Raffle Tickets/Money collecting

[nafmeadmin]

My middle school band program is going to begin a raffle ticket sale that auctions off a photo by a local photographer. This is the first fundraiser that I’ve done in which I’ll be asking kids to sell something (tickets) outside of school, and then bring in the cash.

It seems like a small logistical issue, but how do I ensure that students stay honest and return any money they collect from sales? Of course I generally trust my kids and I’m sure it won’t be a major issue, but they are middle school students and there’s always that *one* kid you can’t be sure of.

I feel like there is an ovious answer but I just can’t figure it out right now.

Many thanks for your help.

[nafmeadmin]

Keep track of the tickets you give them to sell. If you hand them out say 10 at a time, you will know how much money they will be handing in. If they have unsold tickets, they should turn those in to you, too. If tickets are $1 each, they should turn in $10, or $5 and five unsold tickets, or $8 and two unsold tickets, etc.

[nafmeadmin]

As a student we did this. We did as schmidmana says. If we were given 10 tickets, we had to turn in a combination of unsold-tickets and money due. Think of this as a candy bar sale.

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