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Playground Fundraiser: New Swings, New Slide — Built by a Calendar

CalendarFundraiser Team5 min read
PTO digital calendar fundraiser for a new playground — Build the Playground board with slides and swings

Big playground goals, small daily asks. A playground-fund calendar lets the whole neighborhood claim dates — Day 3 = $3 — toward new swings, slides, and safe surfacing.

See it live - Build the Playground

Slides, swings, and jump ropes — watch the build fund fill in real time.

Maplewood Elementary PTO presents

Build the Playground

Swings, slide & soft ground — built date by date. Day 3 = $3.

Build day: springPlayground fund = $496
$116 raised of $4968 of 31 days claimed
October 2027Tap an open day to claim it
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
2
The Wilsons$2
5
Recess Heroes$5
9
Anonymous$9
12
Room 2 Families$12
16
The Grandparents$16
20
Coach D$20
24
The Nguyens$24
28
Principal Ortiz$28
Open — price is the dateSelectedClaimed & glowing

A playground is the rare school project the entire neighborhood can see. A playground fundraiser calendar matches that visibility with the friendliest possible ask: claim a date, give the date, watch the equipment fund grow.

A school calendar fundraiser can carry a build this big — the whole neighborhood claims dates online, month after month, until the swings go in.

Big goal, small asks

Nobody has to write a $500 check. Day 6 costs $6. The magic is aggregation: a filled month at standard pricing is $496, a 2x month reaches $992, and a spring of monthly boards adds up to swings that actually get installed.

Name each month after a piece

Serial campaigns stay fresh when every board has its own finish line: Swings Month. Slide Month. Soft-Surface Month. Each completed piece is a photo, and each photo launches the next board.

Bring in the businesses

Local shops love playground projects — visible, wholesome, permanent. A claimed date with the hardware store's name on it costs them less than a sponsorship banner and reads warmer on the board.

The school keeps 100% of calendar donations — donors pay a small service fee at checkout, shown before they pay. Free to build; connect a payout account to go live.

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Playground Fundraiser: New Swings, New Slide — Built by a Calendar