“Kids Helping Kids” program
Kids genuinely want
to help in the fight against child trafficking…they agree that kids
aren’t for sale!
HOPE RETURNS encourages students in Canada to help us in our work by:
1) Raising awareness about human trafficking:
- Choosing human trafficking for school
projects.
- Having a speaker from Hope Returns to
speak at their school.
- Talking about the issue with their
friends ensuring that everyone is aware of the methods traffickers use
to recruit their victims.
2) Helping to
save victims of child trafficking through fun and creative
fundraising projects such as:
- Academy Awards
Night - students dress up as celebrities and create video movie
skits for the event. Admission charged to event.
- Art /Book Fair
– relatives/friends/artists donate art/books. Provides a fun shopping
experience for students and a great way to rasie money.
- Balloon Pop
– notes are put inside balloons -some worth a prize. Balloons are
purchased and popped in hopes of getting a prize.
- Bike or
Walk-a-thon – choose a date and route, make pledge forms and
advertise with posters
- Car Wash
– students get permission to set up a car wash in a parking lot.
- Carnival –
with games, prizes, popcorn (charge small fee to play games)
- Corsage Making
– students make and sell them for prom night – i.e. $7.00/per corsage.
- Craft Fair –
Students make crafts and sell them at their craft fair.
- Dance –
one dollar more for ticket, sell roses at the dance, etc.
- Dress-up Day –
students pay to wear eveningwear or tuxedo to school. A fashion Show is
held at lunch time and the winners are crowned.
- Duck Race
– sell numbered plastic ducks. Set the ducks afloat on a shallow
river. The person whose duck wins the race gets a prize.
- Dunking Booth
- Charge $1 per ball to dunk a student or teacher.
- Funniest
Home/School Videos - entry fee – winner gets prize.
- “Guess the
Baby” Contest - photos of teachers/students as babies posted.
Voters pay a fee – winner gets prize.
- Karaoke Night -
for students and adults. Admission charged about $3.00. Snacks are
$1.00.
- Lunch ‘n Learn
- Invite a speaker and provide lunch for a lunch-time workshop on a
topic of interest.
- Miniature Golf
– build a nine-hole golf course at your school – charge a fee to
play during the lunch hour.
- Movie
Fundraiser - The movie is free. Refreshments about $2.00.
- PJ Days
– Students pay $1.00 to wear pajamas to class on specified days.
- Raffle Tickets
– for a basket, to sporting event, etc.
- Scavenger Hunt
– entry fee – winners get prize.
- School Trivia
Contest – questions about events that happened at the school -
entry fee & winners get prize.
- Shovel Snow –
shovel people’s walks for a donation.
- Skit/Puppet
Show - A skit/puppet show usually performed by the drama club.
Admission charged or a display table is set up for donations.
- Sweet-Tooth
Sales
- students serve ice cream, hot chocolate, or other sweets at lunch or
breaks in order to raise money. Get items donated or baked by
volunteers.
- Talent Show
– admission to event is charged.
- Tricycle Races
– Students race - feature attraction is
the Teachers Race - admission to event is charged.
- Ugly Tie /
Ugly Earrings Day - entry fee – winners get prize.
- Wild Hat Day
- entry fee – winners get prize.
* All funds raised
for Hope Returns go directly to helping child victims of human
trafficking.
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Kids
help in the fight
against
child
trafficking.
Students'
efforts are creative &
effective and they're
really
making a
difference.
We all agree ...
kids
aren't
for sale! |
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... helping to end child trafficking
