NCAA Division II Wishkit
Pre-approved FUNdraising Ideas List
Wish kid
Kendall
EDINBORO
UNIVERSITY
2
Fundraisers Guaranteed to Score Big
Thank you for helping to make wishes come true for children with crical illnesses when they need it
most. In this toolkit, you will nd pre-approved FUNdraising ideas, both in-person and virtual, to assist
you and your school with brainstorming events and acvies to benet Make-A-Wish
®
.
You can mix and match to create a fundraiser all your own, just as long as you check with your campus
athlecs compliance oce for nal approval and compliance with NCAA rules and regulaons.
Table of Contents
FUNDRAISING IDEAS ...................................................3
Make it Virtual • For the Love of the Game and Wish Kids • Show Your Support
It’s All Fun and Games • Engage the Community • Other FUNdraising Ideas
IMPORTANT REMINDER ................................................16
QUESTIONS
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Wish kid
Liam
SHIPPENSBURG
UNIVERSITY
easy medium hard
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
3
Make it Virtual
Below is a list of turnkey virtual fundraising ideas that you can use to reach your fundraising goal.
Friendly Compeon
Everyone loves a challenge, so why not engage in a bit of friendly compeon for a good cause?
See which members of your team can raise the most funds online using your ncaadii.wish.org page or
challenge dierent groups/clubs to plan their own fundraisers. Oer fun incenves for the best ideas,
top fundraisers, etc. Another compeve idea is to have supporters vote for something — like who will
get a pie in the face or do wacky stunts — by making donaons.
Design Contest
Work with your teammates to design shirts for the campaign, then have people donate to vote for
their favorite design.
Step-A-Thon
Oer up a challenge with your favorite step-counng device and get others to donate to try to beat
your steps.
Host a Roast
You don’t need a professional television network to host your own roast! Suggest $5 for online
aendance and host through a livestream.
Polar Bear Plunge Challenge
Have people donate to your link as they share geng cold water dumped on them or jumping in a
nearby cold body of water!
Jellybean Loery
Fill up a jar with jellybeans (or anything else – paperclips, marbles, etc.) and suggest a donaon for
people to guess how many are in the jar! Whoever has the closest guess gets a small prize.
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Make it Virtual (CONT.)
Picture This
Plan a photo contest and invite everyone to get in on the acon! The theme is up to you and your
team … think baby photos, pet photos, childhood sports photos, embarrassing photos, etc.
Supporters can “vote” for their favorite photos by making donaons and you can even turn this idea into
a bracket tournament with top photos advancing through each round.
Embarrassing Photo
Set a mini-goal and post an embarrassing photo when you reach the set amount.
Dress Like A Superhero
Share a photo of yourself dressed like your favorite superhero and share your link.
Pet Costume Contest
Post a picture of your pet in costume – don’t forget to include your donaon link!
Baby Photo Contest
Share a photo of yourself as a kid and what your wish would be (the ve wish categories are “I wish
to go,” “I wish to meet,” “I wish to have,” “I wish to be” and “I wish to give”) with your donaon link.
Sell It
Sales fundraisers are a “win-win” for everyone! You can create your own or choose from some of these
ideas: garage sales, cookbooks, tutoring/babysing services, holiday gi baskets, wristbands, T-shirts,
etc. Supporters can pay by making donaons online and you can oer contactless pickup if needed!
Sell Custom Bracelets
Either make your own bracelets with beads and/or string or order rubber ones online to send to
donors.
Sell T-Shirts
Create a personalized T-shirt with Custom Ink and sell them to your donors.
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Make it Virtual (CONT.)
Pro Tips
Restaurant nights are a great way to easily enhance fundraising. Check to see which of your local
restaurants oer a percentage back to schools/groups and consider scheduling some dine-out/take-out
nights that you can promote within your community.
1. Up the ante by adding fun incenves to help movate everyone on the way to your fundraising goal.
Need ideas? Your Make-A-Wish sta partner can help!
2. Selling T-shirts? If possible, try to get supplies and print services donated (or at a discount).
Take orders/collect funds in advance to help cover costs. Another opon would be to use a service like
customink.com, a “one-stop shop” for T-shirt sale fundraisers.
3. Invite other groups/clubs to help make wishes come true! They can help promote your Wish Your Way
page, parcipate in Virtual Wish Week and/or host fundraisers of their own.
