Step-by-Step Directions

We know you're busy, so we've designed a fundraiser that's quick and easy to implement yet still makes a big impact. Follow these steps to launch the WFP Fundraiser in your school:

OBTAIN PERMISSION AND PREPARE:

• Read through the talking points and blueprint to familiarize yourself with the fundraiser. Click here to access the Talking Points/Blueprint.
  
  
• Consider recruiting a few friends to help you.
  
  
• Write to your school's principal, superintendent, or similar administrator to request permission to conduct the fundraiser. Click here to access a sample letter. Request permission NOW if your school administrators are still on campus. If they've left for the summer, request permission as soon as they return in the fall.
  
  
• If needed, meet with the principal/administrator to obtain final permission to conduct the fundraiser. Review the talking points/blueprint to prepare for this meeting.
  
  
• Once permission is obtained, register your school with us (send an email to quartercoalition@yahoo.com). We'll add your school's name to the list of participating schools.
  
  
• Prepare to publicize the fundraiser during the week of Oct. 13-Oct. 17, 2008. Make posters to hang in your school (click here for poster slogans). Ask school administrators to announce the fundraiser during school days on Oct. 13-17 (click here for P.A. announcements you can use). Write an article about the fundraiser for your school newspaper.

DURING THE WEEK OF OCT. 13-17, 2008:

• Hang your posters around the school, ask school administrators to announce the fundraiser over the P.A., and generally start spreading the word about the fundraiser.
  
  
• collect donations (aim to collect at least 25 cents from each student) during the week of Oct. 13-17, 2008. We've used several strategies: Passing a collection plate during home room, soliciting loose change during lunch periods, requesting donations during social studies classes. Choose a strategy that will work for your school.
  
  
• Count and record each day's collection. We recommend that at least two students count the collection together. You may want to report your totals to the principal/administrator.
  
  
• Report your progress to other participating students/schools via our Quarter Coalition discussion group. Email us at quartercoalition@yahoo.com if you haven't already joined this discussion group.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

• Send your total donations to the Friends of the World Food Program, the not-for-profit agency associated with the WFP. You'll want to exchange the cash and coins collected for a check written to "Friends of the World Food Program". You can arrange for your school to write the check or perhaps a parent will assume this responsibility. Send the check to:
  
  Friends of the World Food Program
  1819 L Street, NW
  Suite 900
  Washington, DC 20036
  
  Additional contact information:
  
  Tel. 202 530 1694 or 866-929-1694
  Fax. 202 530 1698
  Email. info@friendsofwfp.org
  
  
• Send thank you letters to all involved in making the fundraiser a success. These will include the principal/administrator, school secretaries, and possibly teachers and parents. Let these stakeholders know that you hope they will support the fundraiser again next year. Click here for a sample thank you letter.
  
  
• Hang a flyer in your school that reports results of the fundraiser to the student body. You couldn't have done this without their support.
  
  
• Report your final results to us at quartercoalition@yahoo.com so we can post results to this Web site.
  
  
• Consider writing a press release for local papers announcing the fundraiser's results (click here to view a sample press release) or write an article for your school newspaper.