We hope you are feeling supported by Help Hope Live and your community as you explore fundraising opportunities in 2025.
We know you value our fundraising guidance, and that’s why we’ve packed our updates for 2025 full of ideas, tips, and strategies you can use right away.
Read on to learn how to customize your Campaign Page, write an effective campaign story, and find fundraising encouragement along the way. We also have a new Hope Talk to share for our spinal cord injury community and a client story to spotlight.
New Series! Fundraising Roadmap
We’ve introduced a new blog post series that provides you with a fundraising roadmap. You can use these posts when you first start fundraising or anytime your strategy needs a refresh.
Click here to subscribe to our Latest so you can get an email when we release a new guide in the series. Check out a preview of the first of these new resources below.
Step 1: Your Campaign Editor & Dashboard
You will want to get to know your Campaign Dashboard & Editor to make the most of your Campaign Page.
Use the guides below to learn where to find all the features you need:
Step 2: Writing Your Story
Make your fundraising story engaging and unique with our step-by-step guide with a Story Writing Worksheet, sample story, and tips:
Step 3: Choosing Photos
Choose the right photos for your campaign picture and galleries and organize them thoughtfully. It will help you communicate your fundraising story in a powerful and visual way:
Hope in Action Is May 30
In addition to our fundraising tips and one-on-one guidance, we offer our client community unique opportunities to fundraise throughout the year.
One of those opportunities is coming up fast. Hope in Action is Friday, May 30!
On this day, we’ll give your community a special reason to donate: we cover the credit card fee for all donations made in honor of a client on May 30.
Stay tuned—your Client Services Coordinator will be in touch very soon to tell you how you can participate with custom materials, a toolkit, and more.
Fundraising Encouragement
Sometimes, we have all the tips we need—but what we’re missing is a word of encouragement and hope from someone who’s been there.
That’s where our client Ambassadors come in.
Our Ambassadors have been in your shoes and understand some of the most daunting challenges you might be facing with fundraising, maintaining momentum, and staying hopeful.
They’ve shared their fundraising encouragement and tips to help you stay motivated:
If you need extra support right now, we can connect you directly with an Ambassador for peer-to-peer fundraising encouragement. Ask your Client Services Coordinator for an introduction.
Hope Talk: Surviving to Thriving
For even more encouragement, our free Hope Talk webinar on Thursday, March 20 will provide words of wisdom on how to go from surviving to thriving after a life-changing injury.
Three members of our community will share their reflections on life after a spinal cord injury, including how an injury can influence your trajectory and sense of purpose and how to find hope, strength, and help.
Quilting for a Cause
Living with cerebral palsy, our client Jamie Carlson took up quilting when she became a full-time wheelchair user.
The colors, patterns, and work helped her take her mind off the mental and physical challenges she faced as her mobility changed over time.
Today, the “Cerebral Palsy Quilter” is a TikTok phenomenon who has raised over $19,000 with Help Hope Live over the past year.
Here for You
Every season brings with it new challenges and new opportunities. Please remember that whether you’re in a season of change, growth, challenge, or hope, we are here with you and want to help.
–Your Help Hope Live team
