Get Involved

Get permission from local authorities to block off an intersection and stand with donation buckets, asking passers-by for donations.

Gather items from your garage, attic, and basement. Ask friends to contribute too. Host a front yard sale with all proceeds going to the fundraiser.

Host a bake sale with friends. Sell baked goods, lemonade, and coffee. Perfect to combine with a garage sale!

Create small boxes for friends and family to place on their dressers. They drop spare change daily, and you collect the boxes at the end of your campaign.

Request restaurant managers to place donation jars at the front of their establishment in high-traffic areas.

Ask businesses you frequent or do business with to have a donation jar for a certain period of time.

Write to all your neighbors on your block (or in your building) with a letter explaining what you're fundraising for and asking for donations.

Ask your gym to place a pledge jar at the front desk.

Ask your barber or hairdresser to donate $2 for every haircut they complete over one weekend.

Place an advertisement in your church bulletin letting the congregation know what you're up to!

If your kids play on soccer leagues or any other sports teams, distribute your fundraising information to other parents at events.

Contact local schools and ask if you can put an advertisement in their school newsletter. Some organizations may even invite you to make a short presentation.

Call your own college or university and ask them to place an ad in the alumni newsletter asking for donations.

Check with a local historical society to see if they would sponsor a garden tour of one or several homes in your area. Promote the event in local newspapers.

Ask 10 of your friends to contact 10 of their friends to ask 10 of their friends to donate $10 each to help raise money.

Ask someone to donate who has asked you for a donation.

Get your students to help you fundraise. Kids are incredibly creative and cute, too!

Hold a theme party for 10 or more friends. Donation: $50 per person. Spend no more than $20 per person on food and you'll have $300+ in donations by the end of the night.

Pick up a new movie, make popcorn, get some soda, and invite friends and family over for movie night. Have your fundraising page open and ready!

Spend a Friday night at a Karaoke Bar and sing your heart out! Have the announcer tell the crowd that you're singing for pledges.

If you have a piano bar in your neighborhood and a talented piano-playing friend, ask the owner to let you bring friends in for a cocktail and piano night. Charge attendees and let them know it's a fundraising event.

Get out those board games and start playing! Break into teams and let the fun begin.

Plan a fun night of bowling at your local lanes. Ask the owner to waive the cost of bowling and you can collect that money and turn it into pledges.

Host football parties with football pools. All proceeds go toward your fund.

Host a Super Bowl party in February and ask your guests to donate.

Are you moving soon? Ask your friends to make a donation instead of purchasing a gift for your new place.

Get creative (and ask friends to pitch in) and make Christmas/holiday ornaments for the holiday season. Sell them at a local bazaar or fair.

Ask for donations for your birthday rather than gifts. This is simple and easier for friends and family. Post it on Facebook.

This is tough for those who love opening gifts, but it's an easy way to reach your pledge minimum. Ask for donations rather than Christmas gifts this year.

It's always sweet to get roses, but it'll be even sweeter for your sweetie to write a check and put it in a card addressed to you.

If you're raising funds in memory of a loved one, include a picture of you with your loved one on your fundraising page.

Find a local artist or ask a creative friend if they would donate a piece of art or jewelry that you can auction off.

Do you always make travel plans through the same agency? Ask them to donate a travel voucher. You can auction it off at one of your parties.

Ask a local theater to donate a few tickets to one of their plays or musicals and auction them off.

Ask your local movie house to donate several movie tickets. Sell them and put the money toward your pledges.

Offer up your services and let your friends have a nice, quiet night out of the house!

Are your neighbors going away and don't want to leave their pet at a boarding facility? Offer your services and charge what they would have paid at the facility.

Friends going out of town? Maybe they need someone to stay in their place while they're away!

Are you a Mr. or Ms. Fix-it? Place signs around your neighborhood advertising your services (watering gardens, cleaning roof gutters, sweeping driveways, fixing plumbing, painting rooms, etc.).

Get your kids involved! Check ahead with all your neighbors and ask if you can mow their lawn for $50.

Ask everyone and every company you know if they can do an email blast for you.

Update your answering machine and cell phone voicemail to alert everyone who calls that you're fundraising. Let them know you need their support and how to donate.

Get in the habit of signing your note cards and letters with your name AND your fundraising URL. You'll be surprised how many people will ask what that means.

Round up goods from your friends and put them on eBay to be auctioned off. Use eBay's charity arm as they don't charge a commission.

Print up inexpensive business cards (you can even do it on your computer) with all pertinent information including your name, event name, and address (or PO Box). Hand these out to everyone you meet!

Call your favorite radio station and ask them to make an announcement on the air. They may even interview you.

Ask your boss or human resources director if they can swap one of your vacation days for a day's pay.

Ask your boss for both a company and a personal pledge.

Place a Curse Jar in your office. Whenever someone says a bad word, they have to open their wallet, grab a dollar, and put it in the jar.

Ask a friend if they can investigate getting their company to match pledges. If they donate $500 or more, we will put their company website on your Bio page.

Identify one or several large companies and contact them directly. They may be willing to sponsor you completely. If they donate $500 or more, we will put their company website on your Bio page.

Ask them to make a check out for you instead of the other way around!

Hopefully you won't have to pull teeth to get them to help you out a little!

They've cracked your back. Now ask them to crack open their checkbook and make a pledge.

You've given them lots of money to work on your car. Now it's time for them to give a little back to you!