capping & pinning suggestions

GingerSue · Feb 16, 2005

I can remember selling those chocolate covered almonds as a nursing student, for the purpose of fundraising for our school.

SJSU_Mami · Feb 16, 2005

We got Chevy's restaurant to sponsor us, in which we passed out flyers and asked people to eat there and present the flyer so a certain percent of their bill went to us. It helped some but in the end we all decided to pay 90.00 each out of our pockets. At the ceremony everyone got a refund of 40.00 back.

SmilingBluEyes · Feb 16, 2005

a whole lotta bake sales and carwashes, etc. but we planned and raised funds for 2 years for ours.

nursepotter05, RN · Feb 16, 2005

We sold Coke products, Yankee candles, donuts, had a chili supper. You can also try donations from local businesses. The nursing class from last year got some money from Johnson&Johnson. I hope this helps.

rogramjet · Feb 16, 2005

Ours was paid for through the Student Nursing Association budget and then we had donations from local businesses. I'm sure glad we didn't have to sell things to raise the money.

sponge22 · Feb 16, 2005

We kept our fundraisers "nursing orientated." We sold first aid kits and sweatshirts/jackets with nursing symbols embroidered on them to other nursing students and local hospitals, clinics, etc. We also had each classmate bring in one dollar every week for two semesters. It really added up fast! Good luck to you!

:) sponge22

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN · Feb 17, 2005

At the end of our program, we participated in a very lovely pinning ceremony (our school did not have a cap, so no capping ceremony), which took place in the school arena a couple of days before graduation. We wore dresses or suits (think Easter Sunday dress) and received our pins from our instructors - they pinned them on, rather than just handing them out. It was a very classy ceremony, with no religious or other sorts of overtones, and the school sponsored the event. All we had to pay for was our pins.

Then, several days later, we participated in the University's commencement ceremony , which was held in the same arena, with the traditional gown and mortarboard (also university sponsored).

It makes me a little sad to see all these students out there whose programs don't go the extra mile to make things nice for them like mine did.

I should add that this was a private school -- there was LOTS of tuition money to fund such events.