Life-A-Thon 2022
Register your team to begin Peer-2-Peer fundraising
People love to help!
Fundraising is as easy as 1-2-3!
Step 1
Register for Life-A-Thon and set your fundraising goal!
Step 2
Ask friends, family, and businesses to sponsor you! It's easy to invite and collect pledges through your personal "fundeasy" page which you get automatically by registering online. This allows you to ask others to sponsor you via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. You're also welcome to Click here for a printable sponsor pledge form and collect pledges that way.
Step 3
Follow up with your sponsors and collect any donations that are not done electronically or via the mail.
Simple Tips for Getting Pledges:
1. First, remember; you do have to ask! Use a personal approach. People are giving to you as much as - or sometimes more - than they can to the cause.
2. Don’t limit your donation requests to only close, personal friends. Utilize other contact methods such as e-mail lists, online social networks, patrons and owners of businesses you frequent, etc. The Official Life-A-Thon website makes this easy!
3. Ask people if their employers will match their gifts. There are a lot of companies that match charitable gifts given by their employees.
4. Email and share your fundraising page link on your Social Media!
5. Print and carry your pledge form and Life-a-thon info everywhere you go!
6. Don’t sell yourself or the cause short. Don’t decide for people what they should pledge. Suggest they make a pledge that is significant to them, and if asked about a suitable amount, tell them why supporting WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee matters to you. Then ask them what they’d feel comfortable with giving.
Sharing your passion for Life-A-Thon helps people feel good about supporting you!
Ways we accept pledges:
1. Online-through the official Registration page.
2. Via Mail-Checks can be mailed to the WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee Office.
Note: Any donations to sponsor a specific participant/team must be marked so the participant/team receives credit.
Register for Life-A-Thon and set your fundraising goal!
Step 2
Ask friends, family, and businesses to sponsor you! It's easy to invite and collect pledges through your personal "fundeasy" page which you get automatically by registering online. This allows you to ask others to sponsor you via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. You're also welcome to Click here for a printable sponsor pledge form and collect pledges that way.
Step 3
Follow up with your sponsors and collect any donations that are not done electronically or via the mail.
Simple Tips for Getting Pledges:
1. First, remember; you do have to ask! Use a personal approach. People are giving to you as much as - or sometimes more - than they can to the cause.
2. Don’t limit your donation requests to only close, personal friends. Utilize other contact methods such as e-mail lists, online social networks, patrons and owners of businesses you frequent, etc. The Official Life-A-Thon website makes this easy!
3. Ask people if their employers will match their gifts. There are a lot of companies that match charitable gifts given by their employees.
4. Email and share your fundraising page link on your Social Media!
5. Print and carry your pledge form and Life-a-thon info everywhere you go!
6. Don’t sell yourself or the cause short. Don’t decide for people what they should pledge. Suggest they make a pledge that is significant to them, and if asked about a suitable amount, tell them why supporting WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee matters to you. Then ask them what they’d feel comfortable with giving.
Sharing your passion for Life-A-Thon helps people feel good about supporting you!
Ways we accept pledges:
1. Online-through the official Registration page.
2. Via Mail-Checks can be mailed to the WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee Office.
Note: Any donations to sponsor a specific participant/team must be marked so the participant/team receives credit.
