Help Us Fundraise $80,000 to Help Those With MS
Never fundraised before? Contact us!If you have never fundraised before and are keen to support those with MS, please do not hesitate to call us. We are available to make it easier for everyone to achieve our fundraising goal and helping people with MS.
Call the Events Team on (07) 3840 0863 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at anytime.
Getting Started
Set a fundraising goal
Setting a fundraising goal communicates to sponsors that you have a personal target to achieve. Let your sponsors be part of that experience of contributing towards something bigger than a simple donation. People donate because they respect the person asking them, let them feel better about their donation because they are supporting you personally and your personal fundraising goal.
Set a fundraising plan to achieve your goal
Setting a plan to achieve your goal is the best way to ensure success! Look at your strengths and contacts to work out the most efficient way to use your time to achieve a great result. More often than not you will surpass your goal just because you executed your fundraising plan and your sponsors noticed how passionate (and organised) you were and so they respond by exceeding your expectations.
Example: If you decided to set a goal of $4,000 you could plan to:
- Run a trivia night for 100 people (will get 10 people to organise a table each) - $2,000
- Ask for online sponsorship from friends and co-workers (20 people x $50) - $1,000
- Ask for matched funding ($4,000) or a company donation - $1,000
Educate yourself about Multiple Sclerosis and its devastating effects. It is also a great idea to read about our programs and services offered to those with MS and how your fundraising will help the MS Society help those people affected by the disease.
Promote your efforts
Let everyone know about what you plan to achieve and promote this great thing you are doing to help people with MS. People want to help and may offer a donation or even their time to help with your fundraising. People give because they want to support you and your fundraising, why not let them!
Great ways to promote your efforts are:
- Send an email or powerpoint presentation to communicate your message, including the link to your web page.
- Place on company Intranet or sporting or community newsletter. Why not ask if you can send something out in your companies payslips that are sent to employees?
- Place posters up around your workplace.
- Insert your fundraising goal on your auto signature.
- Send an invite for people to sponsor you on Facebook.
Many workplaces and organisations are more than happy to support a good cause, a huge bonus being if they can be seen to support their employees at the same time, all you have to do is ask! Click here to find out more!