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Paint Branch High School
Burtonsville, MD
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Sell hot lunches! Paint Branch High recently moved to an
open lunch policy, which had two effects. First, seniors were allowed
to get lunch off-campus with the permission of their parents. But
more importantly, it meant that the rest of the students - roughly
1,500 - would all be eating at the same time.
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help the school's lunch staff deal with all these hungry students,
students started selling McPanther Meals. The meals, named after
Paint Branch's mascot, consisted of a hot dog, bag of potato
chips, and a can of soda. They sold for $2.25 each, and it only
cost 75¢ to produce a meal, so after only three weeks of
selling the meals, $1,260 was raised!
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Solve
someone's problems and you've got it made. The McPanther
Meals solved an obvious problem at the school: who wants
to wait in a long line for a school lunch? Think about what
problems your own school and community face, and how you
can use creativity to create a fundraiser that fills a need.
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Price
carefully. McPanther Meals were 40¢ more expensive
than a regular school lunch - so if they didn't seem worth
the extra money, the whole fundraiser could've bombed. Think
carefully about what price is reasonable for your fundraiser.
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Streamline
where you can. When there's a bunch of hungry people
waiting for your product, a small mix-up can turn into a
huge problem. Be as organized as you can with your fundraiser
- plan ahead of time so that everyone knows what their role
is.
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Ivymount
School ran a school cafe that served breakfast each morning.
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