| The 5th Grade needs money for their class trip or the | | | | well as to their parents. |
| band needs money to travel to a competition. These | | | | This will ensure that your parent pool understand that |
| are all very good reasons for having a fundraiser. | | | | you are not promoting unsafe sales practices, and that |
| When managing any type of team or school | | | | their children are not being encouraged to "do what it |
| fundraising activity we should have the phrase "Safety | | | | takes" to make a sale. |
| First" planted firmly in the minds of our player, students | | | | Cover repeatedly that your students should be |
| and parents alike. Though we as adults may have this | | | | concentrating their sales effort in a safe manner by |
| type of mindset we especially need to emphasize the | | | | limiting their sales efforts to friends, family, neighbors, |
| value of safety to our young people. | | | | and their parents coworkers. |
| When developing a school fundraising campaign where | | | | C.) Communicate the need with reinforcement |
| children will be your primary sales force it is imperative | | | | You might create safety conscious posters to display |
| that you take the utmost precaution for their safety. | | | | in high traffic areas of your school. Ask other teachers |
| Develop a safety plan and make sure that everyone | | | | to help you remind the students by mentioning safety |
| knows about it and then strictly enforce it. | | | | in class. Have "Safety First" or a similar statement |
| A.) Focus on Safety First | | | | printed on all sales materials. If need be buy are rubber |
| With chilling stories of criminal minds in the newspapers | | | | stamp with your slogan and use it on all printed sales |
| and TV news we recommend that under no | | | | literature. |
| circumstances should your kids be going door-to-door | | | | D.) Structure your prize program and sales instructions |
| selling for your team fundraiser or school fundraising | | | | to promote school fundraising safety |
| project without appropriate adult supervision. Honestly, | | | | One of the best ways to ensure that your kids are |
| if your school fundraising plan requires door-to-door | | | | safe while fundraising for their school or team is to |
| cold call sales you should completely revise your plan. | | | | give the best and most exciting prizes at a level that |
| And this should not be limited to product sales. Other | | | | can be reached without the kids feeling like they have |
| types of fundraising activities such as a car wash or a | | | | to "sell the world" to get them. Something else that you |
| bake sale outside of local stores should have adult | | | | can do is during your fundraiser kickoff, instruct the |
| supervision as well. | | | | students how they can sell what they need to sell |
| B.) Develop a written policy concerning school | | | | without going door-to-door by asking some of their |
| fundraising activities. | | | | friends or relatives to take their brochure to work for |
| All fundraising activities should require that an adult be | | | | them. |
| present. Ensure that everyone involved in your project | | | | Do not put your kids in unsafe situations. There is no |
| be aware and conscious of your safety policy. Print | | | | amount of money that is worth jepardizing the safety |
| your policy and give a copy to each of your kids as | | | | of the children. |