When approaching people for online donations, consider asking those beyond your closest friends and family. With 2 in 5 Canadians expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, people would appreciate the opportunity to get involved and offer whatever they can to help ensure no one faces cancer alone.
Here’s how you can encourage people to support your fundraising:
Want more fundraising tips? Download our Fundraising Toolkit for more online fundraising ideas.
All Plaid for Dad team captains receive access to their own Fundraising Centre. Get to know its tools and features so you can make the most of your fundraising!
Use the central dashboard to keep track of the progress your team has made towards its fundraising goal.
Add a photo and share why joining Plaid for Dad is close to your team's heart. Teams who personalize their pages often raise more money and are more successful in reaching their goal.
Your Fundraising Centre lets your team kick-start your fundraising with a self-donation to your team which shows potential donors your commitment to the cause.
Use the Fundraising Centre’s share link button in the central dashboard to text or email your team's page to potential donors — they can donate to you from there.
Our social sharing buttons will share your team's page on your personal or corporate social platforms with a customizable message asking for donations.
Encourage everyone on your team to send out pre-written emails to their colleagues, business associates, friends and family that discuss why they are fundraising and include an opportunity to donate. And don’t worry — they will be able to edit these emails however they'd like!
Show your team's gratitude with a selection of pre-written emails and messages that can be customized for your donors.
Check out the helpful tools we’ve created for your team to be successful, especially in this new virtual environment. Please connect with us if you need more tips on how to boost your fundraising!
Virtual game night
Rally your colleagues, friends and family for a virtual game night or work lunch! Download games online to share, or create your own trivia questions.
Fitness challenge
Challenge colleagues and friends with challenges such as push ups, chin ups or sit ups. Collect online donations as you reach your goal!
Host a virtual live concert
Dust off those musical talents and stage a live online concert for friends and family and ask for donations.
Download our Fundraising Toolkit for more examples of online cancer fundraisers and tips to maximize your success!