The biggest and most impactful way we can help Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is through fundraising efforts! We know that sometimes fundraising can be a daunting and confusing task so we want to help you be the most successful fundraiser you can be! This tab has different resources, tips, and ideas to help you either get started fundraising or continue your efforts!
Why is it important to fundraise?
Every year, Le Bonheur treats over 250,000 children is our local area. Their emergency department is the second busiest in the country and their world-renowned doctors work tireless to provide quality care so these kids have a chance at a better life. No kid deserves to be in a hospital bed, scared for their life. They deserve to have a happy and healthy childhood and to be out in the world spreading love and joy. But unfortunately, for some, they have bigger challenges to face. The special thing about Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is that they never turn a child away for their family’s inability to pay. They treat every kid regardless of their financial situation; therefore, they rely heavily on generous donations and the fundraising efforts of passionate and caring people like you!
How do I fundraise?
Once your register for STATEDM, you have your very own fundraising page where family and friends can support your commitment to staying on your feet for 9 hours straight!
Login to your page to get started! [Link to log in to their fundraising page] Use the pencil buttons to edit and personalize your page to reflect your personality and passion for the cause!
5 Steps of Fundraising
Step 1: Choose a Fundraising Goal
Fundraising Tips
Letter/Email/Social Media Post Template
Dear __________,
Did you know that over 250,000 kids are treated at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital every year? Or that regardless of each family's ability to pay Le Bonheur treats every child that comes through their doors? This year I am lucky enouh to be involved in an organization that helps Le Bonheur fulfill that mission. Mississippi State Dance Marathon is a group of students who believe that every child deserves the chance to be a kid and that no child should have to be cooped up in a hospital worried about living to the next day. I have taken the pledge, along with hundreds of other students, to stay on my feet for 9 hours straight on Feb. 9, 2019 in honor of all the kids - past, present, and future - in a hospital fighting for their chance to live. We stand to show them that they are not fighting alone. Together we have set out to raise $80,000 -- $1 for every kid who will visit the ER at Le Bonheur this year. I have set my personal fundraising goal at $_______ [insert significance of goal]. I am inviting you to join me in helping these kids by supporting me in my fundraising efforts! No donation is too small. When you consider that $5 can buy a teddy bear to comfort a child going through surgery or that $10 can buy a pack of preemie diaper for the babies in the NICU, you realize that every dollar makes a difference. You don't have to be a doctor or nurse to save a child's life.
[Insert fundraising pge link]
For The Kids, _____________
Text or Venmo Request Template
Hey _____! I am a part of Dance Marathon at Mississippi State which is an on-campus organization that raises funds and awareness for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. I have my own personal fundraising page and I would love if you would consider donating to support my commitment to stay on my feet for 8 hours straight in honor of all the kids in the hospital. Every donation makes a difference and no donation is too small! [Insert link for fundraising page] For The Kids!
Creative and Unique Fundraising Ideas
Why is it important to fundraise?
Every year, Le Bonheur treats over 250,000 children is our local area. Their emergency department is the second busiest in the country and their world-renowned doctors work tireless to provide quality care so these kids have a chance at a better life. No kid deserves to be in a hospital bed, scared for their life. They deserve to have a happy and healthy childhood and to be out in the world spreading love and joy. But unfortunately, for some, they have bigger challenges to face. The special thing about Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is that they never turn a child away for their family’s inability to pay. They treat every kid regardless of their financial situation; therefore, they rely heavily on generous donations and the fundraising efforts of passionate and caring people like you!
How do I fundraise?
Once your register for STATEDM, you have your very own fundraising page where family and friends can support your commitment to staying on your feet for 9 hours straight!
Login to your page to get started! [Link to log in to their fundraising page] Use the pencil buttons to edit and personalize your page to reflect your personality and passion for the cause!
5 Steps of Fundraising
Step 1: Choose a Fundraising Goal
- Personal – Choose a goal that means something to you and your connection with Dance Marathon
- Example: $200 for my 2nd year as a dancer
- Meaningful – Choose a goal that connects to Le Bonheur or CMN
- Example: $97 for the 97 kids who go through surgeries at a CMN Hospital every hour
- Example: $80 for the 80,000 emergency department visits to Le Bonheur every year
- Tell a story – If you have a story for why you are passionate about Dance Marathon and/or CMN, tell it on your fundraising page to motivate visitors do click that donate button!
- Share your “why” – Edit your letter to reflect your personality and why you are motivated to fundraise. Let your passion show!
