Fundraising Tips

Five simple steps to getting started :

1. Getting Your Webpage set up and personalizing it.
2. Getting your fundraising letters/emails ready to send out to everyone you know!
3. Putting out the ask - the faster you ask the faster you have donations on your Active.com web page!
4. Follow up - make sure you are updating your page and letters regarding your progress. Sending updates and thank you cards to your donors.
5. Supplement your fundraising plan with special events and matching gifts. Create a night out for friends and family to generate more donations. Matching gifts and corporate sponsorship packets are available to help with your fundraising. (Ask Stacey to provide these materials.
   

Fundraising

“WHERE DO I BEGIN?”

• Web Pages:
• The mission is important let them know the cause and how important every donation is to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Statistics and how much money is donated from every dollar earned.
• Make it personal- tell your story, why are you doing this, how is this important to you and your honored hero.
• A picture is the best motivation to get those donations rolling in!
• Putting the “ask” out there to everyone you have ever emailed!
• Make sure your URL- is in every email and signature       “http://www.active.com/donate/napa09longisland/napa09SMatthe ” to send people to donate!
• Due dates of when your donations need to be in by, i.e April 15^th.
• Thank you go along way do not forget to thank everyone!
• Make it fun and inviting!

• Letter Writing:
• Themission is important let them know the cause and how important every donation is to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Statistics and how much money is donated from every dollar earned.
• Make it personal- tell your story, why are you doing this, how is this important to you and your honored hero.
• A picture is the best motivation to get those donations rolling in!
• Putting the “ask” out there to everyone you have ever emailed!
• Make sure your URL- is in every email and signature.  "http://www.active.com/donate/napa09longisland/napa09SMatthe” to send people to donate!
• Put info on how they can also give you offline donations as well- such as checks.
• Due dates of when your donations need to be in by, i.e. November 15^th.
• Thank you go along way do not forget to thank everyone!
• Make it fun and inviting
  
  Do you already have a personal fundraising web page?
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       Great ways to fundraise:

• Contact everyone you know. Even if you have not talked to that friend for a while, it's never too late to reach out to a friendship.
• Ask your family and friends to help you fundraise and get the word out.
• You will be surprised by how many people will help you with your fundraising goal; you will even receive donations from people you may not know. Just remember to thank them. Take your fundraising letter with wherever you go -- you never know when you'll get an opportunity.
• Ask the people you work with for help.
• Try a combination of fundraising ideas, including a raffle, a fundraising letter, online fundraising, a party, corporate involvement, etc...
• Start fundraising now! The earlier you start, the more you will raise.
• Donate to yourself. When people know you have made a donation to yourself they will feel very comfortable helping you.
• Last but not least -- if you don't ask, you won't receive!  Why not start today?

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updated 3/19/08