The benefits of healthy fundraising
Healthy fundraising raises funds and also shows a commitment to promoting health and wellbeing.
Some of the benefits to healthy fundraising include:
- your community acts as a role model to promote a healthy lifestyle
- it exposes and supports your community towards positive lifestyle choices, and
- children learn better when they eat well and are active.
Healthy food fundraising
- Fruit drive (e.g. mango, strawberries or apples)
- Collect healthy family recipes and make into a cookbook to sell
- Sell fruit cups, fruit kebabs or fruit smoothies at your school
- Fruit box raffle
- Hire a smoothie bike
- Canteen cultural themed food days selling healthy food from around the world
- Sell fruit and vegetables from your schools edible garden to the community
Healthy active fundraising
- Fun runs or walks
- Colour runs
- Car washes
- Walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, jump-rope-a-thons, hula-hoop-a-thons (fill in the blank-a-thons!)
- Treasure hunts
Selling items
- Reusable shopping bags or beeswax wraps
- Seeds, seedlings or potted herbs
- Tea towels or aprons with student artwork
Events
- School disco and concerts
- Costume days
- Casual dress days
- Dressing in sports team colours
- Multicultural celebration days
