Sample Event
Trick or Treat Competition
- We held an elementary school competition in our school district to do the we:
- encouraged each local elementary school to have a trick-or-treating for UNICEF competition
- sent a group of representatives to give speeches about UNICEF to the schools & to explain how to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
- Handed out official trick-or-treat for UNICEF boxes to each kid and encouraged them to ask for change for UNICEF when trick-or-treating
- Had all students combine their change into classroom bins the day after Halloween
- Rewarded the classroom that raised the most money with an ice cream/pizza party at each school
Who helped:
- Teachers: had their classrooms participate & encouraged the kids to get excited about helping other kids through UNICEF
- Club members: gave speeches, got kids excited about participating, provided the ice cream & hosted the party, and collected & counted the money
- The Elementary Students: trick-or-treated & collected the money. They were the stars!
- UNICEF: sent the trick-or-treat kits
- Principals: helped with the logistics of starting the project, advertised in their school papers & notices, gave permission for participation
- Community members: generously donated by giving the kids change & often dollar bills
Blueprint
- Trick-or-treat for UNICEF is a program in which kids can go door to door collecting money for UNICEF on Halloween
- To make this more of an event, it is a good idea to make this into a competition
- Have local elementary school age kids collect money and combine it into group bins, and reward the group that raises the most money with a pizza party or something of that sort. Or have individual kids compete for some type of prize.
- Target the group you are trying to involve (e.g. local public elementary schools, elementary school after-school clubs/day-cares, local Church youth groups, cub scout troops, any group of elementary aged kids that makes sense in your community)
- Pitch the event to the school principals or group leaders
- Encourage the leaders to build enthusiasm for the project through events leading up to Halloween, e.g. have them make posters or decorate the group bins
- Advertise the event in school/community newspapers and websites and parent newsletters.
- Give a speech at school assemblies and/or in individual classrooms to advertise the event in schools. Give a speech at club meetings or after school care centers.
- Talk about the cause as well as the event to raise awareness
- Let the community know about the event so that they will be generous with donations
Happy Halloween!
