Below are some helpful and fun fundraising tips.  Always remember that not everyone you ask will be able to help out, but many will.  And the only way to find out is to ask. 

A cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be found within our lifetime if we continue to fund the cutting edge research that is done right here in Canada.  100% of your donations will go directly to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada is support of finding a cure.

Commit to doing this - doing something good for someone else - or someone you love
 
Download a pledge form from this web site, and start collecting pledges in person

Take your pledge form to meetings at work

Take your pledge form to dinner parties and other social engagements

Leave a pledge form on your desk at work, and on your kitchen counter to remind yourself to ask for pledges

Remind friends and family via e-mail every week of your personal goal and your progress towards that goal

Put a pledge form in your backpack

Be sure to add Twitter, Facebook, and blog posts about your fundraising and why you are doing it

"Like" the event on Facebook

Challenge friends and family to join you in the event

Create a fun "for bragging rights" contest with co-workers or other friends running to see who can raise the most money

Check to see if your business has a corporate donation match program