School Fundraising
We are proud to be NSW Public Education’s CHARITY OF CHOICE
Public schools across NSW and the ACT have assisted Stewart House with fundraising for over 90 years, providing a vital income stream for us.
Charity Envelope Drive
We depend on fundraising support from public schools to deliver our residential program free of charge. Children receive vital physical, social, and emotional wellbeing support.
As NSW public education’s Charity of Choice, all schools receive envelope packs early in Term 1 each year. Staff and students are encouraged to enter our major annual school fundraisingevent (running in some form or another since the 1970s!), where for as little as $2, they could win a prize valued at $4,000!
Our Fundraising Toolkit provides useful content and resources to help with promoting your events, including photos and a QR code for mobile payments.
School Events
We continue to be impressed by the many creative ways in which schools raise money for Stewart House.
Traditional Stewart House fundraisers from schools include:
- Mufti Day for $3.00, with each child given a Stewart House handball.
- Mufti Day for gold coin donation, with each child given an entry into the Stewart House Donation Drive.
- Draw the outline of the Stewart House logo on the ground in chalk and fill it with coins.
- Challenge each class to create the longest line of 5c pieces.
- A handball competition with the Stewart House high bounce handballs.
- Dress as an ‘S’ day for Stewart House. Other activities such as pyjama mufti days, sausage sizzles and ice-cream stands.
More ideas…
- Book fairs: Foster a love of reading.
- Movie night: Pick a popular movie and sell tickets to students and staff. Set up a concessions stand (or maybe a bake sale) and raise extra money by selling popcorn, drinks and snacks.
- Lemonade stand: Offer up a selection of cold drinks. This fundraiser is especially good when summer and early autumn weather is still hot.
- School garage sale: Need to get rid of a few things around the house? Whether it’s spring cleaning or just an annual clean-up, having a garage sale at school is an easy way to earn money while jettisoning various items.
We are here to help and support you!
To assist you with your fundraising activities, we have developed a Fundraising Toolkit to share some additional resources that will help make your fundraising a success.
We would love to promote your school events in support of Stewart House on our Facebook page. If you would like to share details and photos, please email our team at marketing@stewarthouse.org.au.
Staff Workplace Giving:
NSW Education’s Stewart House Salary Contribution Scheme
Encourage your colleagues to sign-up as regular donors. Just $5.00 a fortnight will fund one full day of a child’s stay. Since 1931, Stewart House has relied on public educators’ personal financial support to provide appropriate programs addressing health and wellbeing issues in the neediest of students attending NSW public schools. Read more here.
Donate via ReCollect
You can support Stewart House by arranging a fundraising bottle drive
We are pleased to be partnering with ReCollect (a door-to-door bottle collection service) on a container recycling mission with a fundraising twist. Instead of disposing of your bottles and cans in a regular recycling bin, you can collect the containers and support Stewart House by arranging for a fuss-free pickup by ReCollect. It’s easy and free! Best of all, by nominating Stewart House to be your benefiting charity, a full 10c from each container will be donated to helping children in need. Here’s how:
- Download the app and book a pickup using
- Place your bags outside
- Donate to us!
ReCollect will allow everyone to donate directly to our organisation with ease. Spread the word in your school and community!
