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Yogathon Fundraising Aids

To help you reach out to family and friends who will support you in your Yogathon and help you raise funds to support Living Yoga we have created some letter samples that you can use on your registration web page or in personal emails. Also, below are some suggested ideas for reaching more people and sharing with the your Yogathon with them.

1. PDF of Sample Yogathon Support Letter

2. Social Media Fundraising Tips:

  • Facebook is a great way to catch up with old friends, let them know what you are up to and that you are supporting Living Yoga. It's easy to post your FirstGiving page in your status. Learn more about sharing your page on Facebook here.
  • Twitter is a quick, fun way to keep people updated on your fundraising goal and status and your training. Learn how to tweet your fundraising page to your followers. Learn more.
  • Blogging is a very easy way to update your friends and family on your training and fundraising goals.  It also keeps your donors aware of where their donation is going. Learn more.
  • Email signatures are a very easy way to spread knowledge of your fundraising page. Just add a link to your personal fundraising page at the bottom of your signature file and send it out with every email you send. Learn more.

3. Other great ideas to help you meet your fundraising goals:

  • Share with your classmates in yoga class what you are doing and ask them to support you.  They can pledge an amount for each class you complete or they make a general pledge/donation to support your Yogathon.
  • Ask your studio to post a link of your Yogathon website on their website or in their next newsletter.
  • Send out a letter to your family and friends and ask them for support.  In lieu of a birthday present, anniversary gift, or other occasion, ask them to support you and your Yogathon.
  • Talk about what yoga has meant to you personally and why it so great to be able to share that gift with others.  Talk about service/seva and karma yoga—and the chance to be able to give back or give access to. Let them know why yoga is important to you and why you think it is helpful for community members struggling to make new lives for themselves—like teens and adults in drug and alcohol recovery, in prison, or in shelter from domestic violence.  How has yoga made your life better?
  • Spread the word!  Send people to Living Yoga’s web page and share with them what we are doing to help our community---the health of community is dependant on the health of it individuals!  Send your friends and family to www.living-yoga.org  to learn more.  WE ALL KNOW HOW GREAT YOGA IS FOR OURSELVES—think how great it is for an incarcerated teen (they are choosing to go to yoga), or someone struggling with addictions, or for a woman in shelter working to reclaim her life. 
  • Use your Yogathon website link in all of your electronic mailings and personal emails in your signature line.  Write something simple next to it, like a quote you enjoy or  “Help make yoga accessible to people working to change their lives.” Send out a notice in a newsletter or e-blast to all your friends and family and ask them to join and rally around the cause.