Virtual Fundraising
While this year has brought unexpected challenges because of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, FSR remains committed to advancing our mission and we need your help now more than ever! Virtual peer to peer fundraising is a great way to stay safe and socially distanced while supporting FSR’s mission. Virtual fundraising allows you to make an impact and help fund groundbreaking research as well as new educational programs for patients.
Below, we have shared a few tips to help get started in socially distanced fundraising!
Whether this is your first-time fundraising with Team KISS or you are an experienced leader, these tips below will make it fun and easy to unite the community and virtually raise money to help sarcoidosis patients everywhere!
Ways to Virtually Support FSR
• Join Team KISS as an online fundraiser by creating your own personalized fundraising page or by getting friends and family together to create a fundraising team. Click here to get started!
• Support an existing virtual fundraising team by clicking here to view the Virtual Walk teams.
• Register to participate in FSR’s first ever virtual Team KISS 5K Walk/Run and upload your results with the community to show your support!
• Visit FSR’s official online SarcStore to purchase merchandise and proudly wear your swag around the community.
Tips for Virtual Fundraising Success
1. Brainstorm and set your fundraising goal.
Commit to a personal fundraising goal (one that is realistic) so you have a concrete milestone to work towards. Potential supporters want to see your progress and how they can make an impact on your goal!
2. Create your virtual fundraising page.
Use the Team KISS 2020 Virtual Walk homepage to find where you may begin the process and be on your way to creating an online fundraising campaign through FSR! Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to create your own page.
Make a self-donation. - When you make a personal investment to your fundraising campaign, your potential supporters will know you are serious about your cause!
3. Invite your friends and family to join you and support your cause.
Your campaign’s success will increase when you choose to invite more people to join your campaign! Our online fundraising pages include customizable email templates to send to your network of family and friends to ask for their support. Brainstorm people and groups you know, your network is bigger than you realize!
4. Share your fundraising page on social media platforms.
The power of social media is immense so take advantage of how easy you can share your message with the world through various social media networks. The Team KISS platform makes it simple by including buttons to directly post your fundraising page to Facebook, Twitter, and an email link! See below for the Team KISS social media resources too!
5. Thank your supporters.
The method you choose for thanking your donors is completely up to you! The fact you show your appreciation and gratitude for their contribution to your campaign is what is most important. This will make your supporters feel confident in their decision to donate to your cause!
Social Media Resources