Fun Night
Hold a drive-in movie night, cra night, online trivia or family game night, or another type of
“fun night.” Raise funds by charging an admission fee, selling concessions and encouraging general
donaons. To raise even more funds, consider incorporang raes or an aucon. Rae/aucon items
can include things like school swag, art, music, yoga lessons, gi cards, etc. Let the fun begin!
Virtual Paint Party
Host your own virtual painng class and invite others to join online with a suggested donaon amount.
Virtual Poker Party
Play dealer and host your own virtual casino night; donaons cover the ante.
Scavenger Hunt
Post a scavenger hunt and ask people to share the weirdest thing they forgot they own.
Bingo
Find an online bingo board and have people donate to play along.
Rae
Rae o high-value items or services (raking leaves, cooking a meal, etc.) and pull ckets for the winners!
‘THONs
Host a ‘thon of your choice! This could be a danceathon, walkathon, bikeathon, or any other type of
‘thon you can think of! Parcipants can fulll the requirements at home or around their neighborhood.
All parcipants encourage their friends and family to make general donaons online and/or pledges
for each minute they dance, lap they walk or run, mile they bike, etc.
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Make it Virtual (CONT.)
Get Sporty
It’s me to take it to the virtual court! Coordinate a gaming, eSports or workout tournament or event.
Raise funds via registraon fees, donaons, special contests, etc. The game/format is up to you and
there are lots of possibilies: all-day tournaments, student vs. faculty, or face o with a rival group.
Put on a Show
Lights, camera, acon! Livestream a talent show, fashion show, comedy show, art show, concert —
anything goes. Raise funds through donaons that count as votes, general donaons, special contests, etc.
Mission Maven
Host a virtual fundraiser with the Make-A-Wish mission top of mind!
See A Star Challenge
See a star, send a star; post a photo of a star on your story along with your link and tag ve friends
to repost and donate.
Chain of Stars
Cut out paper stars and chain them together each me you receive a donaon to show the impact.
Make it Personal
Fundraise, with your own personal twist! This can be appealing to your friends and family.
Retweets or Likes for Donaons
Donate $1 for every like or retweet that a post with your link receives.
Envelope Fundraiser
Include a pre-stamped envelope with another snail mail fundraiser and ask people to send it back
with a check making their donaon.
Birthday Donaons
Ask people to donate to your link rather than get you a birthday gi.
Piggy Bank Collecon
Empty your own piggy bank and have friends and family do the same and drop o coins at your door.
Give It Up
Pledge to give something up (like a favorite food) unl you reach your fundraising goal.
Give Me a Call!
Spend one weekend calling everyone you can think of to ask for donaons.
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For the Love of the Game and Wish Kids
Game Seats Halime Drawing
1. Reserve two or more front row seats.
2. Sell ckets to fans for $1 at each basketball or football game.
3. Sell ckets unl halime.
4. Draw the winning cket out of a hat.
5. The winner selected will obtain front row seats to an upcoming game or move seats for the second
half, depending on how you set it up.
Prizes Halime Drawing
1. Sell rae ckets to fans in aendance for the chance at an opportunity to win a special prize.
2. Depending on the number of prizes available, select the winners from the ckets sold to win a prize.
3. Check with your student government associaon or athlecs department to donate prizes or
game ckets.
Halime Contests
1. Sell rae ckets to fans in aendance for the chance to parcipate in halime contests, such as
kicking a eld goal kick from a certain distance at a football game; counng the number of successful
serves to a predetermined target during a volleyball game; or successfully hing a hockey puck into a
cut-out in the goal at a hockey game.
2. Select a certain number of parcipants to parcipate in the halime event.
3. T-shirts, hats and other items donated by your athlecs department should serve as prizes.
4. Ask spectators to donate to Make-A-Wish during halime.
Sell Items at Games
Idenfy possible items to sell during sporng events or special acvies, i.e., pom-poms, foam ngers,
lanyards and T-shirts. Pom-poms and foam ngers are generally great sellers. Make sure to contact the
bookstore to obtain clearance to sell certain products if necessary.
Sporng Admission
Implement an admission fee to a typically open event and donate the cket sales to Make-A-Wish.
An increase in admission price would also work, with the addional fee going to Make-A-Wish
(i.e., $1 from each cket sale will benet Make-A-Wish).
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Show Your Support
Chains of Wishes
A fundraiser designed to involve everyone on campus and within the local community.
