2025 Raise Craze FAQs
What’s Raise Craze?
We are excited to bring back our spring PTA fundraiser, Raise Craze, for its second year! Running from Monday, 3/10 to Friday, 3/28, this kindness-driven fundraiser helps support our school while encouraging students to give back to the community.
Raise Craze is not your typical fundraising campaign. Students will pledge to perform at least 3 acts of kindness (AOK), and in return, their family, friends, and acquaintances sponsor those AOKs with a flat monetary donation.
Why Raise Craze and not Fun Run?
There are many reasons but here are a few highlights:
Everyone can participate by completing AOKs. No one is left out!
Reinforces kindness and closely aligns with the Wiley Way
Wiley PTA keeps at least 90% of Raise Craze donations instead of 50% of Fun Run donations
Our goal for Raise Craze is $24,000 in net proceeds.
How will the funds be used?
These funds will go toward supporting:
Curriculum enrichment through cultural arts programs and classroom technology purchases
Teachers and staff through supply stipends, professional development grants, appreciation events, gifts and Room Parents
School resources through capital improvements, classroom supplies, media center books and sustainability projects
Family engagement events like Fall Festival, International Carnival, Talent Show and 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony
How it Works
Beginning Monday, March 10th, caregivers can register their student(s) on the Raise Craze website using a phone, tablet, or computer. If you registered last year, you’ll need to register again, as families must re-register each year to participate in the fundraiser. Click the “Register” button below to get started.
Click ”Wiley Elementary School” and enter the caregiver’s email address, create a password, enter caregiver’s birth month and birth year. Click “Create Account.”
Under “Student Registration” enter the number of students to register. Then enter your student’s name and upload one photo of your student(s). The name(s) you enter here will be displayed as the sender for your emails.
Under “Student Profile” enter student’s first and last name and select homeroom teacher from the dropdown menu. If you have more than one student at Wiley you will enter “Student Profile” information for each student. Once you’ve entered all students in your family, click “Next Acts of Kindness.”
Now choose at least 3 Acts of Kindness (AOKs) for your student(s) to complete. You can select as many as you want from the dropdown menus or create your own at the bottom. You can add additional AOKs for your student at any time during the fundraiser, even after registration is complete. Once completed, click “Next Donors.”
On the “Reach Out to Family and Friends” page, enter the names and email addresses of prospective donors. Enter as many names and email addresses as you’d like. You can add additional names and email addresses at any time during the fundraiser, even after registration is complete. Raise Craze will send the emails on your behalf.* Hit “Next.”
Now, you’ll see your family’s dashboard. Here, you’ll see additional ways to share your student’s fundraiser with potential donors. In “Check Off Your AOKs” you will check AOKs that have been completed by your student. Beside this box you’ll see the total dollar amount currently raised by your student(s).
*Email addresses will never be shared with third parties or used for marketing. Prospective donors will receive three emails during the fundraising period. If you prefer not to share email addresses, hit “Next” and get a link to the page(s) from your family’s dashboard that you can share via socials or text.
Wanna see who’s in the lead? Check out the leaderboard here!
Important Dates
Monday, 3/10 Register your student(s) on the website, email family and friends, and start completing AOKs
Monday, 3/10 - Friday, 3/28 Check off completed AOKs on your student’s Raise Craze dashboard
Saturday, 3/22, 2-4pm Family Service Project at Walnut Creek Wetland Center with The Great Raleigh Cleanup
Raise Craze Kindness Week
Monday, 3/24 Dreaming of Kindness: Wear your favorite PJs
Tuesday, 3/25 Kindness Wins: Wear your favorite sports team apparel
Wednesday, 3/26 Hats Off to Kindness: Wear a fun hat
Thursday, 3/27 Kindness Looks Like This: Dress like your teacher
Friday, 3/28 Celebration Day: Families are invited to join their students for lunch on the Wiley cafeteria lawn! Check the grade-level schedule below and enjoy music from a DJ. Students will receive one free Kona Ice, and if we reach our school-wide goal of 1,000 AOKs, you might see Mr. Avery do something CRAZE-Y! Plus, we’ll announce the classroom with the most AOKs.
Celebration Day Schedule
10:30-11:30 Pre-K/K/1st grade
11:40-12:40 4th/5th grades
12:50-1:50 2nd/3rd grades**
**2nd and 3rd grade families: Please send a snack with your student due to a later lunch.
Questions or concerns? Please email president@wileypta.org
