Register your TEAM
Your organization or business starts a team, and then raises funds collectively. If you want to add another layer, you can up the competition by challenging a competing business to beat or match your fundraising efforts.
More about how to register your team
- To begin, click on the button link to Get Started and then on the campaign page click the “start fundraising” button.
- You will then have the choice to start a new team, join an existing team or donate as a separate member.
- You will need to register on the website with your name and email and can include your organization. Be prepared with an image or avatar for your team that you can upload that is 250px by 250px in size. This will easily identify your team in the leaderboards.
- New Teams will be automatically approved and will start to show up on the campaign leaderboard. You will then have the opportunity to invite members of your team by including their emails. Don’t worry, you will also get an email with a link that you can use to invite more people later.
- You will have your own team page you can direct friends and family to so they can join your team and contribute a donation to the cause.
GIVE Donations
How to reach your team goals
- Invite your coworkers, team members to join your team by sending them the link to your team page that was sent to you by email when you registered.
- Once they have joined your team they can donate and the funds will count towards your team goals.
- Each team member can also be a fundraiser and invite their family to donate through their own profile.
- The team captain will be notified when new members join his team or donate.
- Watch your team move up the ranks in the leaderboard as you grow your team and get closer to your goal.
Fill the FOOD Bank
Your donations will be used locally.
You and your team members can rest assured that your efforts will help to improve or change the lives of those less fortunate. Nationally this year, food banks are seeing an increase in applications for those in need.
Reasons to Join our Virtual Team Challenge
How Does it Work
A virtual food drive (or Virtual Team Challenge) is a fundraiser that happens 100% online, so you don’t need to lug cans to a collection box or have cash available to put in a Red Kettle. Instead, you set up an online fundraising page with The Salvation Army PG and then ask friends and family to contribute. Donations are completed in minutes, and every donor receives an email receipt and an official tax receipt by regular mail.
You can host a get together to start your TEAM CHALLENGE. Or if you are having a fundraising event at your workplace you can have your coworkers form teams and the team captains will be responsible for sending out the email notice for his team to donate. The program will keep track of the donations and let you know whose team is ahead in the standings.
Reasons to Support
Meet Kristen and her children. Finding the strength to leave an abusive relationship, they moved to Prince George, finding shelter at one of the amazing transition homes in our City. Hope began to build for this family as Mom reached out to The Salvation Army for support for a Christmas Hamper and food from the Food Bank. She also received emotional and spiritual care and referrals to help her work through her past trauma. She is an amazing mom and is modeling to her daughter what strength and healthy living looks like. Your donation supports Kristen and families like hers. GIVE HOPE TODAY by supporting The Salvation Army Virtual Drive!
Tax Receipt
This counts as a regular charitable donation and you will be sent a tax receipt.
Recognition
We will be promoting the campaign on social media and following the teams as they compete.
Display Certificate
All teams will get a certificate of participation and thanks for their contribution to the campaign and the community.
Team Building
This is a great opportunity to do some team building in your organization or if you are are a school or community group.
Grand Prize or Gift
There will be a prize for the best fundraising team and of course the bragging rights for this year’s campaign.
Give Hope
Your service will give hope to others who have less and ensure that we can continue our mission in the community.
The food bank has helped to feed the marginalized people we serve every week. As a small, grant funded organization, we do not get much monies to purchase food. We do our best to feed everyone who comes through our doors and the food bank helps us to have food available to feed those living or working close to or on the streets.
When my husband fell ill and needed to be tube fed, the cost was way too expensive. Accessing the food bank has given us both access to food. I puree the fruits and vegetables for him and I too get to eat healthy. It shouldn’t be a choice whether he gets fed or I do, but that was how we were living. Now I don’t have to choose.
The Salvation Army has helped me in many ways, not just with food. It has given me the strength to wake up and given me something to look forward to in my day. I started volunteering because I don’t have much support and coming here, seeing the smiles of the workers and hearing words of encouragement, gives me hope every day. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t come here.
We give without measure or obligation, without pity or judgment, but with love, and compassion, for a hurting world.
