Fundraising Tools and Tips
Check out the great guides below to help you reach and surpass your fundraising goals!
Thank you for all that you are doing to support people with lupus and their families.
ONLINE FUNDRAISING GUIDES + TIPS
Use these tips to make the most of your fundraising campaign
Getting Started - Fundraising Event Guide
You registered your event with Make Your Mark. Now What? Here are the next steps to put your event into action.
Connect Your Fundraising Center to Facebook Fundraising
Take a look at this "how-to" to integrate Facebook fundraising to your existing fundraising page.
Make Your Online Fundraising Center Do The Work For You
This instruction sheet will guide you through updating your fundraising page with pictures or videos, uploading your contacts, sending emails and collection donations.
Sample Email Message
Here are sample emails you can use to solicit donations and hit your fundraising goal.
Fundraising Ideas
Use these tips to make the most of your fundraising campaign.
Event Planning Guide
Follow these steps and turn your event idea into a reality.
Matching Gifts
Learn how Matching Gifts works and how you can double your donations.
Offline Donations
What to do with checks and cash donations.
OTHER USEFUL DOCUMENTS:
How Donations Are Used
Visit the National Resource Center on Lupus to share lupus facts with team members and donors.
PRINTABLE FLIERS
Promote your event with these printable 8.5”x 11” fliers and 11" x 17" posters
Make Your Mark Flyer (editable)
PRINTABLE SIGNS- to use at your event!
On A Mission to End Lupus Sign
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Make Your Mark™ Logos:Logo Guidelines
When you, your friends and family wear branded gear for your event, you are all proudly proclaiming your support for efforts to end lupus and its devastating impact. Designing your own materials and t-shirts is a fun way to build camaraderie and get noticed before and on your event day. If you choose to create materials, please follow these important guidelines. Right-click the links and choose "save target as" to download the Team Make Your Mark logos.
Social Media Icons
For you to use as a profile picture or to share on your social media platforms. To save the image, right-click the image and choose “save picture as.” When you upload it, be sure to add your fundraising page link or www.lupus.org/makeyourmark as a caption.
Twibbons
Want to add a mark to your own profile picture? Add a Twibbon to your Facebook or Twitter profile picture and show that you're an official Make Your Mark fundraiser! Click on the images below to select from three options.
Cover Photos - Twitter and Facebook
Right-click the images and choose "save picture as." When you upload it to Facebook, be sure to add your fundraising page link or www.lupus.org/makeyourmark as a caption to the cover photo.
