Tips and Tools For great Fundraising
How-To:
• Get your team started
• Register Team Members
• View last year's Team Roster (if you're a Team Leader)
• E-mail your team (if you’re a Team Leader)
• Attend an AIDS Walk workshop (and other dates to remember)
• Buy an ad in the official AIDS Walk Program Guide. Order Form
• Have our Star Walker Coordinator at your office for a fundraising workshop
• Set your fundraising and recruiting goals
• Order AIDS Walk promotional materials (posters and display stands)
• Utilize Matching Gift Programs
• Sponsor a walker online
• Enter an offline donation on your Fundraising Web page
• Order your team T-shirts
• Qualify for a Team Meeting Station on the day of the AIDS Walk
• Submit cash and check donations to the AIDS Walk
Tutorials/Getting Started:
• 3 easy steps to online fundraising
• Team Leader Kit
• Fundraising PowerPoint
• Team Leader PowerPoint
• School Team Leader PowerPoint
• Sponsor Form
Promotional Materials:
• AIDS Walk LA posters
• AIDS Walk LA mini-posters
• AIDS Walk LA HIV/AIDS statistic “Sponsor Me” flyers
• AIDS Walk LA Pledge-O-Meter
• AIDS Walk LA donation can wrap
• AIDS Walk LA MVP award
• AIDS Walk LA donor appreciation cards
• AIDS Walk LA Online Registration Flyer
• AIDS Walk LA neighborhood flyer
Raise Money:
• Download a Sponsor Form to keep track of your offline donations
• Your Fundraising HQ – Create your Personal & Team
Fundraising Web pages
• 3 easy steps to online fundraising
• Join the Star Walkers Club
• Fundraising PowerPoint Presentation – A tutorial on how to effectively fundraise
• Fundraising ideas from veteran Team Leaders
• Search for a specific company to see if they have a Matching Gift Program
• Review this list of companies with Matching Gift Programs in place
• Plan a fundraising event – Check out these fundraising ideas by fundraising specialists
• Review this potential sponsor checklist
• Print a Sponsor Form to keep track of cash and check donations
Spread the Word:
• Link your website to your Personal or Team Fundraising Web page with these images
• "Join our Team" e-mail to forward coworkers, friends, and family
• Put your fundraising thermometer in your social networking profile
• Use YouTube to promote your personal & team fundraising efforts
• Set up an AIDS Walk registration/donation table
• Ask us to advertise your fundraising event on the AIDS Walk MySpace page
• Ask us to advertise your fundraising event on the AIDS Walk fundraising event page
• Team Fax Registration Form
• Link to aidswalk.net or your own Team
Fundraising Web page
• Recruiting ideas from veteran Team Leaders
• HIV/AIDS statistics “Join Our Team” flyers
• Sample AIDS Walk team recruitment letter
Star Walkers Club Information:
• Benefits of being a Star Walker
• More about the Star Walkers Club
• Sample Star Walker fundraising e-mail
• Gold Star Walker information
• Star Walker donation form
• How to change your goal
Additional Information:
• This week’s top 50 fundraising walkers and teams
• Upcoming AIDS Walk workshops, dates and deadlines
• Top 100 fundraising walkers of 2007
• Top 20 fundraising teams of 2007 (AIDS Walk LA 2008 Gold Teams)
• AIDS Walk’s YouTube channel
• AIDS Walk’s MySpace page
For additional fundraising support, feel free to contact AIDS Walk LA at (213) 201-9255!
AIDS Walk Los Angeles Team Department Staff
Front: Lesley Mendoza, Austin Bartsch
Back: Shona Borevitz, Scott Hoeninger, Linsey Kramer, James Leahy