I’m fundraising for the first time this winter…
To reply to @Motivateyourass:
I’m fundraising for the first time this winter-any tips that have worked for you?
What are you raising money for? Make sure you connect your cause to your donors. They will likely be asked by a lot of people so make them/their money/ and what they can do to help you very import—and understandable.
Write thank-you notes and send them to your donor’s no later than a week after they donate to you. Use snail-mail and emails for your appeals. No one is going to get annoyed that you asked.
Have an event if you can. Bar night with raffle items. Bachelor/Bachelorette date auctions. Bar Crawls. Bake Sale.
So I guess the point is you got to put a lot of effort into fundraising. Good luck! Let us hear about it!
Road Race Popularity Reaches an All-Time (runner’s) High
And other headlines you could expect to see about the New York City Half Marathon $128 entry fee. Not doing that one. I will run a NYRR half in 2012, but most likely the Brooklyn or Queens.
This is right about the time that a lot of people begin training for the Boston Marathon. So who will I be following on Tumblr this winter?
This year I’m considering increasing my fundraising goal from $10,000 to $16,000 but I need to get off to a good start. I ultimately want to raise more than $13,000 so I need to increase my goal at some point.
I have raised more than $40,000 in my four years with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, but to get past $50,000, or $53,000, or even $56,000 in 2012, I will need some creative fundraising ideas…
LET me hear them. Thanks!
