A Very Novel, Easy and Fun Way To Raise Money for Your School
HOW DO YOU COMBINE HOSTING A FILM NIGHT ALONGSIDE A SPONSORED BIKE RIDE BUT AT THE SAME TIME & IN THE SAME ROOM?
The Hideout House Company in partnership with Electric Pedals have created a unique and fun way for school PTAs to raise funds
In order to help PTAs in their quest to find something that bit different to entice parents to yet again dig deep into their pockets and donate essential funds to their school, the Hideout House Company have come up with a novel idea using some of the products from their Eco Zone ranges.
So a school PTA goes about organising a film night which always seem to be popular with parents, staff and children alike but herein lies the twist….in that the cinema system and projector is powered solely by pedal power and if people stop pedalling, so does the film! All the electricity for the performance is produced by the cyclists – there are no batteries.
There are therefore two opportunities for a PTA to raise money by organising an event such as this – firstly from asking parents to pay a small fee to attend and watch the film but also getting all of the participating cyclists sponsored as you would do for a standard bike ride event. It may be that it is just the children doing the pedalling and that they can take it in turns throughout the duration of the film (plus they will be incentivised to keep pedalling especially if they are being sponsored) but it would be nice to think that the parents could have a go and join in the fun as well.
The Hideout House Company in association with Electric Pedals have therefore created a Small Bicycle Cinema package which uses the energy from 2-4 adults and children pedalling on special bikes with fitted dynamos to provide a cinematic performance for up to 150 people – anywhere! So it is possible to host an outdoor event in the summer in the school grounds if it is not raining.
The school has to organise and supply the film and film license (along with the required pedal power!) but we supply 2 – 4 bicycle generators and cables; 2 – 4 bicycles (2 adult and 2 children); a field cinema system with built in 60W speaker and DVD player; 300 lumen LED projector; screen and technical staff.
And there is an additional eco educational benefit in that participants will be encouraged a little bit to think about their own energy consumption and hopefully make a small step change to reducing it.
Plus we are helping to get everybody fit……..!
For more information, please contact Simon Fearnehough on 01865 858982/07711 542589 or
e-mail: simon@hideouthouse.com
Web address: www.hideouthouse.com