School Playground Equipment

My good friend is running for student body president and we want to make the school more enjoyable with new playground equipment... but we don't have the money for that so we need a grant!!

I don't know of any sites that would do that, but maybe you could contact local businesses and see if they would 'sponsor' the equipment. Maybe get advertising in return?

2006-10-19 15:01:11 by Andrew

A case study of Playforce's work with Colerne Primary School. Covering advice on chosing equipment, funding and working with EYs, KS1 &amp ...

Try a car wash, that always seems to work well when I do it for different fundraisers...

A word of advice, do it as a "donation" thing - don't charge a flat rate - you'll get more people...trust me!

2006-08-07 12:34:56 by Isis

Price: $9.50 $18.79

Looking to raise money for a new school playground. This will also be used by the whole community as the town playground. The current playground has flooding during the spring and the equipment is unsafe. All the work is being done by volunteers but the sod and pea gravel and playground equipment along with a new drainage system will be around 100,000. The community has been donating all it can, but we need other sources. Any ideas out there?

Hold a play-a-thon for the community, both adults and children. Organize games such as tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, dodgeball...you know...children's games from our playground days. Have the community pay or pledge to participate and have groups selling drinks and baked goods on the side to raise even more money. Companies could even pay to sponsor some of the games.

Good luck!

2007-02-04 18:07:10 by veryruralchick

Price: $39.40 $24.22

I'm looking to redo the playground at my Church and $$ is an issue. I'm looking for a merry go round and was wondering what schools and parks do with their used stuff

They do a couple of different things. The first concern is that the used equipment does not meet current ASTM safety standards. If that's the case, they will scrap it. Another route is an organization called Kids Around the World (www.kidsaroundtheworld.com) They are a charitable organization that takes used equipment and create playgrounds in other countries.

2009-07-21 19:31:38 by Ashley M

This is a school for special need young children

I think a easy small thing to do is to sell t-shirts.

Make it even more fun my buy a ton of white Haynes shirts, and some pillow cases and white hanker chiefs, socks and have Tye dying sale..sell them item and then charge for each color.
It would be GREAT if you could get products that say your school's name on it!

the shirt for example can be sold for ten bucks and the first color is free. Each extra color can be 50 cents to 1.00.


You could also do a movie/pizza babysitting night. Get a bunch of high school kids that need to do community service- get parent/ teacher volunteers and a room or two in the school. "babysit" the kids for 10 bucks per child and give parents 3 hours to go out and enjoy dinner on their own! I know I would pay it and it is easy.

2007-07-20 15:05:44 by mike h