Carolina Funraiser Nights
Fundraiser events in Swansea, SC. Turn fun into funds.
We bring the attractions. You bring the crowd. Your event can help pay for itself.
Three steps
How a Funraiser Night runs
No ticket counting at every attraction, no volunteer stuck babysitting a blower.
1. You pick a date and a price
Tell us the crowd you expect and where you are setting up. We size the package and help you land on a wristband price that fits your community.
2. We bring the whole event
Delivery, setup, staffing, safety and teardown. You get a layout for your field or gym, a flyer template and a sponsor sheet to send out.
3. You keep every dollar collected
Admissions, concessions, sponsors, vendor spaces and raffles all stay with your organization. Our price never moves with your gate.
Profit planner
See what your night could clear
Put in your real attendance guess. The math updates as you type.
Fundraiser profit planner
Put in your real numbers. Nothing here is a quote, it is your night on paper before you commit to anything.
Figured at $400 each
Set it to 0 if you are not selling food.
Your night on paper
- Projected admission revenue
- $3,500
- Sponsors (2)
- $800
- Concessions
- $1,000
- Carolina Family Fun Night
- - $1,295
Projected money left for your organization
$4,005
Before your own expenses and payment processing. Vendor fees, raffles and donations are on top of this.
Break even: you cover the package at 65 wristbands at $20 each. With 2 sponsors signed, you only need 25.
Turnkey packages
Three ways to run it
Starting prices from Swansea. Final quotes move with your attendance, your hours and how far we drive.
Carolina Funraiser Night
Up to about 100 kids
from $895
The starter night. Enough to fill a field without filling your calendar with logistics.
- The 42 foot Carolina Gauntlet obstacle course
- One family inflatable sized to your crowd
- Yard game corner with three games
- Delivery, setup, teardown and one crew member on site
- Event layout help and a flyer template you can print
Best for Smaller churches, daycares and youth groups
Most booked
Carolina Family Fun Night
About 100 to 250 kids
from $1,295
Our main fundraiser night. Foam plus the Gauntlet is the combination people buy wristbands for.
- Professional FoamDaddy foam experience run by our crew
- The 42 foot Carolina Gauntlet obstacle course
- A second inflatable for the younger crowd
- Yard game corner with five games
- Delivery, setup, teardown and two crew members on site
- Event layout help, flyer template and sponsor sheet templates
Best for PTA and PTO nights, church family nights, community groups
Carolina Ultimate Funraiser
250 kids and up
from $1,795
A small carnival on your lot. Multiple zones so lines never stack up on one attraction.
- Professional foam zone with a full run of our crew's time
- The 42 foot Carolina Gauntlet obstacle course
- Two more inflatables so the crowd splits across zones
- Bumper car zone when the venue and surface qualify
- Tables and chairs for concessions and check in
- Delivery, setup, teardown and a full crew on site
- Layout planning, flyer template, sponsor sheet and wristband plan
Best for Large schools and churches, HOAs, festivals, apartment communities, businesses
What Carolina Celebration brings
- The attractions, sized to your expected crowd
- Delivery, setup and teardown on our clock
- Trained crew running every zone
- Safety management and rider rotation
- Event layout drawn to your field, gym or lot
- $1M liability coverage and a certificate for your venue
- Promotional flyer template
- Suggested wristband pricing
- Sponsor signage templates
What your organization keeps
- You set your own admission price
- 100% of admission and wristband revenue
- 100% of concession sales
- 100% of sponsorship money
- 100% of vendor space fees
- 100% of raffles and donations
Wristbands beat tickets
One price, unlimited play
Per-attraction tickets slow every line down and cap what a family will spend. A wristband gets decided once, at the gate.
Standard night
$15 presale · $20 at the event
Fits most school and church nights in our area. Families expect to pay less than a movie ticket for a couple hours of play.
Premium night
$20 presale · $25 at the event
Use this when foam and the bumper zone are both on the field, or when the event runs four hours or longer.
Presales do two jobs: money in the account before you owe us anything, and an early read on attendance while there is still time to promote harder.
Sponsors
Get the package paid for before the gate opens
Three attraction sponsors usually cover most of a night. We hand you the sheet and the email to send.
Pick your version
Guides for the event you are actually running
PTA and PTO nights
School carnival fundraisers that pay for themselves
Turnkey school carnival and PTA fundraiser events near Swansea, SC. We bring inflatables, foam and staff. Your school sells wristbands and keeps every dollar.
Churches, VBS and youth ministry
Church festivals and fall festivals, run start to finish
Church festival, fall festival and VBS event rentals near Swansea, SC. Staff-run attractions, wristband pricing help and sponsor templates so the night pays for itself.
The wristband night format
Family fun night, from empty field to full parking lot
Run a ticketed family fun night near Swansea, SC. Unlimited play wristbands, staff-run attractions and a profit planner that shows what your night could clear.
Dealerships, communities, markets and venues
Attractions that bring a paying crowd to your business
Ticketed event attractions for dealerships, apartment communities, farm markets and shopping centers near Swansea, SC. Draw a crowd and sell wristbands at the gate.
A new guide every week
Fundraiser guides written from real Lower Midlands nights
Timelines, wristband pricing, volunteer sheets and the sponsor ask, all written down.
Week 4 guide · 6 min read
Sponsor a ride: how three local businesses can cover your whole night
Attraction sponsorship is the highest leverage hour any fundraiser volunteer will spend. Here is the pricing, the ask, and what the sponsor actually gets.
Week 3 guide · 7 min read
A 30 day timeline for a family fun night fundraiser
Thirty days is enough time to run a great family fun night, as long as the first week is spent on presales and sponsors instead of decorations.
Week 2 guide · 7 min read
Planning a church festival that people actually come back to
Church festivals have a different job than a school carnival. The goal is usually reach, not revenue, and that changes how you price the night.
Week 1 guide · 8 min read
The school carnival fundraiser playbook we hand every PTA
Six weeks out to load out night, this is the exact plan we walk through with Lexington County schools before a carnival night.
Build my fundraiser
Send us the date and we will price your night
We reply within one hour, 8am to 9pm. You get a firm price, a venue layout and the sponsor sheet.
Fundraiser questions
- How does a fundraiser event work?
- You book a turnkey package at a fixed price. We deliver, set up, staff and tear down the attractions. Your organization sells unlimited play wristbands, concessions and sponsorships, and keeps 100% of what it collects.
- How much should we charge for wristbands?
- A $15 presale and $20 at the door fits most school and church nights around Swansea. Go to $20 presale and $25 at the door when foam and the bumper zone are both on the field.
- How many people do we need for it to work?
- About 75 paying kids makes a standard night worth running. At a $1,295 package and $20 wristbands you break even at 65 bands, and sponsors can cover most of the package before the gate even opens.
- Do you take a cut of ticket sales?
- No. We charge one fixed package price so your fundraiser total is yours no matter how the night goes. Every wristband, concession and sponsor dollar stays with your organization.
- Do you provide insurance for our venue?
- Yes. We carry $1M liability coverage and can name your school, district, church or property manager as additional insured. Ask for the certificate when you book.