DECA found took part in a fundraiser idea that is green, easy and doesn’t require students to be salespeople.

How does it work?

Mrs. Vagner is the teacher that began this project after she heard about the success other schools have had from it.

“I never knew about it but tons of people do and it’s a really successful fundraiser. It’s basically like an online consignment shop,” Mrs. Vagner said.

DECA selects a couple weeks for students to be able to donate used clothes. After a certain amount of clothes were collected, they sent them to Schoola.

The clothes are sent to a local place in Chesterfield.

Schoola is a fundraiser where schools can donate clothes and then earn money back for donating the clothes. The organization currently supports more than 30,000 schools and the top-earning schools have raised over $50,000.

After Schoola takes the clothes, they take pictures of the clothes donated and then price the clothes accordingly.

Anyone from around the world is able to buy the clothes online.

Once the clothes are sold, the school that donated the clothes will get 40 percent of the sales.

It’s a really fast and efficient way to earn money for your school.

DECA was able to collect many clothes, but will not know how much they earned until sometime in November.

Luckily, with Schoola you are able to track your school’s progress. Students in DECA can get onto Schoola’s website and see the progress Liberty has made.

The money that DECA earns is going towards state and internationals, which this year is in California. It’s going to be more expensive than years past with it being so far away, and with more students going.

Hopefully, with this fundraiser they will make enough money to help with traveling and food expenses.

“It’s the biggest fundraiser we’ve ever had and hopefully we can just continue to have big fundraisers like this,” Kocsis said.

DECA has had many fundraisers in the past to help with expenses but they have never had one quite like this. There fundraising will continue to grow until they reach where they want to be for state and internationals.