Swim Canada – Launches its Annual Swim-A-Thon with New RaiseAThon Canada!
Swim Canada (R) partners with RaiseAThon (R) to launch beta test for its Annual Swim-A-Thon On January 1, 2013, Swim Ontario officially became the provincial beta test for Swim Canada’s National integration of its historic Swim-A-Thon program. Between January and March 31st, sixty plus swim clubs from Ontario will launch their new online fundraising system. Parents, friends and acquaintances will be encouraged to sponsor and donate to thousands of swimmers aged 6 to 19 who will swim laps continuously for two hours. Clubs are raising money to support everything from...
Read MoreRaiseAThon and Swim Canada Partner up for Swim-A-Thon 2013!
RaiseAThon and Swim Canada Partner up for Swim-A-Thon 2013! Completely online. Dramatically less work for the coordinator of each swim club. Automatic Receipting which is ideal for donors! Fundraising $ anticipated to increase by minimum 75% Fundraising in sport comes with every sport your child participates in. It is no different with the sport of swimming in Canada. Swim-A-Thon has been occurring for years in affiliated Swim Canada clubs across Canada. This has involved children collecting manual pledges and physically chasing down friends, relatives, acquaintances, and...
Read MorePanhandling Vs. Online Fundraising?
Panhandling Vs. Online Fundraising? Nothing drives me more crazy than every weekend, going to my same local grocery store, and on the way out being hit up by a cute child for fundraising dollars. The local grocery store feels they are supporting youth sports and other local organizations to allow kids to crowd the exit door and make you feel incredibly guilty, because of course the organization puts the cutest kid in the front. The kids stand in front, while parents stand behind them looking proud of little Johnny for asking a stranger for money or a store receipt that can be converted to...
Read MoreFundraising is a Dirty Word!
Fundraising is a dirty word or at least it can be. At the amateur level, it doesn’t matter if your child participates in gymnastics, dance, hockey, or swimming, participation goes beyond participating in the sport. It comes with an expectation that your family will fundraise for the organization, association, or club. My daughter’s sports team just finished a fundraiser with the world famous MacMillan’s processed food product. I am not stating at all that this is a poor fundraiser. It serves a purpose but here is what gets me. We have 100 members that have been...
Read MoreTurn your Fans and Supporters into Online Fundraisers
Turn your fans and supporters into Online Fundraisers. Each of our non-profits, charities, and sporting organizations all have an endless list of fans and supporters. Utilize this and get your fans and supporters spreading the word and fundraising for your organization. All of our organizations are businesses and we need to think like business leaders. Customers are your biggest asset. This holds true for any of our non-profits, charities, and sporting organizations and how we look at fundraising. Social Media has allowed us to reach out to the masses. Whether it be for personal...
Read MoreFundraising for your Sports Team
It doesn’t matter what sports club or organization your child is involved in, they all seem to have additional fundraising obligations linked to them. The shame is that while they are involved in a sport, they are required to sell chocolate almonds, candy, cookie dough, etc to raise insubstantial funds for the organization. With Raiseathon’s Online Pledge Fundraising Tool the game changes. www.ontarioswimathon.ca Simply create an ‘A-Thon Online Fundraising program related or unrelated to your sporting organization. i.e. Soccer Online Fundraising...
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