When your pep club needs to raise money for events and outings, you may want to come up with different ideas to get the money you need. One option is to sell custom screen-printed spirit wear to each year's graduating class. Items featuring the "Class of" label can be great mementos for students as well as their families. Here are a few items you can have screen printed by a screen printing service to sell to each year's graduating class.
Signature-Ready Sweatshirts
One tradition some high school seniors take part in is signing each other's class sweatshirts. You can play on this idea by creating a design that features lots of areas for signatures. For example, the numbers of the class year can feature just an outline, leaving the center of each number free for lots of signatures. You can even have the back of each shirt printed to look like an autograph sheet, providing even more areas for signatures. Consider selling the sweatshirt along with fabric-friendly pens for a great gift package option.
Athletic Pants
Let the members of all your school's athletic programs show off their graduating class year by having athletic pants customized for each team. For example, the track and field team's pants might say, "Track Team Class of 2020." Have students pre-order their athletic pants so you don't end up with a bulk supply of pants you can't sell later on. A fun play on this idea is to also have pants printed for each of the coaches that show their graduating year from high school or college.
Baby And Children's Clothes
A fun option that gives students an easy way to shop for siblings and cousins is to offer baby and children's clothing. These items should also be made available by pre-order, as you may not be able to determine how popular these items might be from year to year. Come up with some creative ideas, such as one-piece pajamas that proclaim a baby is a future student of your high school, or you can create kid's shirts that let the world know that an aunt, uncle, or cousin is a member of the current graduating class. Work on a few witty sayings for each design, and make these items available around the holidays for easy gift-giving.
Study Accessories
Having custom-printed binders, mouse pads, and folders can help students stay motivated as they approach graduation. Consider selling a host of different types of study and office items that can help students, and make them available in the library and school bookstore. These items should be available all year long, so work with your screen printing service to make sure you have plenty on hand at all times.
Your school's pep club can take the proceeds from these sales and use them for homecoming parades, school dances, and any other special events you want to put on the calendar this school year.