We have had a walk a thon for a few years now at our school and we actually have tit on a friday it is an all day event and it is awesome! This is my first year to be head of it so wish me luck! If you have any questions on how we do this please feel free to email me!
We have a very successful walkathon every year. Last year we raised over $50,000. We do not necessarily give a set amount per student as a goal, but give big picture goals. The student per class who raises the most money gets to slime their teacher. The student who sold the most in the school got to slime the principal & they get an iPad Mini. Our goal was $35,000 and the Vice Principal said if we reached the goal, he would shave his head. The students had milestones to hit, such as $25.00, $50.00, etc..As they reached each milestone, they would get a different colored dog tag. The kids loved the dog tags and they all competed to have the opportunity to slime their teacher. We also give out iPad's or iPad mini's to the top 3 teachers as an incentive for the teacher to motivate the class.
This works well for our school and the kids have a blast. The day of the run, we have popcorn, sno cones and a DJ. It's a great day and we raise more money for this than we do any other fundraiser. Our costs are about $5,000, but the profit is amazing!
We have a walk a thon every year and for most years the kids exceed the goal. Our principle sets the financial goal. He then divides that goal by how many students in our school. He then "times" that amount by how many students are in each class. That way every class a goal to reach. Say $15,000 divided by 200 students equals $75 per student. if a class has 23 students their goal is $1725. If a class has 30 students their goal is $2250. Some students will surpass their individual goal and some may not make it but usually every class makes the goal. The school sponsors a trip to Dave and Busters for the top 5 students. Any student who brings in a preset amount or above is entered into a drawing and 25 more students are picked to go also. The teachers can also get involved with little challenges for the students. If every student brings in a certain amount by a certain date then no homework that night. The students have approximately 4 weeks to meet their goals. On the final day parents and students alike meet in the school yard after lunch and the principal announces the final results, classroom standing, top 5 and picks the remaining 25 and then the entire student body along with family and friends goes on a long walk through the neighborhood.
Hope this helps get you on your way. ood Luck!
That's exciting that you are adding a walk-a-thon! As it is your first, you will have to "guestimate'' a bit up front to give a ballpark for how much you can possibly earn from this event. That's okay! If it goes well and you and you want to do it again next year, you'll have more data to figure out how the event will do financially.
We have a really helpful article on organizing fun runs and walk-a-thons that I think will give you lots of good information to help you will planning, including setting goals. Here's the link: www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/arti...ng-a-fun-run?start=1
We have a successful auction every spring that brings in the vast majority of our income. I'm in charge of fundraising for the PTA this year (and co-chair of the auction). I'd like to add a fall walk-a-thon into our fundraising mix.
Since we've never done one before, I have NO idea how to set a fundraising goal for it.
We have 550 students. The principal wants it to be held on a weekend so we won't likely have everyone there. But how can we make a goal without any idea what percent of the kids might participate?
I could guess (hope) that we'd get at least 200 kids, and hope for at least $20/kid . . . but that's all just made up.
