Competition season comes with expenses. Custom JROTC blankets give your cadets, families, alumni, and community something they will actually want to buy while helping your program raise money.

Create a custom blanket for your JROTC team, drill team, Raider team, marksmanship team, archery team, robotics team, drone team, color guard, battalion, or entire JROTC program.

What Is JROTC? A Quick Guide for Instructors, Boosters, and Parents

The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, better known as JROTC, is a federal high school program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces and built around a single mission: to motivate young people to be better citizens. Congress created the program in the National Defense Act of 1916 and expanded it under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act, and today more than 3,475 JROTC units operate in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools overseas.

Every branch runs its own program, and each one calls its cadets, units, and structure something slightly different:

Army JROTC (AJROTC) is the largest by a wide margin, with over 1,700 programs, more than 4,000 instructors, and roughly 314,000 cadets. Army units organize into companies, battalions, and brigades.
Air Force JROTC (AFJROTC) runs 878 programs nationwide, and its cadets are organized into flights, squadrons, groups, and wings. If you're searching for AFJROTC squadron fundraising ideas, this is your program.
Navy JROTC (NJROTC) operates 573 programs, with cadets organized into companies, platoons, and squads, alongside affiliated National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC) units.
Marine Corps JROTC (MCJROTC) runs 278 programs known for demanding drill precision and physical training standards.
Coast Guard JROTC and Space Force JROTC round out the six-branch lineup as the newest and smallest programs.

Whatever the branch, the cadet experience looks similar: leadership and citizenship curriculum in the classroom, and a deep bench of competitive teams outside it. Drill teams, color guards, raider teams, marksmanship and air rifle teams, archery, robotics, drone, cyber, and academic teams all compete regionally and nationally, and all of them cost money to run.

Why Every JROTC Unit Needs a Fundraiser

That's the part that rarely makes the recruiting brochure. The military services fund roughly half of a unit's operating costs. The rest, meaning competition travel, entry fees, lodging, equipment, uniforms, banquets, and awards, falls to the instructors, the booster club, and the cadets themselves.

So whether you're a SASI, ASI, or DAI searching for Army JROTC fundraising ideas, an AFJROTC squadron commander looking to fund a trip to nationals, an NJROTC booster parent, or a cadet on a drill team trying to get your unit to a competition three states away, the underlying problem is identical: you need to raise real money without adding twenty hours of work to an already overloaded plate.

That's exactly why custom blanket fundraisers have taken hold across JROTC programs nationwide. At Fundraiser Blankets®, we design a blanket specifically for your unit, using your colors and your insignia, for your Drill Team, Raider Team, Air Rifle Team, Archery Team, Robotics Team, Drone Team, Color Guard, squadron, or full battalion. Cadets, families, alumni, and the community buy something they genuinely want and keep for years, and your program keeps the profit.

‍

Get Your Free Custom Design

‍

Give your JROTC supporters a fundraiser they’ll be proud to support.

JROTC programs work hard to prepare for competitions, events, and activities. But travel, equipment, uniforms, transportation, competition fees, and other program expenses can add up quickly.

A custom blanket fundraiser gives your team another way to raise money while creating something your cadets, families, alumni, and supporters can enjoy for years.

With Fundraiser Blankets®, your JROTC program can create a blanket featuring your school colors, team name, insignia, mascot, battalion, or other design elements that make your program unique.

‍

Custom Blankets for Every JROTC Team

Your JROTC fundraiser can be designed around the team, unit, or program you are raising money for. Choose a design that represents your cadets, school, and JROTC program.

Drill Team

Create a custom drill team blanket featuring your school colors, team name, and JROTC identity. A great way to support your team while raising money for competition expenses.

Raider Team

Give your Raider team its own custom blanket designed around the team and JROTC program. Supporters can purchase a blanket while helping your team raise funds for competitions and team expenses.

Marksmanship Team

Create a custom marksmanship team blanket that represents your JROTC program. Use your school colors and team details to create a fundraiser your supporters can purchase and enjoy.

Archery Team

Showcase your JROTC archery team with a custom blanket designed specifically for your program. Use your fundraiser to help support competition travel, team expenses, and program needs.

Robotics Team

Create a custom robotics team blanket that brings your JROTC program's identity into your fundraiser. It's another way for families, alumni, and supporters to get involved and support your team.

Drone Team

Give your JROTC drone team a custom design that represents your program. A custom blanket can help you raise money while giving your supporters something connected to your team.

