Junior / Senior Prom Fundraising Ideas
Posted by Angela Costas on 24 Aug 2009 in: Fundraising Ideas, High School
Every spring high schools all across the country throw a grand party and dance known as the PROM. It’s a rite of passage for any teenager. Get dressed up, dance and have a great time!
One of the first things your prom committee will do is to create a prom budget. This will help you know how much everything will cost and how much money will need to come in to pay for the event.
Many schools also charge a entry ticket for students who go to prom, but that is usually not enough to cover the costs of putting on the event. So of course that leaves us with fundraisers for prom. Most of the time the students have fundraisers for prom starting a year or more in advance.
There are a lot of ways that high schools raise the money needed. Usually the prom committee is in charge of planning the event and the fundraisers. Sometimes parents help with raising money too.
List of Prom Fundraising Ideas
1. Have a prom dress sale to get rid of your old dresses and make some big bucks at the same time! You can accept any kind of formal wear, weddings too, to attract even more buyers.
2. Speaking of fashion, how about a fashion show fundraiser?
3. Parents could have a night of fun all to themselves with a wine tasting fundraiser.
4. For a more elaborate adult-only fundraiser, a second chance prom could be a lot of fun.
5. Have a talent show at the school carnival (even if your high school doesn’t have a carnival, see if you can do this at a local elementary school!)
6. You can have a sale to raise funds for prom such as a candle fundraiser or cookie dough sale.
7. One school held a volleyball tournamet to raise fund for prom.
8. Have a dress up day at school or a sporting event in dress up – one high school rugby team played a game in prom dresses to raise funds!
9. Another great competition would be a video game tournament like Wii sports
or DDR.
10. Work with a local restaurant which will donate part of the proceeds to your group. Chik-fil-A, Pizza Hut, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Marble Slab, Ci Ci’s Pizza and Sonic are just a few of the ones that offer this.
You can use the cards as prizes for students who bring in the most fundraising results. On the other hand, you could sell the cards to raise extra funds (based on a $20 suggested retail price).

