2020 Fun Fundraisers DIY

Fundraise Your Way

The fun starts here. Do what you love, and chances are your fundraiser will be a huge success. Maybe you've got a secret talent for baking, can rock an electric guitar or are a long-distance cyclist. Whatever you love to do, the goal is to have fun and fundraise for Save the Children!

Just click on the "Start a Fundraiser" button at the top and you can create and personalize your own fundraising page and share that link with your friends and family through email and social media.

Have checks to send in? Download the Offline Donation Form as another easy way to collect donations, and send to:

Save the Children
501 Kings Highway East, Suite 400
Fairfield, CT 06824

Want some ideas to kick-start your efforts? Download our Fundraising Guide!

Funds raised will help save children's lives in the United States and around the world:

  • $200 raised can help provide ready-to-use food to help save malnourished children
  • $300 raised can help provide healthcare essentials to a school clinic serving hundreds of children
  • $500 raised can provide a bookcase full of children's books to help children learn to read

Have questions or want more information?

Email us at getinvolved@savechildren.org

Good luck with your fundraiser and have fun doing it your way!

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Way to go! Thanks to your amazing dedication, girls and boys around the world will have a brighter future. You and volunteers like you are making a difference for children around the world, by providing nutritious food, lifesaving medical care, school supplies and so much more.

Why we fundraise


Dancing to Heal the World

Ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has displaced more than 1.7 million people. Beile and her children: Senai, Abiah and Danait decided they needed to help. The children performed their own dancing and singing routines to collect donations and raised $650. "The sweetest thing they did," smiles Beile, "is that they had piggy banks with some coins, and they emptied them into the fundraising jar before they started asking for donations from others."


Honey Helpers: Teen and Bees

Rico is a rising high school senior and an experienced beekeeper who put his honeybees to work. Inspired by Save the Children's work in Ukraine, Europe's largest honey producing country, Rico raised more than $5,000 by giving each donor a jar of his summer honey harvest. 100% of the donations went directly to Save the Children's Emergency Relief Fund.

"If even the humble honeybee can help Save the Children, then surely each of us can too," says Rico.


4 Wheels, 4 Paws, 4 Good

COVID-19 had many repercussions for U.S. families, including, for some, their first experience with hunger. Mark Roberts decided to take action. Mark went on an 8-week journey across Massachusetts in his electric wheelchair with his dog and wife. They rolled to raise awareness and more than $100,000! "I have to say that I had so much fun, learned so much about so many people from across the political and economic spectrum. My Roll/Stroll restored a bit of my faith in humanity," says Mark.


Tessa Bakes for Ukraine's Kids

Tessa, from Connecticut, raised $2,000 for Save the Children's Ukraine Relief effort and is proud to help the children there as they try to stay safe during the war. Tessa says, "Helping others is a gift, not only to them, but to yourself, knowing that you are doing good for the world." Tessa wanted to send a message that people should be grateful for what they have and do what they can to help others. Tessa used her passion for baking to support children in Ukraine by baking scratch-made apple tortes.


Middle Schoolers Hike4ACause

Students at Magellan Middle School started "Hike4ACause" to raise money to help Afghan refugee children. Students were asked to get a sponsor to pay them for each mile hiked. 70 students hiked 538 miles raising $6,387.96!

"We are very grateful for the opportunity our community had to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of young refugees," said Nicolas Puga.