School Fundraising: Raise Money Online for Your School
Are you in charge of this year’s school fundraising project for your child’s school? Or maybe you have helped out with one in the past? Are you unsure of what activities you should do, or how to get started? Fear not: an online fundraising platform can help you out with your fundraising efforts and raise money for your school’s projects, operations, sports, or any other number or fundraising needs.
Offline activities like bake sales, car washes, candy sales, and event dinners can be fun and get the whole school involved; but it doesn’t usually raise enough money, it requires a tremendous amount of time, effort, and amonst other human and capital resources. Plus, you have to do more than one event or activity to get the funds you typically will need. Schools have cautioned kids not to go door to door canvassing, because of the danger it can impose. And with the obesity epidemic, candy sales and bake sales are being frowned upon by school administrators; that doesn’t leave you with a lot of options. You might think that your school fundraiser is doomed; but when using an online fundraising platform, you can create one or multiple online fundraising campaigns in minutes and share it with the world or just your own social network of contacts. You can literally reach millions of people with just the click of a button, thanks to sites like Facebook and Twitter, amongst others.
With an online giving platform, it takes just a few minutes to set up your school fundraising campaign and get the word out to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. It’s free to register and set up; and you will be provided with tools and resources that you can use to enhance your campaign further and get even more donations. The giving platform will place ads throughout the internet for you on the various web channels that they are partnered with. You can ask your friends to spread the word online to their friends and family, and so on.
Facebook is not just for college kids anymore; it has become a way for people of all ages to connect , engage, and share information. Perhaps you have family that lives far away but you are connected through Facebook; they would probably be happy to donate to any of your school fundraisers. They in turn can ask their friends and other family members that are local to them to support their family members and donate as well. Before you know it, you’ll have donations pouring in from all kinds of different sources and your child’s school will have the funds they need.
With an online fundraising platform, you will have access to a dashboard that will quickly tell you how many donations you have, how much each person contributed and the location that the donation came from. This will allow you to analyze the data and allow you to make decisions to ensure your next school fundraising campaign is even more successful.