Valentine’s Day is the season of love, and what better way to celebrate than by showing care for others through meaningful acts of kindness? There’s still time to make an impact and rally your community for good!
Whether you’re an individual, nonprofit, or company, this is the perfect time to blend love and impact with creative fundraising efforts. Here are some inspiring ways to make a difference this Valentine’s Day while spreading joy and positivity 🌟
1. Valentine’s Day Themed Fundraising Challenge 💌
Challenge your community to participate in heart-themed activities - like completing a 5K in the shape of a heart on their fitness tracker or creating Valentine’s crafts to sell online. Invite friends to pledge their funds to a charity they love and make it part of their Valentine’s celebration.
2. Support a LOVE Brand that Gives Back 🛍️
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3. Personalized Valentine’s Video Messages 📺
Send personalized video messages that give back, from an influencer! Use Cameo’s charity partnership with Pledge to send a unforgettable gift that also makes a big impact. Spread love by tying each message back to a cause and make every message impactful.
4. Love Notes for Impact Campaign 📩
Create a social campaign where people can send digital or handwritten love notes in exchange for a donation. Share messages of love on your nonprofit or company’s social channels to spread positivity.
5. Galentine’s Day Giving Party 🍷
Organize a fun virtual or in-person event for friends to come together, share snacks, and donate to a charitable cause using Evite’s fundraising feature powered by Pledge, or Pledge’s donate button for Zoom. Include a raffle for even more excitement. Highlight the impact their donations will make to keep the focus on love and giving.
6. Heartfelt Corporate Matching Campaign 🌍
Encourage companies to show love by matching employee donations during February. Highlight how doubling donations can multiply the impact and share success stories to inspire participation. Don’t forget to share photos and shoutouts on social media! Create a fundraiser page on Pledge and utilize our matching donations feature to raise more together.
7. Acts of Kindness Challenge 🙏
Ask your community to perform random acts of kindness during the week following Valentine’s Day. For each act completed, participants can donate a small amount to charity. Create a peer-to-peer campaign to track and celebrate everyone’s contributions toward your shared mission.
8. Valentine’s Day Product Fundraiser 🍭
If you’re a Shopify business, pick products with a portion of proceeds going to charity. Don’t forget to share the story behind the fundraiser to maximize impact, and use Pledge’s award-winning ‘Give & Grow’ Shopify App to get started in minutes & customize to your needs.
Spread Love and Impact
This Valentine’s Day, let’s go beyond chocolates and flowers and make a lasting difference. 🌍 Whether you’re a nonprofit seeking creative fundraising ideas or a company wanting to engage employees and customers in giving back, there are countless ways to show love through impact.
Have a great idea? We’d love to hear it! Tag us on social with #PledgeToDoGood 💜 Let’s spread love, kindness, and charitable giving far and wide this Valentine’s season.