15 tips to help you reach your fundraising goals!
1. Be vulnerable
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Make people feel empowered and inspired
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Step outside your comfort zone
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Ask friends family members teachers and co workers to help you
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Not everyone will donate and that is ok! the important thing is that we spread awareness
2. Have a goal
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Challenge yourself
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$55 to be a part of the best day of your life
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$100 for committee members
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$500 for morale leaders
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These numbers seem scary at first but we are here to help
3. Donor drive
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Customize
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Add a picture
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Tell people why you stand
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Add a link to the GC Miracle website
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Ask for people to join you in reaching your goal
Talk about how our money this year is going towards building a new Children's Hospital!
4. Texting
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Save donor drive link in your notes
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Once a month go through and text 5 people in your contacts
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Text 5 pals asking for a $1 donation!
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5. Sell old stuff
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Bobcat exchange
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Organization fb page
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Mini yard sale
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Craigs list?
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Instead of Venmo have your friends pay you back on your Donor Drive!
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Platos closet
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Sell your old textbooks back (Chegg)
6. Incentives
"if i reach certain amount i will..."
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Make best//challenges with your friends
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Great for intramural games football games and grades
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Post funny pics of yourself
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Shave head
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Wear a costume to class
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Sing out loud on front campus
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Bake everyone cookies
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Donate for a tbh
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Be a designated driver for your friends and ask them to donate to your donor drive
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Host a dinner 'dine and donate'
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Upperclassmen always making you swipe them into the Max? Start asking them for a dollar or two for the large meal they receive and save that money up For The Kids
7. Carry around a change jar
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Curiosity leads to donations
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You can always find change on the ground
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Keep a jar in your room
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Go canning downtown or in the classroom (canning is essentially when you carry around a change jar and ask for donations)
It helps to keep an excel spreadsheet showing:
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Who donated
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Donation size
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Who have you contacted
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Who haven't you asked
8. Chores
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Mow the lawn
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Pick up sticks
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Babysit
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Dog or cat sit
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House sit
9. Personal letters
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Write them out = more personal
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Send out around the holidays and ask for donations as a gift
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Provide an envelope and stamp for them to mail their donation to you
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Personal emails are great too
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Ask family or friends to send out an email on your behalf. This way you can access their connections.
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Follow up with a phone call
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Put a return envelope/stamp with the letter you send.
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Send emails between business hours.
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Keep it short and simple.
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Use color and bold to emphasize important information.
Click here for a template letter!
10. Social media
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Put your dd link in bio
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Post your donor drive on Facebook and tag friends
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Tweet about it
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Give shout outs to people who have donated
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Ask for donations on your birthday
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Ask your parents to post your donor drive link on their Facebook pages
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Tweet at celebrities
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Share your story to make it more personal
11. Join together
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Grab some friends and host a:
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Bake sale
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Car wash
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Yard sale
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Lemonade stand
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Ask your organization to host a dress down chapter on your behalf
12. Use your talents
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Make personalized items and sell them (tshirts, buttons, bracelets)
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Photography
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Paint
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Sculpt
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Sing
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Dance
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Tutor
13. Athletics
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Ask people to sponsor your race
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Marathon
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1/2 marathon
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Triathlon
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Obstacle race
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Fitness challenge
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Fitbit
14. Miscellaneous
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Sponsor a RT on twitter
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Donate one night of your tips
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Give up 1 CFA breakfast or Starbucks coffee
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Give rides to class
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Door to door
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Make an announcement in class
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Become a student spotlight
15. Use some math
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Think about your goal
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Divide it by 5
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That # is how many people you can ask for a $5 donation
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EX: goal =$100
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100/5=20
That's only 20 friends who donate $5!!