Fundraising Tips

Here are a few tips to get you started, but most importantly, make sure to remember the FUN in FUNdraising...and those cute animals you're doing this for in the first place! 

• Ask everyone! Use your own pet or a story of an adoptable animal as an icebreaker.

• Better Together. Form a fundraising team - get your classmates, work colleagues, neighbors, or club involved. 

• Share your message! Regularly send messages and share your fundraising link on social media and keep everyone updated on your progress. Also, tag those who donate to your cause and thank them for their donation. When you tag someone, your post gets shared in their activity feed, too, making your cause more visible. 

Fundraising Ideas To Spark Your Imagination!

Share Your Time – It’s A Meaningful Gift

• Offer to take your neighbor's trash bins to the curb this month in exchange for a gift to your fundraiser.

• Rake a friend's yard and request a contribution to your fundraiser.

• Find a chore that a family member or friend would love to skip this week and strike a deal for a contribution to your fundraiser.

• Visit the shelter and read a book to a shelter pet for every donation to your fundraiser.

• Have a fitness goal? Make it a fundraiser by asking friends and family to contribute when you reach milestones, like number of miles walked, or hours spent meditating.

• At work, arrange for your office to auction off the most prized parking spot for contributions to your fundraiser.

Share Your Expertise – Have a Skill to Teach?

Host a virtual or in-person class on something you're an expert on. Promote your class and ask attendees to make a donation to your fundraiser as admission:

• teach a line-dancing or yoga class

• give a makeup tutorial

• demonstrate how to change a bike tire

• show how to cook your most requested recipe

Share Your Talent - Shine Bright and Raise Funds!

• Love to bake? Make dog treats and deliver them to shelter pets on behalf of donors to your fundraiser.

• Are you an artist? Sketch a photo of pets in exchange for a contribution.

• Know how to mix a great cocktail? Offer to bartend at a party and let guests know tips are going to your fundraiser.

• Have a way with words? Offer to write a custom poem about the donor's pet when they give to your fundraiser.

Share Your Hospitality - Throw A Party!

• Host a watch party for the big game or season premier of your favorite show. Ask guests to donate a dollar when their team scores, or when you hear your favorite character's name.

• Have a game night, make a bracket and ask players to contribute to participate.

• Invite friends over for a karaoke night, attendees can contribute to sing a song of their choice, or nominate another guest to sing.

• Hold a mini pet parade. Meet up at your local dog park, or walk your regular neighborhood loop. Encourage guests to contribute to your fundraiser.

Grow your support on Social Media

 Sample Social Media Posts - SPCA Monterey County Statistics 

Copy and paste an amazing SPCA statistic below to your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or other social media profile! Add a photo to your post to make it more visually impactful. Download a photo (or two!) below for your personal use. 

• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! $25 covers a microchip so a lost animal can find their way home! www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving 

• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! $35 provides lifesaving vaccinations for a cat or a dog. www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving

• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! $60 provides food and shelter for a homeless pet. www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving

• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! The SPCA helps over 200 animals finding loving homes each month. www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving

• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! SPCA Humane Investigation Officers respond to over 75 calls for help each month. www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving
  
  
• Help me support the SPCA Monterey County's A Day of Giving! The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center rescues more than 2,000 injured or orphaned wildlife each year. www.spcamc.org/dayofgiving
  

Photos for Use on Social Media 

Right-click on the image and select "save image as" to save to your computer. Then upload to your social media profile to ask your friends and family to help you in your fundraising efforts.

 Jumpstart your Fundraising!