Don't forget about simple games like dominoes and playing cards. Make several copies of multi-lingual rules for each game if possible. Provide minimal refreshments and prizes, put on some international music, then circulate to encourage students to mingle and play. This fundraiser can take place once a month throughout the school year, and it really snowballs. The name varies throughout the country but here we refer to full-day regional competitions in any subject area.
Parents send their kids off for the whole day, usually without a lunch but with a ten dollar bill.
Get permission in advance, find out what other clubs are selling, then come up with something unique and easy. Diversify and sell cupcakes, Tootsie Pops, and small bags of chips, and you'll have a crowd around your table all day. Often, local restaurants will donate a percentage of their receipts on a certain day to your cause if you help bring in customers. Call restaurant managers for details. Mervyn's Last year Mervyn's in Albuquerque had a special deal for students in clubs.