1. Cut strips of paper and stamp or label with your school logo and include a statement that
says: “In Support of Make-A-Wish
®
.”
2. Sell these strips for $1-$2 to individuals in support of creang a “Chain of Wishes.”
3. Allow individuals who purchase a chain to sign their name and/or write a short message.
4. Connect the strips to form a chain.
5. Presentaon of the chain with the collected donaons will be made to the local Make-A-Wish chapter.
Make-A-Wish Night
Invite wish families to aend a game or sporng event for free. Show an approved Make-A-Wish PSA
early on during the event, and ask the crowd for donaons. At halime, allow a wish family who has
agreed to parcipate to speak about their wish experience and its impact.
1. Designate which event will be your “Make-A-Wish Night.”
2. Create yers and markeng materials to adverse your fundraising event.
3. Request the local chapter include details about the event in their newsleers and social media outlets
prior to the event.
4. Determine how funds will be collected during the event (a booth or table at entry points to the venue,
or team members can walk around with collecon buckets to take donaons throughout the event)
and designate who will parcipate in the collecon.
5. Work with your local chapter to nd an appropriate and willing wish family to parcipate in the event.
6. Secure an approved Make-A-Wish PSA from Make-A-Wish America to share during the game.
T-Shirt Sale
Sell athlecs department T-shirts at games and in the dorms. This fundraiser needs to be cleared with the
Compliance Ocer and Athlecs Department Licensee before beginning the project.
1. Get fundraising approval from the Compliance Ocer and Athlecs Department Licensee.
2. Design a T-shirt logo.
3. Have the T-shirts made.
4. Set up a table at a sporng event or in the dorm and sell.
Catch These
Fundraising
Best Pracces
WISH KIDS AND FAMILIES:
Increase aendance by inving wish kids and their families to aend
and speak at the event.
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Show Your Support (CONT.)
Welcome Back Goody Bags
Send out yers to parents of parcipang student-athletes in the athlecs department with
informaon on how to send goody bags to their children to support them during the rst few weeks of
school. For a donaon of $20, the student-athlete will receive a goody bag with items including fruit,
favorite candy bar, juices, crackers and other related snacks. Parents will also be provided an envelope
to enclose a personal leer. All donaons will benet Make-A-Wish.
1. Make yers and forms to send to the parents of student-athletes.
2. Ask local retailers for donaons of various goods and snack items to use in the goody bags. Keep
purchases down as much as possible to ensure fundraising success.
3. Have forms sent back with money by a certain date.
4. Organize goody bags with treats and special notes.
5. Distribute to student-athletes.
6. These bags can also be sold during midterms/nal exams.
Wish Star Sales
1. Visit makeawishamerica.sharepoint.com/sites/STAR to download and print paper wish stars (use the
login credenals provided to you by your Make-A-Wish representave).
3. Set a coverage goal: aim to cover all the walls of locker room, etc.
4. Sell the stars during an event or game.
5. Hang the stars on the walls to encourage others to donate and sign their name on a star.
Catch These
Fundraising
Best Pracces
FRIENDLY COMPETITION: Host a compeon between dierent sports
teams (e.g., baseball vs. basketball) or between student-athletes and
coaches/professors/administrators to increase instuonal support.
See who can raise the most funds or generate the highest level of parcipaon.
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It’s All Fun and Games
Bean Bag Toss (Cornhole, Baggo) Tournament
Student-athletes and enre campus community are invited to compete in a tournament where
winners are awarded prizes.
1. Host event on a campus lawn and have teams bring tents to enhance the environment.
2. Adverse around campus with yers and posters.
3. Determine cket price per person, and sell ckets in advance. Allow for ckets to be purchased on the
day of the event as well.
4. Create a fun environment by seng up outdoor speakers or enlisng a local band or DJ to perform
during the event.
Dodgeball Tournament
Invite each organizaon or athlec team on campus to create a dodgeball team. Each team pays an
entry fee to play. Give each team a “coach” who is a SAAC member. Host a cook out or BBQ during the
tournament where people can buy ckets.
1. Secure a site for the event, preferably a basketball court.
2. Set a date and me for the event.
3. Secure the equipment needed for the event (balls, tables, chairs, etc.).
4. Ensure all team coaches are prepared to educate their team members on the dodgeball rules
and collect all entry fees.
