Before you decide what your fundraiser will be, there are a few things you will need to do to be prepared and, most of all, to be successful:

Establish a goal.

Figure out how much money you need to raise and what date you need to raise it by.  Don’t forget to also factor in any upfront costs associated with the fundraiser itself.  This will help keep your team motivated and also helps in determining what fundraiser would be best for you.  You may wish to have more than one fundraiser.  Direct each fundraiser toward a specific goal.  You may hold a cheerleading clinic for elementary students to raise funds for new cheerleading uniforms and then have a penny drive to raise money for an upcoming competition. Just be sure to space your fundraisers out a bit.

Know what others groups are doing for fundraising in your area.

You will not be very successful if a local church is having a bake sale on the same weekend as your or if the girl scouts are taking orders the same week you are selling cookie dough.

As a team you can accomplish anything!

Remember that fundraisers are a lot of work but if you work together it will be a sure success.

There are countless ideas for fundraisers.  Some may not be practical for your location, season or budget, but here are some ideas to get you started.  No matter what you choose to do, show your spirit.  Wear your team cheerleading uniforms or cheer warm ups.  Show your school colors with hair ribbons or pins.  If you show your spirit, others will too!

• Sell spirit or mascot items, or any other items relative to your city, state or region.  Our Spirit Sticks are always a hit!
• Have a raffle.  Sell tickets and raffle off prizes.  Prize possibilities: 50% of the money you collect, community donated coupons or gift cards, gift baskets (have each team member make a themed basket such as chocolate lover’s basket, pasta dinner basket, etc…), or any services or goods you can get a community organization to donate.
• Make Cheer Cans out of old coffee cans.  Decorate them, including your fundraising goal, and add a hole in the top for donations.  Take them around to local stores and gas stations and ask if they will display them.  Attach a Pom Pet to the top of the can, you’ll be sure to catch the customer’s attention!
• Recycle!  Collect bottles and cans.  Many local recycling centers will also buy old cell phones and ink cartridges.
• Have a penny drive for each classroom for one month.  The classroom that raises the most gets a pizza party.
• Offer services around the holidays.  Gift wrapping at Christmas, babysitting on Valentine’s Day…
• Make a school calendars and sell it.  Don’t forget to have game days pre-marked on the calendar!
• Have a rummage sale or bake sale.  Our CZ Post-Its would make great labels for your bakes goods!
• Take advantage of the holidays.  Have a picnic and sell bagged lunches for 4^th of July, an egg hunt for Easter, sell pumpkin pies just before Thanksgiving, a party with trick or treating for Halloween.
• Make a cookbook.  Gather recipes from other students, parents and teachers. Deliver them in gift bags in your school’s colors!
• Hold a clinic for elementary students. Teach them a few cheers and have them perform at a game.  Don’t forget poms for your students…our Rooter Poms would be perfect in your school colors!
• Donate your time at a local business for a day.  Ask local businesses to allow your team to work for them for a day for a portion of the profits or for donations. Gas stations and drive-thrus are great places to start.
• Sell flowers for spirit week or holidays.  Arrange with a florist to sell the flowers ahead of time and have them delivered at a later date.  Sell red roses or carnations for Valentine’s Day or Sweetest Day, carnations in a school color for homecoming, poinsettias for Christmas, etc.
• Have a carnival. Set up a carnival in the school gym or football field. Have booths with different games and activities.  Remember a face painting for the kids or checkout our face tattoos!
• Have a car wash.

For even more ideas visit our website at cheerzone.com for a complete list of fundraising ideas!

Whichever fundraiser you choose to do, be sure to keep the community informed of your goals.  Let them know what you are raising the money for, how much you are trying to earn and how much you have earned thus far.  Don’t forget to send a thank you to any person or organization who donates their time or good to your fundraiser too.  Check out our stationary for a fun touch!  With team work and a lot of spirit, your fundraiser will be a success no matter what you choose!

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Olympian Warm-Up Set
One style from Birch Run that I recognized right away was the Charles River Olympian Jacket & Pant. This warm-up was worn by a cheer gym and customized with bright neon green tackle twill lettering that really stood out. I didn’t a get a pic but here is the what the warm-up looks like. So you can just imagine the possiblities with your team colors.

Endurance Warm-Up Set
Second on the list is a warm-up set that is a cheer teams must have whether your a competitive, high school, or youth squad. This would the most economical choice. This is a very traditional unisex solid warm-up that comes in black, red, dark green, navy, dark maroon, and royal. It can easily be worn over your uniform with sizes ranging from youth small to adult extra large, so this $19.99/piece warm-up is great for any team on a budget. These warm-ups are also in-stock as well so if you need them quickly this should be your first choice for cold weather fashion.

Verve Warm-Up Set
Next up is the new Verve Warm-Ups set from Don Alleson available May 1st through yours . This set is great for girls wanting a more fitted look. Comes in black/white, red/white, dark green/white, scarlet/white, royal/white, navy/white, purple/white. and pink/white. This jacket can be worn over any cheerleading shell or bodyliner. Wearing the pants over your skirt is optional depending on how form fitting the skirt style is. What I like best about this style is the band along the pants backside area that can be lettered or e with your team name. Letter the front of the jacket as well to have that whole “make an entrance, leave an impression” statement to all the other teams and fans.

Custom Uniform Wam-Ups Set
With these warm-ups you can mix match 10 different style jackets with any one of seven style custom pants. What’s great about these warm-ups is that they can be completely customized. You can match your uniforms color, striping, and lettering. Make sure to order these at the same time you order uniforms because due to the customization they will take approximately 8 weeks to produce. The wait is well worth what you’ll get in the end. The best part about these warm-ups is that they are available on our Custom Uniform Creator for you to edit and try out different looks. You can order just the warm-up or pair it up with a uniform. Get your whole team to create a look and then vote to see whose creation will be used for your team look this year.  Cheer Coachs…this is a great way to take a little of the ordering stress off your shoulders and make it a fun team oriented activity.

Trendy Winter Accessories
Acessories such as fleece head warmers and spirit beanies are always in fashion, but this year we noticed a lot of girls wearing leg warmers and arm warmers to accent thier team uniform colors. I made a short list of product images below that we like best. Some we carry some we hope to carry. Take a look and let us know which accessories you like best. Click on the image below to see where your can purchase these items.

Head Warmers

$5.99

$12.99

Arm Warmers

$8.50

$12.00

$9.00

Leg Warmers

$5.50

$10.00

$15.00

Tights…a little on the whacky side, but sooooocute!

$11.00

$11.00

$11.00

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