You don’t have to play basketball to join Geno’s Cancer Team. Cancer can strike anyone at any age and the more money we raise the closer we come to beating this disease for good.

If you play soccer, field hockey, football, baseball or lacrosse for your school, town or private league here are some FUNdraising ideas to support Geno’s Cancer Team and The V Foundation.

Here are some simple and creative FUNDraising ideas:

1. Hold a Spring/Winter/Fall Sports Day. Get every team member, coach, cheerleader and fan involved. Add $1.00 to gate admission, put a spare change jars at key locations around school and on the field. Create and sell shirts, hats, pins.
   
   
2. Hold a Psych Party/Pasta Dinner before a big game. Ask a local business or restaurant to donate the dinner and charge $5.00 per person to attend. You can also create, tye-die and sell your t-shirts.
   
   
3. Read-A-Thon. This is great for elementary School Kids. For this event, students collect pledges from family, friends, and neighbors. The pledges might be a penny a page or a set amount for each book read during the Read-a-Thon period.
   
   
4. High School Students - Parking for Sale. Sell parking spaces in the student parking lot. Spaces closest to the building go for a higher price than spaces in the rows that are farther away. Or sell all spaces for the same amount. Place the parking space numbers in a hat. Then let each student who pays the fee to draw from the hat his or her assigned space number.
   
   
5. Garage sale. Hold a school-wide garage sale on the playground or in the gym. Invite parents to dig into their closets for new or barely used toys, games, and books (most parents will be very willing to unload some of their "clutter."). Price the items to sell! Use the proceeds to fund the painting of a playground map or to achieve another school-wide goal. Donate leftover items to a worthy organization such as a nearby shelter for families or an after-school program .
   
   
6. Concession Stand. Set up a concession stand and sell healthy snacks and drinks at each game.
   
   
7. Bottle and Can Drive. Hold a bottle and can drive. Pick a game date and promote the event. Let community members know that they can drop off clean bottles and cans at your field on that date. Team member can then bring the bottles and can to a recycling center and collect the cash.
   
   
8. Pizza to Go. This is a great fundraiser for any time of year but works especially well for Super Bowl time in January. Pack up all the ingredients needed for a great-tasting pizza and sell them for a profit. This can be done by players and parents
   
   
9. Community Service Hours. Does your school or religious organization require community service hours and a community service project. Work on your own Geno's Cancer Team fundraiser. Remember, no donations is too small!
   
   
10. Anti-Dance. Dances are always fun. But some kids are uncomfortable in such settings, and some schools prefer to plan other social events that they feel are more appropriate for students. For the Anti-Dance, each classroom plans a special activity. One classroom might be transformed into a dance floor while others might offer bowling or a movie or a fun game. Let students choose where to go for 30-minute periods. Ring a bell to signal students to move to the next venue. Charge $5.00 per student and see how fast your profits add up!
    
    
11. Car Wash Hold a car wash on a sunny afternoon. Everyone stays cool and the cars get clean.

Check out more super fundraising ideas on our Fans page and our Officials page.