Showing posts with label fundraising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fundraising. Show all posts
Monday, March 15, 2010
PETA Pack Vegan Bake Sale
This past Saturday the PETA Pack team held a Vegan Bake Sale in Oakland, CA in an effort to raise money for PETA's Investigations and Rescue Fund. We had Cinnaholic cinnamon buns, blondies, baklava, cannoli's, cookies galore, cakes, breads, and so much more! It was a smashing success, and you can see in the pictures below. We raised over $650 and had a blast doing it! This is definitely a new PETA Pack tradition.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Share Your Efforts with the World!
People can’t support you if they don’t know you’re what you’re doing! In case you forgot, you’re training unbelievably hard for three months, pushing yourself to run 10 or 20 or even 30 miles a week in all weather conditions, all so you can run a race with the PETA Pack for animals.
Furthermore, people won’t support you if they don’t know WHY you are doing this and why their support is so important to you and the animals! These reasons may be different for each of us, but the bottom line is that we are doing this in an effort to get help for the animals that need it so desperately—to spread awareness about animal abuse and exploitation and to inspire people to help and to donate.
Many of us are doing a fantastic job spreading the word to your friends and family—and it’s clearly paying off. We’ve already raised over $11,500! That’s HUGE. But we’ve still got a way to go to reach our individual goals and $100,000 collectively. Lucky for us, there are literally endless opportunities to share your PETA Pack fundraising page with the world.
BUT FIRST—Perfect Your Page! Before you ask people for their support, make sure your fundraising page is presenting everything you want your friends to know. What are you doing? How much time and effort are you putting into this and most importantly, why? Where will the donations go? Why are these donations so important to you and to animals? How is training going so far? Are you planning to accomplish things you never thought you could?
10 Ways to Share Your Efforts with the World (and raise money!):
1. Email. Write a really powerful email and send an email to everyone in your address book. Friends, family, family friends, friends of family friends, co-workers, neighbors, the parents of the child you once babysat, old friends from school—anyone. Personalize the emails to the people closest to you, so they have to at least respond. First email them to let them know you’re doing this, again to give them an update about how it’s going, and a final time right before the race!
2. Email Signature. Include a link to your fundraising page below your email signature or as a P.S.! For example: “I’m training to run a half-marathon for animals and your support would mean the world to me.” This is a super easy way to send gentle reminders to the you communicate with that you’re still huffing and puffing away and still want their support!
3. Post to Facebook. So easy! It takes literally 30 seconds. Post your fundraising page to Facebook by copy-pasting the link into the status update box. Update your status whenever you run an impressive distance, have a PETA Pack story to share, receive a donation, discover a new running location, etc!
4. Blog. Have a blog? Write a post about the PETA Pack and ask your readers for support!
5. Website. If you have one, we’ve got an awesome little icon you can include that links to the PETA Pack site.
6. Twitter. If you’re one of the 18 million people on Twitter, tweet about @PETAPack2010 and your training adventures!
7. Go door to door. I never was a girl scout, but I do appreciate that with the right approach, going door to door can be a very successful fundraising technique. Dress professionally or in a PETA shirt. Explain what you are doing and why, and tell them that you would really appreciate their support. Ask for checks made out to PETA, not cash, to prove you are credible. Carry PETA leaflets with you if you have some. Send the checks to Michelle at the Oakland Office and we will add the money to your fundraising page!
8. Collection Boxes. Create some donation collection boxes and ask if you can put one at work, in stores, at the vet’s office, a library, a grocery store, etc. Have children in school? See if their class will have a change drive for animals. Just be sure to follow up and collect the donations from the boxes regularly!
9. Host a Fundraising Party/Event! Make a delicious vegan dinner, host a vegan drinks night, have a dance party, a Super Bowl party… anything! Get creative. Invite friends and ask for a minimum donation to attend. Your fundraising page can serve as your guest list!
10. Help with PETA Pack Fundraising Events! We are organizing a Popcorn and Movie Night, Vegan Bake Sale, and Wine & Dine event with a very special guest. We will ask for a minimum donation from guests, and the PETA Packers who to come to the events, bring food, spread the word, and bring friends will receive a portion of the money raised on their fundraising page!
Furthermore, people won’t support you if they don’t know WHY you are doing this and why their support is so important to you and the animals! These reasons may be different for each of us, but the bottom line is that we are doing this in an effort to get help for the animals that need it so desperately—to spread awareness about animal abuse and exploitation and to inspire people to help and to donate.
