Paying it Forward
In the spirit of gratitude for their TNT experience, our participants agree to make a pledge to "pay it forward" to the next participant through their own grassroots fundraising efforts. On average our treks cost $1600 for a mini-trek and $2500 for a week-long trek per person. Each participant on a week-long trek agrees to try to raise a minimum of $1200 before and/or within 3 months after their trek, and each participant on a long-weekend mini-trek agrees to try to raise $800. We help participants in setting up a personalized fundraising website (see button below), and brain storming possible event ideas.
******Please note, while we understand there are other fundraising sites available (e.g., Go Fund Me, Facebook), we greatly appreciate that you use the fundraising system we provide as it allows us to easily follow up with donors with a tax-exempt letter, keep track of donations, etc. whereas other systems make this much harder for us to track. In the event that you do use a different fundraising tool or platform, we request that you inform us of this and provide us with some type of receipt or proof of the donation. ****** It cannot be stated enough how important this pledge means to TNT's sustainability!!! We know that people generally give to other people vs. organizations and that peer to peer grassroots fundraisers receive higher donations ($15 on average) than other types of fundraisers. A person who creates his or her own fundraising event (such as “I’m swimming between two lighthouses to raise money for TNT!) is considered a grassroots fundraiser. |
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