Be a Force for Good

How To Be A Fundraiser

You don't have to work for a non-profit, or even be a regular volunteer, to become a fundraiser for your favorite non-profit or animal rescue. 

There a literally hundreds of ways to raise money for our rescue with some help from your family and friends. Just a few ideas are:

• Donate Your Birthday - Contact the farm at "farm@saintfrancisfarm.org" and we will work with you to set everything up! All we need from you is a description of what you want your campaign to say to your friends and family and a picture. We'll do everything else and send you the link to your Birthday Campaign as soon as it's ready.
• Hold a Bake Sale - Do you love to bake? Whip up some of your favorite treats and set up a table at an event or location that has given you the okay. Make a sign explaining who and what you are raising money for and your sale will be sure to grab attention. You can even put out a jar for donations.
• Join a Walk/Run-athon -  If you are the active type, almost every city holds one, whether it is a 5K or a full marathon, reach out to friends, family, co-workers, or gym buddies, to ask them to sponsor your run. Sponsors commit to a pledge to donate after you have completed the run/walk, which you can then collect and send directly to us!

You can find hundreds of other ideas for your special fundraiser in This Article from Fundly, the crowdfunding website, and in This Article from Double the Donation, the matching gift donation website. Or if you super creative, reach out to the farm and let us know what you have in mind! We would love to help any way we can, whether through providing pictures of our residents and the farm, or simply just information.

Creating your own unique fundraiser is an awesome way to support St Francis Farm Animal Sanctuary and Last Chance Animal Rescue even if you are not able to foster or volunteer when we have events. All you have to do is come up with an idea and put it into action. Share it with all of your friends and family on your social media accounts, email, and in person to make the impact even bigger! We can't wait to see what you come up with. 

We LOVE our supporters!

Kids for a Caws

Pelham Road Elementary students pulled together to raise money for St Francis Farm Animal Sanctuary and all of our residents.

Back in March, Pelham Road Elementary reached out to our sanctuary with an idea to hold a fundraiser in support of our rescue and in memory of a great teacher and animal lover that had recently passed away. We were beyond happy and excited to work with them!

Our sweet Rusty joined me as we went and visited the Leadership and Beta clubs, who would be leading this fundraiser for us. Those great students had a lot of great questions about our rescue, the work we do, and about Rusty of course! Rusty was a bit shy, as he was one little guy surrounded by a lot of new people. But he enjoyed getting to go around and get a pet on the head by each kid, and several teachers. By the end of the trip he was so worn out, he slept the whole way home!

That next week the Leadership and Beta clubs enthusiastically visited each class every morning to collect donations for St Francis Farm. By the end of the week we were very surprised and happy to hear that the Pelham Road Elementary students raised over $900 for the farm! We are very honored and humbled that all the students cared so much for our rescue and rescue animals and truly appreciate the work those awesome kids put in! 

Thank you so much Pelham Road Elementary!