{"id":532,"date":"2019-01-23T02:25:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T02:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/?p=532"},"modified":"2019-01-23T17:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T17:33:56","slug":"start-your-fundraising-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/start-your-fundraising-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Start your fundraising now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the New Year celebrations behind us, January already half way over, and the best weekend of your life only 9 months away, now is the perfect time to start your fundraising!<\/p>\n<p>Even though our new FlockStar Fundraising pages won\u2019t be live until March, there\u2019s still a lot you can do now!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"pink-bold\">Not Sure Where to Start?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re feeling intimidated about fundraising, don\u2019t know where to start, or just don&#8217;t like to ask for money, we\u2019ve got you covered!<\/p>\n<p class=\"pink-bold\">Pledge Your Pennies:<\/p>\n<p>Start small by grabbing an empty jar, and jazzing it up with a pink ribbon, feathers, or whatever strikes your fancy! Empty your pockets, clean out your car, and check your sofas. Every time you find loose change, just add it to the jar. Get your family and friends involved too, and watch it grow. When you have filled it up, make a donation for this amount to your personal fundraising page or send in a check with an <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Pledge-the-Pink-2019-Donation-Form.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offline donation form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pink-bold\">Make an action plan!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pledge-the-pink-fundraising-calendar-2019-jan-mar.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proactive fundraising calendar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fancys-Favorite-Fundraising-Ideas.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fancy\u2019s Favorite Fundraising Ideas Flyer<\/a> to get some ideas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pink-bold\">Still not sure?<\/p>\n<p>We have a Pledge the Pink Fundraising Committee here to help you get motivated and figure out what may work for you\u2014Strike up a conversation with them in our chat club!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fundraising-Committee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fundraising-Committee.png 405w, https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fundraising-Committee-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the New Year celebrations behind us, January already half way over, and the best weekend of your life only 9 months away, now is the perfect time to start your fundraising! Even though our new FlockStar Fundraising pages won\u2019t be live until March, there\u2019s still a lot you can do now! Not Sure Where &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/start-your-fundraising-now\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Start your fundraising now!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}