Victoria’s secret AKA Fundraising made funny

The following is an article written by a buddy of ours who will be attending this year's Survivor Conference on the Rock, and who will also be participating in the Climb the same weekend. We thought she had some pretty awesome (and potentially quite hilarious!) ideas about fundraising and we wanted to share them. Great inspiration for anyone wanting to do something a little different with their fundraising this year!

By Victoria David

There are several approaches to fundraising, but when you have a busy schedule, if often comes down to asking your friends for money for a cause you care deeply about. Now, economics tells us that people will give us money if we offer them something in return. So applying this theory to fundraising, we should offer our friends an incentive to donate. Now, don’t get me wrong, there is a significant incentive in supporting young adults battling cancer, but I’m talking about short term, entertaining incentives.

As an example, the person who contributes the most to my fundraising for The Climb gets the honor of choosing my outfit for the event (suggestions to date include pirate and viking). The logic goes that my friends will be more generous if they can get a good chuckle out of it. The key is to think of something that you would rarely do, and offer to do it! For example, I am a huge Montreal Canadiens fan, and I am sure a few of my friends would pay good money to watch me climb Signal Hill with a Leafs jersey. Alternatively, offer to do the climb in an original manor (as a three-legged race, dressed in a Santa outfit, or even by walking on your hands. Granted, this would require special talent). Hopefully this will inspire some creative ideas. If not, talk to your friends, I am sure they will have good ideas of things they’d love to see you do!

Congrats Victoria! We admire your motivation (and guts!) and can't wait to see you in your get-up, whatever it may be, on Climb day!

Posted on Oct 01, 2009 - 02:58 PM by Beth