Breast Cancer 3 Day: Some FUNdraising Ideas!

10 Fundraising Ideas for your Breast Cancer 3 Day!

1. Your HQ: Send emails from your HQ. Customize your HQ with a picture and your personal story.
Email your fundraising letter to friends, family, co-workers, and ask them to support you. Your
email will have a direct link right back to your website and when they donate online, they will
automatically receive a receipt for tax purposes. Ask everyone to forward on your email to 10 more
people!

2. House Party: Host a fundraising party at your home for friends, family, co-workers, neighbors.
Share your experience of the 3-Day and your reasons for walking, then ask them to support you.
Ask your coach for an inspirational video/DVD to show at the party.

3. Corporate Matching: Take advantage of corporate matching gifts programs.
Many of your donors may work for companies that have a program like this – their donation could double simply by filling out a form from their Human Resources department.

4. Corporate Sponsor: Identify one corporate sponsor that you can ask for a large donation. Offer to wear their shirt for advertising.

5. Garage Sale: Ask all of your friends and neighbors to participate by donating items for sale. Make signs that indicate all proceeds are going to the 3-Day. Ask your local paper to run an ad as their contribution. Add a bake sale and/or lemonade stand, and have a straight donation jar visibly displayed. Don’t forget to have plenty of donation forms on hand!

6. Super Change Jar: Ask all of your friends and family to put aside their spare change to be added to the super change jar.
Every month or so, empty it out and let everyone know how much “a little at a time” adds up! This is a great idea to put into action at work, too. Decorate the jar with inspirational quotes and photos from your training walks.

7. “Loose Change Day”: Ask your child’s school to have a “Loose Change Day”.
Make a flyer encouraging each child to bring in loose change from their house to be donated. Encourage the math classes to assist with counting, predicting and rolling the change. This is a great way to involve the entire school. You can hold this event multiple times; every week, every month.

8. Car Wash: Hold a car wash – either in your neighborhood, at your place of worship, or at your place of business.
Ask local businesses to donate the supplies you will need and ask your friends
to help wash. Add a bake sale; sell chilled bottles of water (that have been donated). If you have
enough help, consider adding a dog wash!

9. Car Wash-Take 2: Go to your local car wash and talk with the owner/manager about doing a fundraising event there. Many people go to the same car wash every week.
Post flyers a week in advance, then spend a few hours talking with people about what you are doing at the cashier stand. Hand people a flyer, accept donations!

10. Tribute Donations: Encourage your donors to make their donations in “honor of”, “support of”, or “memory of” someone they know who has been affected by breast cancer.
This is a great way to let them feel very much a part of your experience. Suggest a donation amount for them to sign a shirt or a placard that you will carry with you on the 3-Day, or print their names on a twist of pink ribbon that you will pin to your shirt.

Love, hugs, and blessings,
The Mama