5. Create any markeng materials, such as dodgeball yer, dodgeball logo or parcipant T-shirts.
Golf Tournament
This is a great idea where the funds raised through the event could benet both your instuon’s
athlecs department and Make-A-Wish. Make sure you are clear with parcipants how much benets
Make-A-Wish. This fundraiser needs to be cleared with the athlecs department before beginning.
1. Set up a date to hold the event with a local golf course.
2. Charge a at rate of $75 per individual to parcipate in the event. This rate would include 18 holes of
golf and dinner. Dinner can be something as simple as hamburgers and hot dogs. Funds raised (at least
50 percent) will benet Make-A-Wish.
3. Organize parcipang individuals into foursomes and let them play. Winners will receive a prize or
goody bag. The prize pack may contain a gi cercate from a local restaurant or local merchandiser.
It’s All Fun and Games (CONT.)
One Wish, One Night – Game Night
The goal of “One Wish, One Night – Game Night” is to raise enough money in one night to sponsor
a wish for your local chapter. Include games such as a hula hoop contest, limbo, pie-eang contest,
and require parcipants to pay an entry fee for each event they would like to parcipate in. Provide
winners of each event with a prize.
1. Secure a site for the event that allows for plenty of space for mulple acvies at once.
2. Set a date and me for the event.
3. Determine the games that will be played during the event – the more you have, the beer!
4. Secure equipment needed for the event (hula hoops, basketballs, limbo pole, etc.).
5. Enlist a few volunteers to act as referees for each event.
6. Request donaons from local retailers to use as prizes for the winners.
7. Create approved markeng materials and distribute throughout campus and to the local community –
the more parcipants you have, the more funds you will raise.
8. Work with your local chapter to determine the average cost of a wish and designate the number as
your fundraising goal. Include your goal in all markeng materials for the event.
9. Sell ckets in advance and during the actual event.
10. Invite a local band or DJ to perform during the event.
11. Announce your progress on your goal throughout the night to generate excitement and encourage
addional parcipaon and donaons.
Wish kid
Breanna
DII FESTIVAL
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Engage The Community
Aucon
Have local businesses donate items for a student-athlete sponsored aucon to benet Make-A-Wish.
1. Have all donated items organized on a table.
2. Give each person a sign with a number to use to bid.
3. Have an auconeer be responsible for introducing the item up for the aucon and then keep track of
winners by using a computer spreadsheet (a silent wrien aucon would be a great idea as well).
Bake Sale
This fundraiser is a hit before, during and aer big games. Set up right outside the eld/court, and the
baked goods will be gone before you know it!
1. Have student-athletes in the athlecs department or local grocers donate goodies to the bake sale.
2. Designate team members to work shis to sell the goodies.
Car Wash
1. Find a re department or other water resource in your area.
2. Adverse around campus and in the local community.
3. Sell ckets in advance and allow for drive-ups on the day of the event.
4. Start washing.
College Youth Day
Organize a day where students from the community come to your instuon and parcipate in
acvies with your student-athletes. Individuals choosing to parcipate will be asked to donate a
minimum of $5 to Make-A-Wish.
Before the Acvity:
1. Select the date and send yers to local elementary schools.
2. Decide mes and acvies.
3. Select student-athletes and teams to parcipate in the acvity.
4. Check with the campus acvies board to see if funds or a donaon can be made available to provide
snacks/meals, drinks and/or T-shirt for parcipants.
Day of Acvity:
1. Organize parcipants into teams by age and/or previously determined teams.
2. Allow groups to parcipate in acvies at each staon for 15 to 20 minutes. Allow enough me for
each parcipant to complete three to four acvies.
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Engage The Community (CONT.)
Flower Sale
Nothing brightens up a tough day beer than owers. Find a local orist who will sell wholesale or
donate owers. Sell the owers in the café or athlec center for $1 a piece.
Flowers can be sold to the general student body and during sporng events.
Pizza Night
Pizza parlors may allow you to sponsor a pizza night where a certain percentage from the pizza and
beverages sold will be donated to Make-A-Wish on behalf of your instuon.
1. Contact a local pizza parlor.
2. Set up a date and me to hold the fundraiser.
3. Adverse around school and in the local community of the special event. Let the public know that a
percentage of sales from the event will go to Make-A-Wish.
