Celebrate National Talk like a Pirate Day!

Arrr, matey! Fundraisers don’t always have to be serious and boring. If you want a fun and hearty change, why not try a fundraiser on National Talk Like a Pirate Day? September 19 is the day that everyone can stretch their swashbuckling vocal skills, and you can get your office or school involved in a fun activity that will get everyone’s brains working.

If you want to raise money on a small scale, why not charge your class or small office a certain amount of money to be allowed to dress up like a pirate? Much like a casual Friday at the office, everyone pays $1 or $2 and then comes to work in true seadog costumes. This idea can also work for uniformed schools, or even just for public schools where kids want to dress up. You can even make it more fun by having a costume contest with prizes for employees or students who really go all out. Kids will have fun with this one – everyone loves to be creative.

Why not implement a Pirate sea-chantey singing contest? Participants get pledges from their friends, parents and relatives and then go up against other swashbucklers to see who can sing the longest or the best. They can even lead the audience to get everyone involved. This site has some great songs if you want to implement this idea. As well, you can set up a booth to record everyone’s best pirate speech for a small fee. The money goes to charity and the one with the best silver tongue can win their own buried treasure!

If you’re affiliated with a yacht or boat club, you could set up a Pirate Fair or Carnival to raise money for your organization. Have live interactive pirate shows, face painting, a costume contest and a boat contest for boat owners – have them dress up their boats like a pirate ship and give a prize to the best one. Some marinas and yacht clubs even get tall ships to be available for touring. You can also host a “dig” for buried treasure for the kids – bury a prize in a sanded area and sell maps to kids and parents wanting a go at finding it.

It’s a lot of work to talk like a pirate all day, and some people may get tired of the constant pirate speech. If this happens and none of these other fundraising ideas appeal to you, you can always raise money to see how much it will take to get your honorary pirates to return to normal!

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Rick

The kids at our school take donations to determine which teacher will be required to talk like a pirate. The teachers volunteer to talk that way for an entire day if the students can raise a predetermined amount of cash donations. Works decent, but I wouldn't recommend it for high schoolers or elementary schoolers... the middle school kids seem old enough to have a buck or two to donate, but young enough to still get a kick out of seeing a teacher talk like a pirate for a day.