Utilize Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok to reach out to your friends and family when asking for donations. Make sure that you link your Plunge Account to your posts so it’s super easy for people to donate right to you!
TIPS
- Get creative! Feel free to share pictures and videos to your posts.
- Have a personal story? Share it with your followers and let them know why you Plunge.
- Tag Special Olympics New Jersey in your posts!
X / Instagram / Facebook / TikTok
SAMPLE Posts
Help me support the 22,000+ athletes who participate in Special Olympics New Jersey. Please donate to my Plunge fundraising page! #PLUNGESEASIDE
You can make a difference! Help me reach my fundraising goal as I Plunge for Special Olympics New Jersey. #PLUNGESEASIDE
Plunge season is here! Help me support Special Olympics New Jersey by donating to my Polar Bear Plunge #PLUNGESEASIDE
Email is a great way to ask friends and family for donations to support your plunge and the over 22,000 athletes of Special Olympics New Jersey. We’ve made it easy for you...copy and paste the sample email text below and customize as much or as little as you like!
TIPS
Make it personal: Tell your story. Share with others why you participate, whether it’s because you’re Plunging for fun or because you love Special Olympics New Jersey.
If you’ve Plunged before, share a picture of your previous jump!
If it’s your first time, share your nerves and excitement!
Have fun with it! Make a contest or game out of it: maybe the first person to donate or the largest donation gets a gift from you!
Follow-up. Be sure to say thank you to donors after they make their donation, and again after you take the Plunge. Send them a picture of you plunging on Plunge day.
SAMPLE TEXT
You can support my Plunge several ways. The best and easiest is to visit www.PLUNGESEASIDE.org and donate online. My personal page can be found at (insert personal URL). You can check this page to see my goal, money raised and a photo of me plunging!
If you can’t support my Plunge through a donation, why not consider joining me in taking the Plunge? You can join my team online at (insert personal url)! To learn more about the Polar Bear Plunge and Special Olympics New Jersey, visit www.PLUNGESEASIDE.org.
EMAIL BANNER
Include an email banner at the bottom of your email talking about your Plunge participation. It can be a sentence or two about the Plunge or you can use the Plunge email banner icon to show potential teammates exactly what you’ll be doing! You can even link the image to your personal fundraising page. Visit https://www.plungeseaside.org/event-information/ to download a free email banner.
