the cki service committee's guide to:
trick - or - treat for UNICEF
This October, join the Kiwanis Family in raising funds towards our preferred charity UNICEF. Boxes are free and available for order online. For more information feel free to visit the website here. Not sure where to start? Check out our guide for some ideas!
Once you have collected your donations, send a cheque or money order with your club name in the memo line to:
Kiwanis International Foundation
3636 Woodview Trace
Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA
ATTN: Trick-or-Treat
or if in Canada,
Kiwanis Foundation Of Canada
P.O. Box 5034
Brantford, Ontario N3T 6J7
ATTN: Trick-or-Treat
- Run a haunted house and have members dress up. Charge an entrance fee and invite the whole neighbourhood to attend!
- Host a movie party or similar social and charge $1.80 for admission. Add concession to maximize proceeds.
- Have a pinata social and charge members per swing. Enjoy the candy with everyone afterwards!
- Hold a pumpkin smash to help reduce stress. Charge a fee per amount of swings and use a lighter item to increase profit. Feel free to add a prize for the winner.
- Run a Monster Mash or dance party with an admission fee. You can also host a benefit concert to showcase your members talents!
- Host a mini carnival night full of games and prizes. Charge $2 per game play and feel free to sell food.
- Run a costume challenge. Participants compete to create the best costume for under $2. The winner receives a prize and the losers donate $1.80. Also, you can have a regular costume contest.
- Have a pumpkin carving contest with an admission fee and prizes.
- Run a Minute to Win It competition where challenges are made from household items. The admission fee collected can be split 50/50 with the winning team.
- Make and sell halloween themed pins like this one. Sell them for $1 each!
- Sell baked goods and hot chocolate close to librairies for busy students during exam time.
- Collect candy on Halloween and wrap them into goodie bags to be sold afterwards.
- Ask for change in exchange for a thought at your next meeting. Those who donate can share a thought in front of everyone!
- Order boxes and approach businesses for donations. Also ask to place the boxes at various businesses and collect them after Halloween.
- Go halloween carolling with your favourite halloween songs and collect donations.
- Write letters explaining the mission of UNICEF and give them out around campus.