Leader Personal Funding Campaign

Each of our volunteer leaders for the summer program is responsible for covering the $1,200 cost of their participation. The good news is we have found that people LIKE to support others who are giving of themselves to do good work. Accordingly, to assist our leaders in raising donations to support their summer adventure we have established The Woods Project Personal Funding Campaign module. This tool will allow each leader to setup and promote their personal fundraising campaign online and make it easy for friends to help. Following are instructions to get your campaign started:

1.      On the right side of each website page, you’ll notice an area to create an account. Click on it and follow the instructions on the screen to establish your site login name and password. This site login will not only allow you to create your personal fundraising campaign, it will also give you access to information that is only available to leaders/members of our community.   

2.      You will receive an email back very quickly once your account is set up. Click on the link in the email to take you to the Campaign pages. Or simply login through the website and click on campaign at right.

3.      Type in the two words at the bottom of the page to proceed to the setup screen. If you have a hard time reading the words, don’t panic. You will get to try again and eventually succeed.

4.      You should come to a screen entitled “Setup a personal campaign page – Step 2”

5.      In the title box, enter “TWP Summer Fundraiser – YourName”.

6.      In the welcome box, enter “The Woods Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping underprivileged inner city High School aged kids build self confidence and the ability to adapt to new environments through a challenging program of outdoor education. Your contribution is funding my participation as an adult volunteer at a two-week summer outdoor education program at one of several nationally recognized wilderness institutes.”

7.      In the your goal box, enter “1,200”.

8.      Check the progress bar box.

9.      In the your message box, enter whatever message you like to explain to your potential contributors why you have chosen to participate in this program. This is your sales pitch so put on your marketing hat.

10. Attach a picture of yourself in the box where indicated. This is encouraged, though not mandatory. Note that the picture may not exceed 360x360 pixels.

11. Check the Honor Roll box if you would like the names of your contributors shown on your personal campaign page

12. Check the active box.

14. Very shortly you should receive an email confirming that your page has been established along with a link at which you may login to your page in future.

15. After saving, you will be forwarded to a form with various editing and other page management options including “tell friends”.

16. To “tell friends”, or promote your personal campaign page, click on that option and follow the instructions to send email messages to all those you will ask for a contribution. Enter your message to them and they will receive an email very quickly with your message and a link to your personal fundraising page at which they can make a contribution.

18. Return to your page periodically to assess progress and send your solicitation to new potential contributors. Note that to access your page management screen in future, you must first login to the site using the name and password established in step 1, above; then, proceed to your page using the link provided in step 14. WARNING! – after login to the site you may be tempted to click on the “campaign” button to access your page. Do not. That button exists only for the purpose of setting up a new campaign.