Ever wonder how some people seem to be good at raising pledges and donations?

It’s Easy, Just ask!

Here are some sure fire ways to get the Ball rolling or Disk flying.

• Be realistic; know that every little donation helps
• Set a goal for yourself and encourage your teammates to do the same (set a team goal!)
• Pledge yourself to start your effort
• Target friends, family, co-workers and neighbours as key sources of pledges
• Set a challenge to family members, co-workers, or your company to match your efforts to double your pledge
• Try a mini fundraiser in your school or place of work. Eg. Pizza party, bottle drive, bake sale.

Once you have you personal and team goal set you will want to print off a few pledge forms at the following link www.cheobbq.com/donations-pledges

Fill in the details of your pledge to yourself on the first line of the pledge form. This will set the “tone” for the rest of your pledges. If you donate 5$ to yourself, your friends and Family will likely follow your lead and pledge 5$ too. Set this starting point based on how many friends and family members you are going to approach and align it with your goal.

If you break down your goal into smaller pieces, it becomes much easier to see that collecting even 100$ can be easy, by just asking:

10$ pledge to your self

10$ pledge from Mom

10$ pledge from Dad

5$ pledge from brother and/or sister

5$ pledge from 5 friends

5$ pledge from 5 co-workers

5$ pledge from 3 neighbours

Equals a 100$ donation to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

We have also broken down our pledging and donation goal in this manner.

Our goal is to raise 20,000$ in pledges and donations

20$ raised by 100 volunteers = 2000$

20$ raised by 900 sports participants – 18,000$

So if every volunteer and sports participant collects only 20$ we will reach our goal, imagine if each of you were to apply the formula above and collect 100$ or more? The sky is the limit just remember it’s easy, just ask!