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Start your own Pad Project Fundraiser
There’s no more powerful way to support our work than to host a fundraiser in your community! To make it easier for you, we created this step-by-step fundraising guide to help you get from point A to point Z. Follow the steps below to plan your own Pad Project fundraiser!
- 1. Strategize
- 2. Assemble Your Fundraising Team
- 3. Spread the Word!
- 4. Host Your Event
- 5. Submit Donations
STRATEGIZE
Decide what kind of fundraiser you’d like to plan in your community. Examples include screenings of Period. End of Sentence., bake sales, online fundraising campaigns, 5ks or other walk/runs, jewelry or craft sales, tampon/pad drives, art sales … the possibilities are endless!
ASSEMBLE YOUR FUNDRAISING TEAM
Once you have an idea, organize community members to help you make it into a reality. Fundraising is often easier to do in groups – The Pad Project itself started with one high school chapter of Girls Learn International. Try collaborating with your neighbors, classmates, teammates, or members of your faith community! You can even work together to create an online fundraising platform through MobileCause!
Here’s How It Works:
Create a fundraising page that shares your story and connection to The Pad Project and why ending period stigma is important to you! Click here to create your page!
- Input your first name, last name, and email address
- Create a password
- Set a fundraising goal and add an image to your page
- A sample page with suggested copy will be created for you with more details about The Pad Project; if you would like to add or change any of the text you are more than welcome to!
- Your page has been created! In the top right hand corner you will find a link to share your page with your family, friends, and colleagues through email or social media.
If you have any questions please contact Director of Development, Sorelle Cohen, sorelle@thepadproject.org
SPREAD THE WORD!
Advertise your event to the largest audience possible. Utilize social media or create a flyer to distribute in your area. Consider creating a Facebook event or sending out invitations. If you let us know about your event in advance, we may be able to promote your fundraiser on the Pad Project’s media channels as well.
HOST YOUR EVENT
Have fun at your event and watch the donations flow in! Make sure to store cash donations in a secure location. Take photos and videos of your event and send them to The Pad Project on our social media channels!
SUBMIT DONATIONS
There are several ways to deliver your hard- earned donations to The Pad Project.
1. Mail donations addressed to:
The Pad Project
10573 W. Pico Blvd #73
LA, CA 90064
2. Submit donations online or text PADPROJECT TO 71-777.
Message and data rates may apply.
3. Use Paypal
4. Venmo: @ThePad-Project
Other Ways to Support Us
Jiggy Puzzles x The Pad Project x Maliha Abidi
Our custom puzzle with Jiggy Puzzles is live! To create this beautiful portrait of a woman hosting a menstrual health education workshop in Tanzania, we partnered with Pakistani-American artist Maliha Abidi. Maliha’s art focuses on advocating for social justice issues like women’s rights, girls’ education, and mental health. Maliha is dedicated to achieving menstrual equity, and declares, “whether it is due to unaffordable period products or to menstrual stigma, people shouldn’t have to feel anxiety whenever something as natural as periods occur.”
Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to safe menstrual products, and by doing this puzzle, you’re helping us achieve our goal one piece at a time! 50% of proceeds will go to The Pad Project’s international pad-making programs, which employ and empower women and girls.
Support Our Project by Purchasing Your Own Lucky Feather Bracelet Today!
$5 from every bracelet sold will go directly to our project. Visit the Lucky Feather website here!
Corporate Matching Gifts
Many companies offer matching gift programs, which means your donation can have double the impact! If you have any questions please contact Sr. Director of Development, Sorelle Cohen, sorelle@thepadproject.org
Donate Cryptocurrency or Stock
Join The Pad Project in the fight for menstrual equity by donating cryptocurrency. Your donations cannot be specified by program but will go directly towards supporting our work in the menstrual justice movement around the world.
