Now that parents check their children’s assignments on teachers’ homepages and look to Instagram and Facebook for school news, sending home a flyer to advertise school fundraisers may not be enough to catch their attention.
Instead, try creating a fundraising video to reach your school community. To get you started, we created a simple checklist with everything you need to make an effective fundraiser video just like this one:
Fundraising video templates
First things first, select a template! Here are some of our most popular templates for promoting fundraisers online.
Fundraising Explainer
Social Fundraising Ad
Fundraising Walk
Food Drive
What to include in fundraising videos
- Event details: Outline when and where your event is taking place, and over what period of time. Let parents know if this is a one-night event or if they have two weeks to place orders.
- A hook: Use a fundraising quote to emphasize its importance for your cause and community! This will create buy-in from the first second.
- Fundraiser goals: Tell your viewers what you hope to do with the money you’re raising, whether you’re adding books to the library or funding a prom.
- What donors should do: Let potential donors know what’s expected of them. Should they buy wrapping paper? Or are you encouraging them to attend a carnival? Make it clear to your viewer what they can do to help.
- Include visuals: Photos of what you’re selling or what the event will look like will help donors understand your fundraiser and get excited about it. If you can, include short video clips to add even more visual interest.
- Tell a story: A visual story, like the one about a Vallivue fundraiser, can show how much fun the event you’re hosting will be or how the money you raise will benefit your school. For example, take a look at Vallivue School District's’s charity drive, which recaps an event in an engaging, informative way.
- Say thanks: Make sure to give a shout-out and thank you to the organizers, donors, and volunteers! This blog has tons of thank you quotes to get you started.
Once you have all of your information and visuals, you can put a video together in minutes using Animoto.
After you do, try posting it on your school or PTO homepage or social media accounts to reach all the families in your school community. And of course, share your video with us in the comments below, or on Instagram, Linkedin, or Facebook!
