CHERUBS on Firstgiving! All members can fundraise on-line!

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

My sister sent me a link to a fundraiser she's doing for Special Olympics and I had to check out the site they use. Firstgiving.com is wonderful!!!!

Now, all of our members can raise funds on your own!!! Your own fundraising pages, drives, etc. You can raise funds in memory of someone, in honor of someone, as an event, etc and the funds come to CHERUBS. Here is how our page:

http://www.firstgiving.com/npo/10125

You just go there to get started to create your page. Here is an example of one I did:

http://www.firstgiving.com/cherubs

Now, since it's a 3rd party system they send money at intervals instead of the instant donations that we receive through PayPal. But it's a BBB site, secure, extremely reputable and a great way to raise money and awareness! I'm very excited about this, can you tell?

[StephanieOlivarez]

Dawn- the way you set up your page is great.
What a wonderful way for a fundraiser.
Firstgiving.com is definetly wonderful.
Thanks for sharing.

I can tell you are excited. It is great that you can do two things at the same time- raise money for CHERUBS and get CDH awareness out there!!!!

[Corin Nava]

Thats great! Very cool way to promote fundraisers.

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

What I love is that everyone can set up their own pages. Like, if someone wants to have a Birthday Fundraiser for their cherub's birthday they can set up a page and people can donate directly there with a credit card and they can keep track of how much money they have raised.

My sister is doing the Special Olympics Polar Plunge (in February, in ice cold ocean water... Brrrrrrr!) so she set up a page for that to raise money for entry fee (it's a $100 a person to plunge or something like that). She's been sending a little donation box all around the internet to raise funds. She did it herself without needing help from the Special Olympics people and she can see who has donated, etc.

People can add it to their web pages, MySpaces, Facebook, etc. I think I'm going to add one to Shane's website.

Stephanie, you might want to look into for the ATV Rally.

Yeah, I'm excited. LOL. This is such a great idea and one of the guys who started it called me a few hours ago after he saw our site just to say hi and see if I had any questions. That was so nice! I'm hoping he'll put our link on their homepage of Firstgiving.com.

[KateC]

This is such an awesome idea! I love it!

[StephanieOlivarez]

Ok, Dawn...I will look into it!!!
I already did it!!!!!
I"M SO EXCITED about this!!!! that's so cool the guy called you!!!
How do you link all these things? I have no clue how to do that.

www.firstgiving.com/ratpatrolrideforcherubs

Please be honest and tell me what you guys think?
I think this is a great way for people who will not be able to come to the actual ride.
THANKS DAWN!!!!!!

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

It looks great, Stephanie!!!

Click on the Share This Page link in the upper right of the page and it will tell you how to do all the cool little link stuff.

[LiseDill]

i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!what a cutie pie!!!

[StephanieOlivarez]

Thanks Lise and Dawn.
I have been sharing it with friends/family and I truly love the picture of Shelby on the four wheeler, it gives me great joy for people to be able to see her. This isolation issue-she really sees no one.
I can't wait for spring.

[StephanieOlivarez]

I was checking my emails and got one from a gentleman named James from firstgiving and he told me I could link Shelby's youtube video to my fundraising page. I did it and it shows all the videos!!!! Kate's, Lise's, Tania's, Corin's, Kristin's......ALL of them. It was so cool.