October has brought some exciting updates and standouts events in the fundraising world!
Boston Bruins BFit Challenge
The BFit Challenge is an inspiring event hosted by the Boston Bruins Foundation, inviting first responders, military, and the community to participate in walk, run, or climb at the TD Garden in Boston. This year, they’ve made excellent use of Website V2, offering a highly engaging and interactive experience for fundraisers.
Here’s How BFit Challenged used Website V2 to help highlight their fundraising:
- Created a logical menu structure and pages with helpful fundraising resources like top and tricks and awesome incentives for participants.
- Highlighted progress throughout the event with a donation thermometer.
- Included components for Top Fundraisers and Charity Leaderboard to stoke a little friendly competition amongst fundraisers.
- Built excitement with embedded YouTube videos.
- Gave sponsors visibility at the bottom of their website pages via the sponsor management platform and the sponsor website component.
2024 Summit for Life
The Summit for Life is one of th emost anticipated fundraisers for the Chris Klug Foundation (CKF). This nighttime uphill race up Aspen Mountain challenges participants while raising awareness about organ donation. The event’s top-notch design event website complement their cause, and they.
- Turned on the ability to send e-cards along with donations, making it easy to send personalized messages with everyone contribution.
- Included a countdown clock to event day, building up excitement for participants.
- Motivated participants by having a donation thermometer.
- Added a photo album highlighting last years’s event.
Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival
The Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival is dedicated to raising funds for the Old Fort Strong Fund, which supports residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Helene. With over 50 homes damaged or destroyed, the community has come together raising over $100K within the first week. The festival is using our fundraising tools to streamline donations and support ongoing recovery efforts.
- Included a donation thermometer with the top donors displayed.
- Offered different donation amounts during the registration checkout process.
- Dedicated page featuring the event’s top fundraisers.
In addition to these events, we’ve made some solid updates to our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising tools, including the new Charity Partner Fundraising Leaderboards and the option for race directors to split donations between multiple fundraisers.
Stay tuned for more updates as we keep improving the tools that help make these incredible events possible!