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Ask for Pledges

Getting pledges is great way to engage people in your cause and helping them take action to support you.

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Ideas & Tips

  • If people want to give you a donation instead of pledging that’s OK!
  • Let people know when and how you’ll be gathering their donation when everything is done.
  • The more challenging you make your activity the easier it will be to get pledges.
  • Ask friends to join you and get their own pledges
  • Turn it into a competition against another team or class

How It Plays Out

  1. Decide on what activity you’ll be doing (laps on a track, pushups, hiking, running, burpees, downward dogs, miles of beach you’ll clean up etc.)
  2. Decide how many you’ll be doing AND the amount of time you’ll be doing it (ex: 10 pushups a day for 10 days OR walking laps around a track for 12 hours OR miles of beach you’ll clean up in a day)
  3. Decide how much you’ll ask for the activity (ex: 50 cents per pushup OR 50 cents per lap) and connect it to how it helps your cause. (ex: $5 donation will do XX)
  4. Do the math for your donors and give them choices to make it easy for them to decide (25 cents/ pushup = $25 donation; 50 cents/pushup = $50 donation; $1/pushup = $100 donation
  5. Create an online form or use a simple piece of paper with clear instructions about pledge amounts and how, when and where they can donate.