- Email and letters – Send out emails and letters with a link to your page to everyone who would be interested in supporting you! (Templates below)
- Social media – Share your page link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media outlets to reach a large number of people!
- Spreading the word – Tell your friends and groups that you are a part of about your fundraising page. The more you talk about it, the more people will know about it!
- Fundraising Ideas – Be creative and crazy!
- Example: Shave your head/dye your hair when you raise a certain amount of money
- Example: Have stuff you don’t want anymore? Sell it on a website!
- Example: Tweet at celebrities
- Example: Make a deal to dress up in a crazy costume for class if you reach your goal
- (More Ideas below)
- Be sure to thank all of your donors and express how meaningful their donation is no matter how large or small!
Fundraising Tips
- Personalize your fundraising page with pictures, stories, and your “voice.”
- Use facts and stats about Le Bonheur to educate people about why it’s important to donate and where their money is going!
- Ask people to who aren’t able to donate to share your page!
- Utilize the templates below to send emails, texts, social media posts, venom requests, letters, etc.
- Thank you donors so they know who much their donation means and they will be more likely to donate to you again in the future!
Letter/Email/Social Media Post Template
Dear __________,
Did you know that over 250,000 kids are treated at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital every year? Or that regardless of each family's ability to pay Le Bonheur treats every child that comes through their doors? This year I am lucky enouh to be involved in an organization that helps Le Bonheur fulfill that mission. Mississippi State Dance Marathon is a group of students who believe that every child deserves the chance to be a kid and that no child should have to be cooped up in a hospital worried about living to the next day. I have taken the pledge, along with hundreds of other students, to stay on my feet for 9 hours straight on Feb. 9, 2019 in honor of all the kids - past, present, and future - in a hospital fighting for their chance to live. We stand to show them that they are not fighting alone. Together we have set out to raise $80,000 -- $1 for every kid who will visit the ER at Le Bonheur this year. I have set my personal fundraising goal at $_______ [insert significance of goal]. I am inviting you to join me in helping these kids by supporting me in my fundraising efforts! No donation is too small. When you consider that $5 can buy a teddy bear to comfort a child going through surgery or that $10 can buy a pack of preemie diaper for the babies in the NICU, you realize that every dollar makes a difference. You don't have to be a doctor or nurse to save a child's life.
[Insert fundraising pge link]
For The Kids, _____________
Text or Venmo Request Template
Hey _____! I am a part of Dance Marathon at Mississippi State which is an on-campus organization that raises funds and awareness for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. I have my own personal fundraising page and I would love if you would consider donating to support my commitment to stay on my feet for 8 hours straight in honor of all the kids in the hospital. Every donation makes a difference and no donation is too small! [Insert link for fundraising page] For The Kids!
Creative and Unique Fundraising Ideas
- Shave your head/dye your hair when you raise a certain amount of money
- Have stuff you don’t want anymore? Sell it on a website!
- Babysit and have a % of your earnings go to your fundraising account
- Have a yard or garage sale
- Mow lawns
- Have a bake sale
- Bring old clothes to Plato’s closet
- Text everyone you know!
- Give rides to class for a donation
- Be the taxi for the night and ask friends for donations when you drop them off or pick them up
- Be the delivery man/woman for the night and bring friends food or coffee while studying
- Have your parents post your fundraising page on their Facebook pages
- Do your friends’ laundry
- Keep a change jar!
- Artistic? make personalized items and sell for a donation
- Wear/do something crazy in public when you reach a certain monetary goal
- Walk dogs or dog-sit
- Sell back your old textbooks
- Ask for donations on behalf of the holidays and your birthday!
- Ask companies if they will match how much you fundraise within a certain period of time
- Tweet at celebrities
- Ask friends/family to send a mass email on your behalf
- Ask for “dare donations” and allow your friends to dare you to do something if they donate a certain amount
- Talented? Write a song, perform a rap, write a poem, or perform a dance move for every donor who donates to your page and post it on social media
- Find all the spare change in your apartment or house
- Set a fundraising goal and if it is reached set out a challenge that you will do (ex: run a marathon, serenade the President, be creative!)
- Go Holiday caroling (or any other time) for donations
- Make a deal with your parents for every ‘A’ you receive on a test, quiz, paper, etc. they will donate a certain amount to your account
- Hold some sort of challenge (corn hole, baking, etc.) with a fee to participate and the winner receives the money entered to win into their fundraising account
- Challenge Facebook/Instagram/Twitter friends to donate to your page through creative, original posts
- Ask for donations instead of holiday presents
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