Comments on: 8 Tips from an Experienced School Carnival Organizer http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/school-carnival-tips-experienced/ Top School Fundraisers is dedicated to connecting school groups with effective fundraising ideas Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:23:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lori http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/school-carnival-tips-experienced/comment-page-1/#comment-27504 Lori Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:28:09 +0000 http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/?p=967#comment-27504 Awesome suggestions! I'd like to add one - get lots of parents signed up to help! The company I work for, VolunteerSpot.com - has a free and easy online sign up tool that the carnival chair, room parents and teachers can use to schedule parents to staff the booths and carnival. We also send automated email reminder messages to help parents keep their commitments. Please check us out - with all the time you save coordinating parents, you'll have more time for carnival prep! Have fun! www.VolunteerSpot.com Awesome suggestions! I’d like to add one – get lots of parents signed up to help! The company I work for, VolunteerSpot.com – has a free and easy online sign up tool that the carnival chair, room parents and teachers can use to schedule parents to staff the booths and carnival. We also send automated email reminder messages to help parents keep their commitments. Please check us out – with all the time you save coordinating parents, you’ll have more time for carnival prep! Have fun!

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]]> By: Nate Jaehnig http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/school-carnival-tips-experienced/comment-page-1/#comment-25379 Nate Jaehnig Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:01:16 +0000 http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/?p=967#comment-25379 I totally agree with your thoughts on not having a theme. Many times this will detract from the goal of making money. The organizers get so caught up in keeping with the theme that they ignore the real intent of the carnival - raising money. For example, if you were doing a "Western Days" carnival you may choose to do something like a hay ride ILO a higher throughput ride like an <a href="http://www.azbouncepro.com/slides.html">inflatable slide</a>. You are much wiser doing a game or ride with a higher throughput than trying to fit a theme for a carnival. To add on to the concession and food thought, buying from a name brand can be dangerous too. Chances are that the sandwiches from Chick-fil-A did not taste as good at the carnival as it did in the restaurant. People don't like this. Additionally, keeping chicken for a longer period of time is more difficult than parents grilling hot dogs. I totally agree with your thoughts on not having a theme. Many times this will detract from the goal of making money. The organizers get so caught up in keeping with the theme that they ignore the real intent of the carnival – raising money.

For example, if you were doing a “Western Days” carnival you may choose to do something like a hay ride ILO a higher throughput ride like an inflatable slide. You are much wiser doing a game or ride with a higher throughput than trying to fit a theme for a carnival.

To add on to the concession and food thought, buying from a name brand can be dangerous too. Chances are that the sandwiches from Chick-fil-A did not taste as good at the carnival as it did in the restaurant. People don’t like this. Additionally, keeping chicken for a longer period of time is more difficult than parents grilling hot dogs.

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