Many of us are doing a fantastic job spreading the word to your friends and family—and it’s clearly paying off. We’ve already raised over $11,500! That’s HUGE. But we’ve still got a way to go to reach our individual goals and $100,000 collectively. Lucky for us, there are literally endless opportunities to share your PETA Pack fundraising page with the world.
BUT FIRST—Perfect Your Page! Before you ask people for their support, make sure your fundraising page is presenting everything you want your friends to know. What are you doing? How much time and effort are you putting into this and most importantly, why? Where will the donations go? Why are these donations so important to you and to animals? How is training going so far? Are you planning to accomplish things you never thought you could?
10 Ways to Share Your Efforts with the World (and raise money!):
1. Email. Write a really powerful email and send an email to everyone in your address book. Friends, family, family friends, friends of family friends, co-workers, neighbors, the parents of the child you once babysat, old friends from school—anyone. Personalize the emails to the people closest to you, so they have to at least respond. First email them to let them know you’re doing this, again to give them an update about how it’s going, and a final time right before the race!
2. Email Signature. Include a link to your fundraising page below your email signature or as a P.S.! For example: “I’m training to run a half-marathon for animals and your support would mean the world to me.” This is a super easy way to send gentle reminders to the you communicate with that you’re still huffing and puffing away and still want their support!
3. Post to Facebook. So easy! It takes literally 30 seconds. Post your fundraising page to Facebook by copy-pasting the link into the status update box. Update your status whenever you run an impressive distance, have a PETA Pack story to share, receive a donation, discover a new running location, etc!
4. Blog. Have a blog? Write a post about the PETA Pack and ask your readers for support!
5. Website. If you have one, we’ve got an awesome little icon you can include that links to the PETA Pack site.
6. Twitter. If you’re one of the 18 million people on Twitter, tweet about @PETAPack2010 and your training adventures!
7. Go door to door. I never was a girl scout, but I do appreciate that with the right approach, going door to door can be a very successful fundraising technique. Dress professionally or in a PETA shirt. Explain what you are doing and why, and tell them that you would really appreciate their support. Ask for checks made out to PETA, not cash, to prove you are credible. Carry PETA leaflets with you if you have some. Send the checks to Michelle at the Oakland Office and we will add the money to your fundraising page!
8. Collection Boxes. Create some donation collection boxes and ask if you can put one at work, in stores, at the vet’s office, a library, a grocery store, etc. Have children in school? See if their class will have a change drive for animals. Just be sure to follow up and collect the donations from the boxes regularly!
9. Host a Fundraising Party/Event! Make a delicious vegan dinner, host a vegan drinks night, have a dance party, a Super Bowl party… anything! Get creative. Invite friends and ask for a minimum donation to attend. Your fundraising page can serve as your guest list!
10. Help with PETA Pack Fundraising Events! We are organizing a Popcorn and Movie Night, Vegan Bake Sale, and Wine & Dine event with a very special guest. We will ask for a minimum donation from guests, and the PETA Packers who to come to the events, bring food, spread the word, and bring friends will receive a portion of the money raised on their fundraising page!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Fundraising Emails and Thanking Your Donors!
Hey PETA Packers!
Now that you've joined the team and set up your personal fundraising page, I'm sure you can't wait to start fundraising! After all, the rush that you get when you receive donations on your page is one of the best feelings out there. Better yet, you'll be giving your friends, family and co-workers an opportunity to get the incredible feeling that comes with donating to a person and a cause they care about.
What are you waiting for? If you can't figure out what to say, here are some samples for ideas (below). Feel free to use them if you'd like. As long as you keep it personal and from the heart, people won't be able to resist donating!
Thank you for all of your efforts, and Good Luck!
Michelle Cehn :)
michellecehn@petaf.org
Sample Fundraising E-Mail:
Dear Friends,
As some of you may know, I'm training to run a half marathon [or full or 5k] in March. I can barely even imagine running 13+ miles [or 21+ or a 5k] right now, but I am committed to do this on behalf of the abused, neglected and lonely animals with no hope other than PETA coming to their aid. I donate to PETA whenever I can, but I am not able to make the big donations I'd like to by myself. With your help, we can reach more animals and make an even bigger difference than any one person can alone. That is why I decided to run this race. I hope that it will inspire you and many others to lend a hand, and that it will help build a network of supporters that the animals so desperately need.
