How to RegisterOnline fundraising begins with participation. Through its participants, nonprofit organizations can extend the reach of its supporters and build awareness in its cause. The first step in this Friends Asking Friends™ website is the registration of participants on the website. Each registrant automatically receives a personal website page where he or she can solicit for charitable contributions from friends and family. The registration process uses a secure and simple form that can be customized by the event organizers to collect a variety of information. Online registration not only collects all applicable registration, but also allows participants the option of entering additional donations to get things started.
Different Ways to Participate
Users can join as an individual and, if applicable, start a team or join a team. Some events may be set up to accept only team requests, to better control the number and composition of teams. If a user chooses to start a team, he or she automatically becomes a team captain. Team Captains set up team fundraising and membership goals, personal fundraising goals are created by each participant. Any user who chooses to join an existing team, can use a simple team search form to find the team in particular they want to join. More sophisticated events may have group pyramids where multiple teams can be formed underneath one large group. This structure allows for large corporations to track the progress of the cumulative efforts by all of its teams.
In summary, you may register as any one of the following on the website
Team Captain - get your friends and family to join your cause, so start a new fundraising team as a team captain.
Team Member - whether you have specifically been requested by your team captain, leader or fellow team member, or whether you just heard about the team, join a fundraising team and help support your team's goals.
Individual Participant - you don't have to be on a team to participate, so join as an individual and reach your own fundraising goal.
Note: Teams are not available for all event websites. If there are no teams for your event, all participants will be fundraising individually.