Penny Wars are easy to run, fun for K-12 students, and surprisingly effective at raising funds. But your school needs to promote a Penny War effectively if you want to raise the largest amount possible.
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As a free fundraising platform for K-12 school groups, we’ve got resources that can help. Promote your Penny War to the whole school community with these 5 free Canva templates you can customize and share in just a few minutes.
The flyers below make great print advertisements for your Penny War—but you can also use our free online fundraising platform for K-12 schools to register students easily, collect pledges, and more.
Here are just a few of the ways FutureFund helps school fundraisers succeed:
Not a FutureFund user yet? Get started today with a free trial, then use the templates below to give your campaign the perfect print media support.
The Canva templates below are designed so you can add your event information to them in minutes. To use these templates, simply:
No matter which of the templates on this list you choose to customize for your events, ensure that it has the following information clearly displayed:
This eye-catching flyer makes your school’s Penny War wholesome and appealing for participating students.
This simple but effective Penny War fundraiser flyer lays out the key details in an approachable and easy-to-read way.
Perfect for humanitarian or social causes, this flyer template lets your potential Penny War participants know they’re raising money for a worthy cause.
This template puts your Penny War in focus and makes it feel real by using a photograph instead of a drawing. Replace the picture in the template with one of your own to make it extra authentic!
Like the template above, this one relies more on photography than on drawings or designs. If you’ve got photos from previous Penny Wars that you can use to replace the ones in the template, you’ll give students a clear picture (or three!) of what to expect.
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Get StartedA Penny War is a type of donation drive—but making it into a game helps motivate students by adding an element of competition.
Although our platform can’t help you with the physical act of collecting coins and bills in jars, there are lots of useful ways you can use FutureFund to help promote and organize your Penny War. For example:
In addition to using these free Canva flyer templates, FutureFund’s built-in messaging system makes it easy to promote your Penny War and encourage the school community to participate.
Copy and paste the shareable link for your campaign into your messages, then send them to parents and students with our custom templates and audience filters. Learn more about sending messages with FutureFund.
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It’s easier than ever for students to sign up for your school fundraiser activities, thanks to this participation waiver form template for schools and PTAs! Download it here, then use the instructions provided to upload it to your FutureFund campaigns.
