Is there someone you’d like to see kiss a pig? How much money do you think it would take for them to do so? Why not hold a contest and find out! There are many ways that you can run this contest. For example, elect two or more people, such as your school’s principal or a local athlete, to kiss a pig. Have folks pay to vote for whom they would like to see kiss a pig. The person who earns the most cash gets to pucker up! Consider asking a few local schools or groups in the community to hold separate contests. The more sites you have, the more money you will raise for the playspace. You can also use this as an opportunity to create media attention. Imagine the headline “Local principals pucker up for playspaces”!
Prep Steps:
1. Recruit your pig kissing volunteers. In a school situation, it could be a contest between the principal and the teachers, or in a community, between local well-known citizens.
2. Place photographs of the candidates on the collection jars. People will place a donation in the jar if they would like to see the candidate kiss a pig.
3. Hold the contest for a month (or a scheduled period of time) and announce the top candidates. On the date of the actual “pig kiss” ask people to match donations for each kiss.
Materials Needed:
1. Photographs of candidates
2. Mason jars with a top that includes a slit (so the money can be secure within the jar)
3. A pig or any “un-kissable” animal
4. A public place to hold the pig kiss.
Helpful Hints:
• The candidates should be light-hearted and good sports about the contest.
• Scan a picture of the “candidates” and the pig to create posters and to decorate the voting containers.
Raised: $
When: O
Publicity: Low
Volunteers: <10
Challenge: Easy
Audience: 50
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The teenagers at our church had a fundraiser to help raise funds to purchase new equipment and toys for the younger children to play on by having a "who do you think will kiss the pig - Pastor or his wife." They had 2 containers, 1 with each of their's names written on them. At the beginning and ending of every service the teens would shout and cheer for our pastor and his wife getting people to give them money in the containers. The deal was, the person with the most money was going to kiss this pig. This went on for a month and the teens raised a lot of money for our christian school. At the end of the whole thing our pastor wife ended up being the loser, then someone came and gave money to make it even so they both had to kiss the pig. It was a fun and exciting event for everyone, and like I said we raised alot of money for the school.