Friends, Family, Peers, and Business Contacts

• Send emails or letters to friends and family (don’t forget out-of-towners), asking them to make a donation to your campaign. Remember to always provide a link to your personal fundraising website.
• Text your close friends with a link to make a donation. Ask them to donate $10 and to ask 10 of their friends to donate $10!
• Offer to do an activity for a donation. “For a $25 donation, I will do 25 push-ups and post it on my social media!”
• Coordinate a fundraising effort tied to an activity you commit to doing when you hit a specific milestone. For example, commit to wearing a tutu for a day or dyeing your hair pink when you hit your fundraising goal.
• Leverage companies as “match day” sponsors. “Today, all donations up to $X will be matched by Business Name.”

Fundraise Through Social Media Networks

• As you share your pictures and information about your event, ask followers to make a donation to help you become the top fundraiser, or top fundraising team, while supporting the American Cancer Society’s mission to help save lives from cancer.
• Provide updates on your fundraising progress through your social media networks, and always provide a link to your personal fundraising website.

Coordinate an Off-site Fundraiser

• Ask a local business to donate an item (such as a cooler, golf or fishing outing, restaurant gift certificate, weekend at a vacation rental, gym membership, etc.), and rally friends and family to ask for donations to win the prize(s). Draw the winner on the last day of the challenge.
• Ask a local business to host a fundraiser, or have a local restaurant donate a portion of their proceeds to your campaign.