Color Guard

Celebrate your JROTC color guard with a custom team blanket featuring your program's colors and identity. Share it with cadets, families, alumni, and community supporters as part of your fundraiser.

JROTC Battalion or Program

Create a custom blanket representing your entire JROTC battalion or program. Include your school colors, insignia, logo, or other elements that represent your unit and use the fundraiser to support your program's needs.

‍

Two Ways to Run Your JROTC Fundraiser

Bulk / Wholesale Fundraising

Order your custom blankets at wholesale pricing and sell them directly to cadets, families, alumni, and supporters.

Your team handles the sales and keeps the difference between your purchase price and selling price as fundraising proceeds.

Ship to Home Fundraising

Want to fundraise without managing inventory?

We create your online fundraising store. Your supporters order directly online, and we make, fulfill, and ship each blanket directly to their homes.

No sorting orders.

No storing boxes of blankets.

No distributing orders to families.

You share the fundraiser. We handle the fulfillment.

How Does a JROTC Blanket Fundraiser Work?

1. Tell us about your program

Share your school name, JROTC program, colors, insignia, logo, and other details.

2. We create your custom design

Our team creates a custom blanket mockup specifically for your JROTC program.

3. Choose your fundraising option

Choose bulk fundraising or a ship to home online store.

4. Start fundraising

Share your fundraiser with your cadets, families, alumni, and community.

‍

What Could Your JROTC Blanket Look Like?

Every JROTC program has its own identity. Your blanket can be designed around your school's colors, insignia, mascot, team name, battalion, or other elements that represent your cadets.

Want to see what your program could look like?

We'll create a custom JROTC blanket design for you at no cost and with no obligation.

Get Your Free Custom Design

This is where I would put your strongest JROTC blanket image.

‍

Fundraising Without Adding More Work to Your Plate

JROTC instructors already have a lot to manage. That's why we offer a ship to home fundraising option that takes much of the fulfillment work off your hands.

We create the online store.

Your supporters place their orders.

We make and ship the blankets.

Your program receives its fundraising proceeds.

No inventory to manage. No orders to sort. No blankets to distribute.

‍

Why Fundraiser Blankets®?

Fundraiser Blankets® proudly supports schools, sports teams, and organizations across the USA with custom blankets and towels designed for fundraising.

We are a women owned, teacher owned, combat veteran owned family business, and we were featured on ABC's Shark Tank.

Our goal is simple: help organizations create fundraisers that people are excited to support.

‍

JROTC Fundraiser FAQs

What are some good JROTC fundraising ideas?

JROTC programs can raise money through custom product fundraisers, events, sponsorships, and other activities. Custom blankets can be a great option because programs can create designs specifically around their school, team, or JROTC identity.

Can we create a custom blanket for our JROTC team?

Yes. We can create custom designs for JROTC programs, drill teams, Raider teams, marksmanship teams, archery teams, robotics teams, drone teams, color guard, battalions, and other JROTC groups.

Can our blanket include our JROTC colors and insignia?

Yes. Your design can be customized around your program's colors, insignia, school name, team name, mascot, and other approved design elements.

Do we have to purchase inventory for our fundraiser?

Not necessarily. With our ship to home fundraising option, your supporters can order online and we handle the production and shipping.

How does the ship to home JROTC fundraiser work?

We create your online fundraising store, your team shares the store link, supporters place their orders, and we make, fulfill, and ship the blankets directly to their homes.

Can I see a design before deciding?

Yes. We can create a custom JROTC blanket mockup for your program at no cost and with no obligation.

What is the best fundraiser for a JROTC unit?‍

Custom blanket fundraisers work well for JROTC programs because cadets, families, alumni, and the community buy a product they actually want and keep. Units can run them as a bulk wholesale order or through a ship-to-home online store with no upfront cost to the program.

How do JROTC units pay for competition travel?

The military services fund roughly half of a unit's operating costs. Competition travel, entry fees, lodging, and equipment are typically covered through booster club fundraising, school activity funds, and community sponsorship.

Can a JROTC fundraiser use our unit insignia?

Fundraiser Blankets® is authorized to produce custom blankets featuring your unit's DUI for your JROTC fundraising program, as long as we as a company are not selling your design publicly.

What teams can a JROTC blanket fundraiser support?

Drill teams, raider teams, air rifle and marksmanship teams, archery, robotics, drone, cyber, color guard, and the battalion or squadron as a whole.