Making a donation to the PETA Pack is a way to speak out against violence and support kindness to animals without having to do the work yourself. PETA employees and volunteers work very hard every day to investigate cruelty cases, spread awareness about animal exploitation, inspire a shift in attitude and lifestyle toward a more compassionate one, and to find animals who are suffering and lend them a loving hand. Every day PETA distributes literature to the public emails companies asking for more humane practices, speaks out for animals on street corners, in newspapers, online, on television, and anywhere the message of compassion can be shared.
Today I am asking for your support. I'll be doing the huffing and puffing for 3 months, struggling to run upwards of 20 miles a week, and it would mean the world to me if you would consider supporting me by making a donation to my fundraising page:
http://peta.teamraising.com/team/MichelleCehn
On behalf of the animals we are working for, thank you. This means a lot to me, and it means the world to them. With great appreciation,
[Your Name]
Sample Thank You Email
Dear [Donor],
Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donation of $[Amount Donated] to my PETA Pack page! Your support of the PETA Pack means the world to me, and I cannot thank you enough. It is really inspiring to receive donations from compassionate people like you, and I am going to train, run and fundraise even harder because of it!
This year, all the money raised by the PETA Pack is going to PETA's Investigations and Rescue Fund. This pays for everything from undercover investigations that expose behind-the-scenes cruelty, to providing dog houses for lonely backyard dogs that are often chained in freezing weather without shelter. I hope you will sleep well tonight, knowing that your donation will be going to help animals who would not have been helped otherwise.
Thank you so much for supporting me, the team, and the animals who rely on us.
With love and great appreciation,
[Your Name]
Now that you've joined the team and set up your personal fundraising page, I'm sure you can't wait to start fundraising! After all, the rush that you get when you receive donations on your page is one of the best feelings out there. Better yet, you'll be giving your friends, family and co-workers an opportunity to get the incredible feeling that comes with donating to a person and a cause they care about.
What are you waiting for? If you can't figure out what to say, here are some samples for ideas (below). Feel free to use them if you'd like. As long as you keep it personal and from the heart, people won't be able to resist donating!
Thank you for all of your efforts, and Good Luck!
Michelle Cehn :)
michellecehn@petaf.org
Sample Fundraising E-Mail:
Dear Friends,
As some of you may know, I'm training to run a half marathon [or full or 5k] in March. I can barely even imagine running 13+ miles [or 21+ or a 5k] right now, but I am committed to do this on behalf of the abused, neglected and lonely animals with no hope other than PETA coming to their aid. I donate to PETA whenever I can, but I am not able to make the big donations I'd like to by myself. With your help, we can reach more animals and make an even bigger difference than any one person can alone. That is why I decided to run this race. I hope that it will inspire you and many others to lend a hand, and that it will help build a network of supporters that the animals so desperately need.
Making a donation to the PETA Pack is a way to speak out against violence and support kindness to animals without having to do the work yourself. PETA employees and volunteers work very hard every day to investigate cruelty cases, spread awareness about animal exploitation, inspire a shift in attitude and lifestyle toward a more compassionate one, and to find animals who are suffering and lend them a loving hand. Every day PETA distributes literature to the public emails companies asking for more humane practices, speaks out for animals on street corners, in newspapers, online, on television, and anywhere the message of compassion can be shared.
Today I am asking for your support. I'll be doing the huffing and puffing for 3 months, struggling to run upwards of 20 miles a week, and it would mean the world to me if you would consider supporting me by making a donation to my fundraising page:
http://peta.teamraising.com/team/MichelleCehn
On behalf of the animals we are working for, thank you. This means a lot to me, and it means the world to them. With great appreciation,
[Your Name]
Sample Thank You Email
Dear [Donor],
Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donation of $[Amount Donated] to my PETA Pack page! Your support of the PETA Pack means the world to me, and I cannot thank you enough. It is really inspiring to receive donations from compassionate people like you, and I am going to train, run and fundraise even harder because of it!
This year, all the money raised by the PETA Pack is going to PETA's Investigations and Rescue Fund. This pays for everything from undercover investigations that expose behind-the-scenes cruelty, to providing dog houses for lonely backyard dogs that are often chained in freezing weather without shelter. I hope you will sleep well tonight, knowing that your donation will be going to help animals who would not have been helped otherwise.
Thank you so much for supporting me, the team, and the animals who rely on us.
With love and great appreciation,
[Your Name]
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