$50 is just the first step…you can make a big difference by raising even more.
The money you raise helps hundreds of thousands of people throughout the city—impoverished families, children and youth, the elderly, the physically challenged, women who have been abused, the homeless, and the many new immigrants who need help to realize their dreams of a better life in Canada. Here are some tips that can help you reach out to your network of friends, family and coworkers and do so much more for the community!
When you register online you will have a personal fundraising page and account created where people can donate and support your climb. From it you can access great tools that can help you raise funds quickly and easily!
Use e-mail to ask people to support your climb. Asking is easy!
Log in to your personal fundraising account and use the "Get Sponsors" link on the left nav to send out e-mails to friends, family and coworkers to support you in your climb to the top of the CN Tower.
It’s easy and a link to your personal donation page will automatically be in the e-mail allowing your sponsors to easily click to sponsor you.
Connect with your sponsors:
Add a personal message about your reason for climbing and why you support United Way. It motivates people to support your climb with a pledge.
Promote your donation page on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites!
Promote your climb on your social networking sites.
You can publish the link to you personal online donation page on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other social networking profiles, so everyone can see your support of United Way Toronto.
Click on the SHARE icon and choose which networks you'd like to post on. Add a short note about why you are climbing and ask people to support you.
And don't forget to become a fan of United Way Toronto on Facebook, and you can stay up to date on all the latest events, campaign news, read stories about the work that United Way does in the community, and more.
Ask your social network to spread the news
When you log in to your personal fundraising account you’ll see a SHARE button on the left hand side. Select the which of your social networking sites you want to post it to. You’ll then be directed how to add the link to that site.
You can also ask your sponsors to use the SHARE button which appears for them when they are making a donation to you.
Smart phones: Have friends with iPhones, Blackberries, etc?
Now when you send out your "sponsor me" e-mail from your online personal fundraising account, friends, family and coworkers with smartphones (iPhone, Blackberry etc.) can donate to you right through their phone!
It’s quick, easy and safe.
