How to set up your school fundraising event

Great start to creating an online event for your school!

Whether it is a runathon, walkathon, colour run or readathon - you've come to the right place!

After helping hundreds of schools with fundraising events for many years we know there is a right way and a wrong way to set up these events.

On mycause you can choose registration + fundraising or fundraising only

Only choose registration if you are charging a fee for participation in the event or if you have multiple activities to select. Otherwise, keep it simple and choose fundraising only.

Here are your three options for fundraising only:

INDIVIDUAL PAGES

ONE PER CLASS

In the page text paste the names of the students in that class

ADVANTAGE:

Quick set up

Use the csv file upload feature

DISADVANTAGE

Donors can only donate to the class not to an individual student

TEAM PAGES

ONE PER CLASS

The team name is the class name 

Add each student with their email address

Or each student can add themselves at a later stage using their email

ADVANTAGE

Donors can donate to any student eg their child

A student can add themselves to the team with their email

DISADVANTAGE

Students need an email address (this may not be the most appropriate option for a primary school event)

FAMILY GROUP PAGES

ONE PER CLASS

The family name is the class name

Add each student – no email address required

ADVANTAGE

Donors can donate to any student eg their child

The event manager can create each group at set up by entering all the names

DISADVANTAGE

Students cannot add themselves to the group unless they have a unique email address

The event manager or group captain must add each member.

Please phone our office on 1300 885 157 for further support