Top 10 Fundraising Tips
- Fundraise online! Register online and make fundraising easy as you set goals and personalize your fundraising page with your story and track your team’s fundraising progress.
- SET GOALS! Set both a fundraising goal and team member recruitment goal. Share these goals with your team members, friends, family and colleagues
- Social Media. Link your personal fundraising page to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, personal blogs
- Send personal emails to friends, family members and co-workers asking to donate to AND join your team
- Promote yourself by including your personal fundraising page link in your email signature.
- Host a team fundraising event to encourage team building and fundraising for the cause. Eg: Pub nights, barbeques, dinner parties, car washes, bake sales, casual Friday at work and more!
- Get matching gifts. Involve your employer to build a corporate team and possibly resource your company’s donation matching program
- Initiate corporate challenges to businesses within your industry in the community and generate a friendly team competition.
- Ask anyone, ask everyone! Ask your friends and family to support you and your team. Once you have tackled the easy ones branching out is easy. Ask clients, suppliers, businesses that you frequent. Make a list, set your goals and get this party started!
- Thank your supporters! Keep track of those who support you with a donation so that you can send them a thank you email/card/letter after the event to celebrate your successes and thank them for their support.
