There are a lot of ways to use e-mail to support your project. Start by e-mailing a few people you know that you think might want to support the project, and explain why you think they might connect to it. Then e-mail your wider network including student parents if you can and explain the project.
Let them know you know they might not be able to donate money, but they can help by sharing the image for your project and the link on their social media. Another, more low-key option, is simply to include a short description of your current project and the link to Donors Choose as part of your e-mail signature during your campaign. Sometimes companies and philanthropists reach out to Donors Choose and offer to support projects. You can c heck out the Match Offers Page here.
Not only will you want to take advantage of them, but it makes sense to let your network know these offers exist, as it will make them more likely to donate if they know their donation will be doubled by someone else. Not bad! When someone donates to your project, thank them right away on Donors Choose.
It shows that you are paying attention and that you care about your project and the people who support it. Thank your friends and family too, either via social media or in a quick email.
The great thing about thanking them on social media is that it will also work as social proof to remind others that you have this wonderful project and people are supporting it. While I hope it goes without saying that I wish your district would just BUY what you need for you and the government would just FUND schools adequately, this is a workaround that really does work. Get ready for joyful teaching!
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Foundation Status: Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public b 1 A vi BMF foundation code: Affiliation: Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary i. You will also get a link for a letter to forward to friends, family, and others soliciting their support or asking them to pass the email on to others who may fund it.
You don't have to send the letter, they just suggest it. As donations are made you will receive email updates. When you are funded they email you the link to thank your donors with a few lines on their site. It's a win-win situation in my opinon. I signed up last year in the spring and didn't understand it enough to write anything, but Mrs.
Croak on PT posted a list of do's and don'ts which helped me tremendously. I wrote my first proposal on Feb 22 and is was fully funded on April 12 and now my stuff is on the way!!
I think lynnylubber had has about 18 projects funded, you might PM her for advice. Good luck!! Is it the friends and families that you are sending the e-mails to, and the other people who are also receiving the forwards? Or is it the vendors themselves of the site as well listed on Donors Choose? I don't know if the vendors give them a price break or not when we shop through their School Mall sites. When Donor's Choose started there were many very prominent people from Fortune companies at their kickoff.
The founder has done a great job of letting people know about this program. The guy, a former teacher, was even on Oprah. In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Purchase account credits and choose projects later!
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