how to fundraise
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Utilize your Donor Drive Page. Post on Social Media, telling people why you got involved with MadiTHON and how they can help.
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Donate your Christmas or birthday money.
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Ask family members for donations over the holidays.
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Fill up a 2-liter soda bottle with dimes. This will average out to approximately $500.
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Skip your extra cup of coffee for one week.
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Be the FTKab for a night and donate the money.
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Ask your donors if their companies will match their donation.
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Shave your head/dye your hair when you raise a certain amount of money
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I found these on FSU's website.
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Post a funny picture on Facebook or Instagram for each donation received
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Have stuff you don’t want anymore? Sell it on a website!
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Babysit and have a % of your earnings go to your fundraising account
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Have a yard or garage sale
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Mow lawns
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Have a bake sale
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Throw a party and charge people to get in or participate
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Host a dinner
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Bring old clothes to Plato’s closet
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Text everyone you know!
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Send emails and follow through with phone calls
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Give rides to class for a donation
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Be the taxi for the night and ask friends for donations when you drop them off or pick them up
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Host a car wash
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Be the delivery man/woman for the night and bring friends food or coffee while studying
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Ask 20 family and friends to donate $10 to sponsor you for every hour of the Marathon (That’s $200!)
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Put a bucket outside your work for spare change donations (with permission of course!)
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Regularly post your fundraising page on social media
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Have your parents post your fundraising page on their Facebook pages
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Contact old teachers/professors
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Do your friends’ laundry
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Keep a change jar!
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Utilize the letter template and send handwritten letters!
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Bake cookies/brownies for donations
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Artistic? make personalized items and sell for a donation
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Wear/do something crazy in public when you reach a certain monetary goal
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Do housework/errands for a donation
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Walk dogs or dog-sit
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Sell back your old textbooks
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Ask for donations on behalf of the holidays and your Birthday!
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Ask companies if they will match how much you fundraise within a certain period of time
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Tweet at celebrities
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Utilize the sponsorship letter(Coming soon) and ask local businesses, past job sites, and your high schools if they would be willing to sponsor you to participate in Dance Marathon.
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Buy a dozen donuts and sell each donut for $1; do the same with a box of pizza!
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Ask friends/family to send a mass email on your behalf
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Share your story and let people know why you are passionate
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Ask for "dare donations" and allow your friends to dare you to do something if they donate a certain amount
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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
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Ask professors if you are able to can in class
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Go canning! (football weekends and other shops, malls, and areas you are able to get permission from)
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Set a fundraising goal and if it is reached set out a challenge that you will do (ex: run a marathon, serenade President Thrasher, be creative!)
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Participate in all DM at FSU fundraising campaigns!
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Save $1 each day leading up to the marathon
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Go Holiday (or any other time) Caroling for donations
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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
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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
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Challenge Facebook/Instagram/Twitter friends to donate to your page through creative, original posts
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Run or bike a marathon for donations!
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Write a letter to family and friends describing what being FTK means to you! Share your passion!