with the
read-a-thon. The read-a-thon recieved lots of support from school
staff and parents.

Lots of ideas were presented as we tried to come up with something that we felt would work for the parents, teachers, kids, everyone involved. We were looking for something that fit in with the wellness plan, plus we were discouraged by the thought of giving up 60 percent of our profits as we had in years past. The group liked the idea of a Read-A-Thon and we also like the idea of having 100 percent of the funds we raise stay here to help our kids and our teachers in the classroom.” said Sandy Shirley, PTO Co-Chair.

The Lead-Deadwood Elementary School Principal, Tim Kosters agreed the read-a-thon was an excellent idea, “This is great for the kids as well as the staff. Our teachers will also benefit from the fundraising this year, as each will have the opportunity to submit a wish list to purchase things to use for their students and their classrooms. Most importantly, the kids will expand on their reading ability in the most critical learning years.”

Children that participate in the program will receive a complimentary
book appropriate to their age and reading level. As each child
raises $10, they “earn” $1 in “book bucks” that they can spend at the
November Scholastic Book Fair. The top fundraising class is awarded a
pizza party. The top fundraiser from each grade level is awarded a
prize that meets the Health and Wellness plan’s guidelines.

If you liked this article, you may want to read about this school
read-a-thon library fundraiser!

Source: Black Hills Pioneer

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