3. Share the spirit by getting your entire network involved in fundraising!
So budgets are tight with all the gifts you have to buy, and you’re too overscheduled to be able to volunteer. But you’re a sociable person with a network of friends, family and colleagues and you’re always looking for ways to bring them together. Be the catalyst that motivates your social network to support a great cause! The Red Cross makes it easy to hold an online fundraiser – simply set a goal, tell everyone why you’re fundraising, then put your network to work! For a more analog approach, have your friends and acquaintances sponsor you in a charity ice skate-a-thon or – if you’re generous and brave – a polar plunge! Fundraising among your social network is a one-two punch of raising awareness of an issue that’s close to your heart while multiplying your financial impact beyond what you could achieve from your own budget.