How can we run our school athon fundraiser online?
It might be about trying something completely new or increasing students engagement in traditional subjects – ATHONs have SO many options and can be run as a whole school or in smaller classes/syndicates.
Choose the type of online athon fundraiser you will run
You might already have an athon fundraiser that your school runs every year. Taking this online is super easy with Go Raise It’s platform and methodology. Our campaign managers can help guide you to maximise your fundraising efforts online.
If you don’t already have an athon you run regularly in your school setting one up is simple and our guides will help you plan what you need to do. The opportunities are endless for athon fundraising. Some of the more popular options include: Spell-athon, Read-athon and Maths-athons but you can really do anything you like. The team at Go Raise It have seen all kinds of athons includinsg Knowledge-athons, Mess-athons, Skip-athons, Lap-athons … it’s totally up to your school what you choose as your online fundraiser.
Plan the athon activities your students will take part in
Your athon activities could be run over your entire fundraising period OR on a day at the end of your fundraising. If you are selecting a more academic ATHON, get your team together to consider how this will look? Will you have a target number of books for students to read? Will you have a number of Maths problems for students to solve? Words to spell etc etc or are you going to have an outdoor event with loops of a field or track? This really comes down to the type of ATHON you have chosen.
Launch your online fundraising website
Your Go Raise It Campaign Manager will ensure all your athon details are on your fundraising website and will also provide you with content you can use to inform families on how to participate. Launching your fundraiser to your students is an important part of your athon fundraiser – assemblies are a great way to do this.
Communicate and promote
Make sure you keep your community informed, use newsletters, School Facebook page, School App etc. It can also be worth doing a quick five-minute talk at staff briefings so that all school staff are also across your fundraiser. When you use class leader boards you can get some great healthy competition across school staff to boost your school total!
Ready to start fundraising?
Why not check out what other Go Raise It customers have said about fundraising with us viewing some testimonials. Your own Go Raise It campaign manager is there to support your right through the fundraising process from start to finish. Grab an info pack to find out just how easy it is.
