Fill My Dancer - An Easy Fundraiser for Dance Programs and Parents

Dancers live in the studio. Hours of rehearsals. Extra classes. Weekend competitions. Behind every performance is a long list of quiet expenses that add up. Costumes. Entry fees. Travel. Team warmups. Choreography. Music licensing. Props.

Let’s face it, dance is already an expensive sport. Whether you’re a mom looking to fundraise for your kid or a dance program owner looking to help families offset costs, we’ve got the fundraiser for you. 

It’s our free to download Fill My Dancer fundraiser. A simple pen and paper fundraiser that can help you raise money! It’s worked with programs like baseball teams, cheer teams, soccer teams, and it can work for you too.

What Is a Fill My Dancer Fundraiser Template?

A Fill My Dancer template is a one page printable you can use to fundraise in person. You can offer it to families to help donate on behalf of a dance program goal or if you’re a parent, use it to fundraise for your son or daughter in dance. Like all of our products, it's completely free to use!

It features:

• A bold dancer silhouette in the center
  
• The silhouette broken into multiple small spaces or shapes
  
• A spot to write your team or studio name and goal
  

Once printed, the page becomes your fundraising centerpiece. Each Fill My Dancer template can raise you $475 dollars. 

Best Uses For The Fill My Dancer Template

You can run this fundraiser in a few simple steps.

1. Print your template. As a parent, you only need one per dancer to start. Put your dancer’s name at the top, write down what you’re fundraising for, and off you go! If you’re a dance program leader, it’s the same process just for all your dancers!‍
2. Explain the fundraiser. Keep it simple.  “Have your donors pick a space or multiple spaces, donate that amount, write your name in the space, and help us fill our dancer.”‍
3. Promote your fundraiser. Whether it’s in person or over social media, the key to fundraising is getting it out in front of people with a pitch on why they should donate their hard earned money. Bring it to your office on behalf of your kid. Have your kid go door to door (with parent supervision) the old fashioned way. Call up and text relatives. There’s so many ways to fundraise!‍
4. Fill the dancer. When someone donates, they pick a spot, pay the amount, write their name, and you color that section in or put a sticker over it. Watching the dancer fill in is half the fun.
   
5. When every space is taken, your dancer silhouette is complete and so is your fundraiser. Snap a photo, thank your supporters, and let them know what their donations helped cover. If you want to do another one, go for it!

Why Dance Teams Love This Fundraiser

A Fill My Dancer template works well for dance studios and teams because:

• It is visual and fun.
  
• It takes almost no prep time.
  
• It does not require sales pitches.
  
• It works with all ages and levels.
  

Parents and grandparents like being able to see their name on the dancer and compete with eachother to a degree, let's face it you want to be the grandparent that donates more. Younger dancers enjoy coloring in the spaces or adding stickers. Directors love that it fits easily around busy rehearsal schedules.

Because everything lives on a single sheet, it is also easy to track. You always know how many spaces are left and how close you are to your goal.

Tips To Make Your Fill My Dancer Fundraiser Pop

• Use bright markers or highlighters to color in each filled space
• Share the fundraiser on social media. You can have people claim spots and use tools like Venmo to collect payments digitally.
• Tie the fundraiser to a specific purpose, like “Help raise money for our trip to Gatlinburg”
• Set a clear start and end date so there is urgency
• Have dancers personally thank people who fill spaces. If they fill one of the marquee spaces, send a thank you card!

Download Your Fill My Dancer Template

Fundraising has evolved so much over the last few years. What started as selling cookies outside your local grocery store has evolved into efficient digital fundraisers like pick a date calendars, crowdfunding, and easy to use templates like our Fill My Dancer fundraiser.

Templates like these across all sports, groups, and clubs have proven to be winners and now your dance program can raise money stress free.

Print your free Fill My Dancer template, write your dance program name at the top, and start filling in your dancer one square at a time.