Grown Up Spelling Bee

Use a classic childhood competition for your next fundraiser. Have a grown up spelling bee. Find volunteers that would like to participate. You can either collect an entry fee to raise money, or charge an admission fee to the audience. Give participants a copy of the “Spell It” book to study from. Use the official spelling bee rules, such as asking for a definition of a word and asking to use it in a sentence. Use easier words for the first few rounds. Later rounds should be interesting as you start using the more difficult words, such as extrapolate or neurological. Have a concession stand and sell snacks and drinks to earn extra money. It would be really cute to sell cookies cut into letter shapes and alphabet soup. Give each participant a certificate and award the winner a trophy and a dictionary. This would be a fun event to host every year, so consider getting a large trophy that you can engrave with all the winners’ names.
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Donna

I really like this idea. I work for a legal non-profit org. and this would be perfect for our lawyers and their family members to participate in.

Mema Lu

Great I love IT!

Skye

I like this because it would be great if a child held a paper with the words and the adults tried to spell it. You could also put flyers up around your town and get adults to come to a certain place to do it.I really think this might be a good and fun idea.
-Skye

Sabrina Star

This would be great! Same as Skye.
-Sabrina Star
aka Jane Penderwick

Rosalind

Sorry about "Sabrina Star", my sister. But I think this might be the best idea I have seen. GREAT!!!!!!
Rosalind

Batty

I love rabbits. Rabbits love this. I love this. Rabbits do = I do.
Batty
aka Elizibeth