Mascot Cards
Mascot cards are great because the money is donated to a good cause, and the recipient of the
card may save money at local restaurants and businesses. Cards should be sold for $10-$15 with a
percentage of the funds raised beneng Make-A-Wish. Cardholders would receive the determined
discount percentage from the selected businesses.
Spare Change Drive
Collect spare change in jars placed in various areas around campus (i.e., dorms, athlec
centers, snack bars, cafés and cket counters) where ckets to athlec events may be sold from students
and student-athletes. Label the front of the collecon jars with Make-A-Wish campaign name.
1. Gather coee cans and milk jugs to use as collecon containers.
2. Distribute clearly marked jars in places around campus.
3. Designate student-athletes to collect change on a daily basis.
Catch These
Fundraising
Best Pracces
CHAPTER SUPPORT:
Work closely with your Make-A-Wish chapter for assistance and
planning – the chapter may have materials and resources you can use.
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Stair Climb
Needs: A mulple-oor building and a trophy
Descripon: From the ground oor to the top oor, who will safely reach to the top of
the staircase rst? Winning individuals get a trophy for the year!
Cost: $10-$25 per person
Bike-A-Thon
Needs: Staonary bikes (partner with a local or on-campus gym) and a gi card
Descripon: Bike for a wish. Bikers can raise personal sponsors that provide funds for
the amount of me they bike (i.e., $1 for every 10 minutes).
Food Truck Fun
Needs: A food truck and space for the food truck
Descripon: Ask a food truck to come to the property and raise food prices
between $2-$4. Addional revenue goes to Make-A-Wish.
Ice Cream Social
Needs: Ice cream vendor
Descripon: Host an ice cream social event, build community and fundraise.
Cost: Use a xed rate or ask for donaons.
Dishes for Wishes
Needs: Tables, serving ware, jars, chairs and food provided by the cook o teams
Descripon: Structure this event like a chili cook-o. Make it a compeon between
students. Vote by pung ckets or money in the jar for the dish you are vong for.
Evening of Shopping
Needs: Vendors and primary locaon
Descripon: Solicit local merchants in your area to hold a special fundraiser to benet
Make-A-Wish. Many local businesses will do a 10/10 sale (10 percent o for customers in
order to incenvize them to shop, with 10 percent of all proceeds going to charity).
Other FUNdraising Ideas
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Miracle Minute Coin Drive
Needs: Volunteers to collect change and buckets
Descripon: Encourage students, faculty, sta and fans to donate their change
or dollars to Make-A-Wish at a sports event or residence hall.
Pie in the Face
Needs: Pie containers, whipped cream, tables, table cloth and a prize
Descripon: Whip up a lile fun, either as a separate event or as part of a grand nale to
your Wish Week, by inving students to donate $5 to pie their professors, coaches and peers
in the face. All you need to do is ll pie containers with whipped cream and charge $5 per
parcipant, the person who gets the most requests to be pied in the face wins a prize.
Re-focus an Exisng Campus Acvity
Needs: An already exisng scheduled event and a volunteer to collect donaons
Descripon: Turn your end of year picnic or school event into a an opportunity to help
make life-changing wishes come true for children with crical illnesses by collecng a small
donaon at the door. You can also add a rae or a silent aucon to raise more money.
Other FUNraising Ideas (CONT.)
TOTAL
:
$100!
1
Ask two friends
to each donate $5
2
Ask three people
on your team to
each donate $10
4
Ask four people at
your place of worship
or student group to
each donate $5
3
Ask three relaves to
each donate $10
5
Ask ve friends on
social media to each
donate $2
Five Steps to Raise $100!
Put a call out on social media and/or your fundraising plaorm for friendly
support of your fundraiser.
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Important Reminder
Student-athletes should check with their campus athlecs compliance ocer for nal approval and
compliance with NCAA rules and regulaons before comming to any fundraising project. For further
claricaon on any fundraising projects listed below, please contact the NCAA Naonal Oce.
Any Quesons?
We’ve got answers. Reach out to your NCAA Division II representave or contact Amanda Benzine
at the NCAA Naonal Oce at abenzine@ncaa.org or 317.917.6694, or Andrew Kluge from the
Make-A-Wish Naonal Oce at aklug[email protected].
Thank you, NCAA Division II, for your me, talent and dedicaon
to our partnership! Here’s to a great year!
Wish kid
Owen
MILLERSVILLE
UNIVERSITY
I wish to have
a golf simulator
Dakota, 15
leukemia
