12News is rallying our community. Let’s feed more families together.
Join 12News, Bashas', Food City, and AJ's Fine Foods in supporting Turkey Tuesday – the largest one-day turkey drive in the country!
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Create a Friday Night Fever Fundraiser
With the help of 12News, people just like you have created fundraisers and helped contribute a heap to our goal:
Here’s how to create your own Turkey Tuesday fundraiser:
1. Choose How You Want To Fundraise
Decide how you want to jump in: start your own fundraiser, create a team and rally others behind you, or join a team that's already fundraising.
Create Your Own Fundraiser Now
2 Tell Your Story
Write a short description of why Turkey Tuesday matters to you and the neighbors you're feeding. Not sure where to start? Use the built-in AI tool to help write or polish it.
Optionally, set the goal amount and target end date for your fundraiser.
3 Set Up Or Login To Your Account
Log in to your existing Fundraise Up account, or create a new one in seconds, to activate your fundraising page.
4 Personalize Your Page
From your donor portal, add your photo, finish your description, set your fundraising goal, and more.
5 Share And Keep Supporters In The Loop
Log in to grab your share link and QR code. If you started a team, you can send people to your page and have them click on the “Join Team” to create their own fundraiser under your team.
Post your unique fundraiser link on social, email it, text it, or drop the QR on signage. Use your imagination. You can also post updates on your page for everyone following your progress as Turkey Tuesday approaches.
The key: Repetition. Share links and QR codes each week and ramp up the energy as Turkey Tuesday approaches—the final week is when most donations come in.
6Track Your Progress
Login to monitor your progress. Check out who’s donated, your total raised, and individual contributions from your donors.
7Finish Strong On Turkey Tuesday
As Turkey Tuesday approaches, push hard for the win. Remind everyone that $20 = 1 turkey. Share the countdown. Have your friends and family push the fundraiser on their social media. And make sure to keep your followers updated on your page.
FAQ
Click here, choose whether to fundraise solo, start a team, or join a team already underway, then follow the steps to set up your page (AI can help you write your description). You'll be live in minutes and get access to a Donor Portal to track donations received on your page.
Absolutely! Log in to your Donor Portal to see your fundraiser's stats, including who's donated, where they're giving from, and how close you are to reaching your goal.
Yes. Select "Start a Team Fundraiser" when you sign up. Send people to your page and have them click on the “Join Team” to create their own fundraiser under your team. Anyone who joins through it becomes part of your team, and their donations count toward your shared goal.
Yes. You can extend your fundraiser's goal through your Donor Portal. And even if your goal is reached, your supporters can continue to donate to your fundraiser.
No. Everything runs online. You just need internet access and an email address.
Yes. All donations support St. Vincent de Paul and are tax deductible and donor will get an instant receipt by email for tax records. Donations to St. Vincent de Paul also qualifies for the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit. You can get a dollar-for-dollar credit on your Arizona state taxes, up to $1,009 for joint filers and $506 for single filers. Learn more about the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit.
For those who raise more than $100 by Nov. 24, we'll send you a limited edition State Forty Eight Turkey Tuesday t-shirt! Shirts and sizes are limited, so be sure to share your link with family and friends ASAP!
Fundraising not your thing? That’s okay, simply give a turkey, or two, or three, Today!
Use the Calculator to the Right to figure out how big of an impact you can make to this year’s Turkey Tuesday.