Fundraise your way by energizing your community through celebrating a special occasion or being creative to help to those in need.
Play your favorite games while raising life-saving funds to those in need. You can help provide relief and support to families and communities in crisis with your charity stream.
Join a Challenge to take on a fitness activity while fundraising.
Take on a Spartan Race and fundraise for the Red Cross.
Help people affected by disasters big and small.
Do something unique and creative to fundraise your own way.
Celebrate or memorialize a loved one.
No matter what channel you choose to reach your network in support of the Red Cross, you can utilize these great tips to get your fundraiser ready to go!
Use email, social media, and your creativity to spark interest and start engaging your personal network with your fundraising efforts
Try out some of these tactics to keep your supporters motivated and your fundraising strong!
$600 can provide financial assistance for a family impacted by a local disaster, like a home fire.This assistance helps a family purchase items immediately after a disaster, such as food, lodging, clothing and other critical needs. Here is a potential plan of how you can reach $600 through your network!
Subject line: "Please Help Give Hope”
Dear {Name},
I'm emailing to let you know that I'm raising money for American Red Cross and it would mean so much to me if you could support my campaign with a donation.
Please Click Here {LINK TO YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE} to give.
It'll take about ten seconds and any donation, large or small, is so appreciated.
Here are some quick facts about my cause ...{SOME INFO ABOUT YOUR CAUSE. THE MORE TANGIBLE THE CAUSE THE BETTER}
Again, to support my campaign please Go Here {LINK TO YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE} and click on the Donate button.
Thanks so much for your support!
{NAME}
Subject Line: Spreading the word…
Dear {NAME},
I wanted to reach out and ask for some quick help. Spreading the word about American Red Cross is the single best way to help gain awareness and much needed money for my favorite cause.
So, I'm emailing everyone I know to ask them to share my fundraising page {INSERT LINK TO YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE} with their friends and family.
A social media share on Facebook or Twitter, or an email to your closest friends would be great and help me so much.
If you're willing to share, can you please send everyone this link: {LINK TO YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE} and ask them to check it out?
Thank you for your support!
{NAME}
LAUNCH your campaign with this message:
I’m helping to support the relief efforts of the Red Cross by raising $200! Please join me by donating here {LINK TO YOU FUNDRAISING PAGE}. A $10 donation provides 1 hot meal and additional snacks to 1 person.
UPDATE your supporters with this message:
I’m close to reaching my goal of raising $200 to help @RedCross provide comfort and hope to those in need! Will you consider a gift to sponsor me and help me reach my goal? {LINK TO FUNDRAISING PAGE}
THANK a donor with this message:
Thank you {@nameofdonor} for donating to support me and this important cause! Together are making a difference to those in need.
ASK for more support with this message:
My fundraiser is ending soon– can you help me finish strong and reach my goal? Just $20 can provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner to a person in need. Please sponsor me and donate to: {LINK TO FUNDRAISING PAGE}.
CELEBRATE your successful campaign with this message:
We did it! With your support, I raised {$TOTAL} and contributed towards the helping of those who need it most. Together, we helped @RedCross deliver its mission of providing care and comfort to those in need.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is a method of raising money that encourages supporters to utilize their own network to raise money on behalf of an organization. Supporters use an online platform to engage their friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors to donate to a fundraising page that directs funds to the nonprofit organization.
A P2P fundraising campaign for the Red Cross is the best way for an individual to increase their impact for an organization (especially for those who may not be able to make a large personal donation). Starting a fundraising campaign is an easy and effective way to raise money to provide help and hope to neighbors that need it most. Individuals, corporations, community groups and others can create their own teams and help raise valuable support for those in need.
Individuals – called fundraisers – reach out to people they know and ask them to donate to the Red Cross cause the fundraiser is supporting. Fundraisers for the Red Cross will create a fundraising page where they can upload personal pictures and post details about why they are supporting the organization. Fundraisers will then send messages to their friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. that include a link to their fundraising page and ask for donations. Messages are often sent by email and social media.
You can make a difference and help those in need by starting a P2P fundraiser and inviting your family and friends to join you in supporting our life-saving efforts. Thanks to the generosity of volunteers and supporters like you, the Red Cross is able to respond to a disaster every eight minutes. Your support helps us continue to bring hope, comfort, and care to countless children and families. We appreciate your help!