No one wants to do another candy sale for his or her schools’ fundraiser. Here is one that is gaining in popularity and returning large rewards for those that host it. Make each classroom or homeroom responsible for one themed gift basket. Send a note home to parents to donate one item within the theme or contact local retailers, businesses, and sales representatives to see if they would like to help out. For instance, one classroom could have a sports theme and their basket could include a baseball glove, basketball, jersey, and tickets to a local game. A chocolate lover’s basket could include a chocolate bar, hot chocolate, chocolate cookbook, and a box of brownie mix. The assembled baskets could then be auctioned off in a silent auction or raffle tickets could be sold. Have a listing of each basket’s full contents on the basket. Get a roll of two part raffle tickets. Set up a bucket near each basket so people can place half of their raffle ticket into the buckets of only the baskets they want to win. At the end of the night, draw the winning tickets and let the winners claim their prizes.