Help the Sleep Out reach the $1 million mark by Give to the Max Day – Nov. 18 – by creating a fundraiser!
GiveMN Fundraiser
Our friends at GiveMN made it fun and easy. Log onto givemn.org (or create an account), search for Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners, click the “Fundraise” button and create your Sleep Out fundraiser from our template. Then invite friends to give!
If this is your first time, these step-by-step tips should help guide you through the process:
- Go to givemn.org. Log in, or create an account.
- In the search bar, search for “Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners” or click here.
- On our organization page, click the “Fundraise” button.
- Click the “Get Started” button.
- Click “Build Your Fundraiser” button.
- To launch the template, click the “Ok” button.
- Once in the template, if you’d like to edit any of the features, open the page editor by clicking on the pencil icon.
- When you are finished personalizing (feel free to use sample copy below), publish your page by clicking on the rocket icon.
- Promote your fundraiser to your friends via email, social media or word of mouth.
If you need help, contact kburfeind@iocp.org or use the help options on the givemn.org site.
FACEBOOK Fundraiser
Another easy way to help raise money and awareness for the Sleep Out! View past and present Interfaith Facebook fundraisers for inspiration and ideas.
If this is your first time, these step-by-step tips should help guide you through the process:
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- Log into your Facebook account.
- Use this link to start a Facebook fundraiser for Interfaith Outreach.
- Select the financial goal of your fundraiser (no problem if you end up above or below this amount — Interfaith will receive whatever you raise).
- Determine when your fundraiser should end (anytime in December 2021).
- Name your fundraiser and tell people why you are raising money. What does Interfaith mean to you? Why do you support the Sleep Out? Feel free to use the sample copy below.
- Click Create.
- Be sure to invite friends to your fundraiser and share it on your Facebook page with a personal message.
If you need help, contact skamholz@iocp.org or use Facebook’s help features.
SAMPLE COPY:
Suburban poverty can be hard to see, so it might surprise you to know that 200 of the 2,100 families Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners worked with last year experienced homelessness. The average cost for Interfaith Outreach to keep a family of four in their home for a month is $1,200. Will you help me reach my goal of raising $_____ for the Sleep Out to help support a struggling family at risk of homelessness?
Gifts to the Sleep Out help deliver individualized services (in the areas of family support, food, housing and neighborhoods, education and youth, employment, and transportation) that help local families, seniors and kids each year stabilize, strengthen and thrive.
Thank you for your support!