Choc-free fundraising at school

As well as naming our favourite fundraising ideas (that don’t involve chocolate!), Healthy Kids is always asked to list companies who run profitable fundraisers that take the time and effort away from busy parents, teachers and schools. Below are just a few organisations that provide fundraising alternatives that we think are fun while still providing those much-needed funds. This isn’t an exhaustive list, so if you can think of any others please let us know and we’ll update our list.

• Active Schools Challenge – encourages friends and family to support kids to get moving every day during Active August, with 75% of the proceeds going back to the school.
• BoxGarden – a vegetable patch in a box, packed with everything you need to grow your own veggie patch.
• Comedy Empire – tickets to a comedy day at your school (more for high school, we think).
• Crazy Camel – calendars, family planners, pillowcases, greeting cards, diaries, notebooks and school labels.
• DIY Natural – great ideas on how to gather a school community together to create a range of DIY products for use at home and at school.
• Expressions – customised tea towels, aprons and bags.
• Foost – child-friendly utensils, meal planners and plates.
• Harvest Hub – fresh, seasonal produce delivered to school community hub members.
• i heart arts and crafts – a few ideas on this site, but we love this scribble mug (you’ll need to decide on an appropriate selling price).
• Identity Direct – personalised stationery, gifts and school labels.
• Jolly Soles – boxes of funky socks.
• KiddiKutter – KiddiKutter is designed for children 3 years & older to cut their own food SAFELY.
• Living Fundraisers – greeting cards, veggie growing kits, snacks, seed-embedded Christmas cards and more.
• Mommy Potamus – inspiration for fundraisers, especially the DIY reusable food wraps.
• My School Adventure – get kids reading and raise money with school-customised adventure stories
• Pictureproducts – the original pictureplate fundraiser.
• Published Authors – cookbooks compiled by students, parents and teachers.
• Raise A Patch – seed packets that grow fantastic flowers, veggies, herbs and more.
• School Fundraising – Fun-Run and Read-a-Thon fundraising programs.
• Sipahh Straws – mixed with reduced-fat milk, these flavouring straws are less than 1/2 tsp sugar per milk flavouring straw.
• Stickybeaks – insulated, reusable lunch bags and lunch wallets.