A vast majority of children in the US have little option but to study in public schools; however, there are many good private schools as well that are a good alternative especially if you have the means to meet the extra costs involved. Each type of school has its own advantages and disadvantages though when it comes fundraising there are a few distinct advantages to private school fundraising.
Different Course
For one, private schools are institutions that do not need to depend on the state for obtaining funds as is the case with a majority of public schools. Therefore, private school fundraising takes a different course as compared to that of a public school and in fact, the former will try more unique private school fundraising options as compared to what public schools would opt for, for their fundraising programs. Nevertheless, some aspects to private school fundraising will actually overlap with those of public schools and a good example is holding bake sales.
Private schools are also more geared to collecting money as compared to public schools because the latter depends to a large extent on money given by the state. Private school fundraising work on better networking and the focus of their school activities is mainly to develop better and closer relationships with business organizations as well as to organize auctions in order to raise the necessary amount of money.
Private schools also have fewer students as compared to public schools and they must therefore need to rely on a smaller group of alumni in order to raise enough finances. However, well developed alumni can prove to be a formidable resource for a private school as it (the alumni) can be used to good effect in private school fundraising in a number of ways including, for example, organize an auction or a sports event and do a number of other things to attract money more effectively than can public school alumni.
In fact, private school alumni are also more motivated to help their old school and so, will show greater enthusiasm in making private school fundraising a bigger success. In addition, private school fundraising is also simpler because families of the schools students will generally bond better with families of other students and so, a closer knit community is formed that can be put to work to make private school fundraising more effective and useful.
School fundraising activities, when properly planned and executed, will, without a doubt, help any school collect a lot of money that in turn can be put to good use in completing different projects that require funds over and above what a school gets from its normal revenue sources.
Private school fundraising can try different fundraising options including sports related fundraising, music, dance as well as scout troop fundraising activities. It only requires that the school puts in a lot of effort, stays focused and motivates the participants to earn enough money that can then be used to address important issues and do all this by learning to take full advantage of the avenues open to them