subject: School Fundraising: Raise Money Online for Your School [print this page] School Fundraising: Raise Money Online for Your School
Are you in charge of this year's school fundraising project for your child's school? Are you unsure of what activities you should do, or how to get started? Fear not: a social media giving platform can help with your efforts and raise your school's donations through the roof.
Offline activities like bake sales, car washes and event dinners can be fun and get the whole school involved; but it doesn't usually raise enough money, and you have to do more than one event or activity to get the funds you 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 with a social media giving platform, you can create a campaign in minutes and share it with the world. You can literally reach millions of people with just the click of a button.
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 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 your child'sschool fundraisers. They in turn can ask their friends and other family members that are local to them to 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 a social media giving 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.
