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START A FUNDRAISER
Fundraise Your Way and Support a Family
Use your passion to raise funds for families experiencing homelessness through an in-person or virtual event, special occasion, athletic competition, or whatever you have in mind.
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Host a Fundraiser – House a Family
Plan a virtual or in-person fundraiser through work, school or with friends and family. Whether you set a personal challenge and combine it with fundraising, host a livestream, or even donate a portion of sales from a product you sell – the possibilities are endless! Check out some popular ways you can raise funds to house families and advocate for families during Homelessness Awareness Month in November and year-round. There's no limit to how you can fundraise and support a family to end family homelessness.
Organize a virtual fundraiser
With a virtual fundraiser, you can invite friends and family to support ending family homelessness no matter where they live!
Plan a fund-RUN-raiser
Whether you’re a novice or experienced athlete, you can fundraise through a race of your making.
Organize a fundraising event
Dedicate your wedding, host a paint party, or celebrate your birthday! Turn any passion into a fundraiser with us.
Pay tribute
A donation to Hamilton Families is a thoughtful way to honor someone or express the sense of loss when someone passes on.
Livestream for families
Stream a live event or play video games and have your viewers donate. When you stream to end family homelessness, you support our work while having fun!
Start a Facebook Fundraiser
A Facebook Fundraiser makes it easy for you to raise money for Hamilton Families and invite friends to help.
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Support programs to house families
What will your fundraiser do?
Help us battle family homelessness with a charity stream!
Interested in streaming a live fundraising event and having your viewers and supporters donate to Hamilton Families? Play video games, broadcast music, host a conversation and get creative any way and for how long you would like. Follow the steps below. Whenever you livestream to end family homelessness, you will be making a difference.
Get your campaign started using the Tiltify platform with Twitch, YouTube, or Mixer:
Go to the Hamilton Families charity page: tiltify.com/hamilton-families.
Click “Start Fundraising” and Create an Account or Log in.
Follow the prompts to set up your campaign then hit PUBLISH!
Your campaign's dashboard will show links to copy your campaign URL for sharing and your donate URL to put in the donate button on your page.
Share with your friends, family, and social followers to help raise money for Hamilton Families.
Have more questions? Send an email to our team at development@hamiltonfamilies.org and let us know how we can help you get started.
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Your Streaming Fundraiser Toolkit
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Help us raise family homelessness awareness during your fundraising campaign by sharing your story and promoting your event on social media. Here is some inspiration to get you started.
Don't forget to personalize your posts by including your fundraising link, information about your event, and encouraging donations to help family homelessness!
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Facebook / Instagram
• I am excited to announce that I will be hosting a (include name/ type of event) on (date) for @Hamilton Families to help end family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area! (Add 1-2 lines about your connection to family homelessness, details on your event, and how to register) [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• Family homelessness is a complicated experience that affects different families in different ways. For most families, it is simply the result of generational poverty. Right now, families make up about 30 percent of the homeless population. The good news is that with the support of agencies like Hamilton Families, we can end it. That's why I am hosting (include name/ type of event) on (date) to help end family homelessness in honor of (add connection) [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• #DidYouKnow families experiencing homelessness are called “invisible homeless”. 75% are doubled up, 15% are in temporary shelter, 7% stay in motels. Only 4% are unsheltered. Join me on (date) for (include name of event) to help raise money to permanently house families in stable housing in our communities. [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• There is still time to join us for the (include name of event) on (date) in honor of (include connection) and to help raise money and awareness for @Hamilton Families. Join us and donate today! [Include link for registration and/or your personal fundraising page]
• What an incredible event! We raised (include amount raised) for @Hamilton Families in honor of (include connection) and the hundreds of families that Hamilton Families serves in our community. Thank you to those who took part in the event and donated. It's not too late to donate - just visit our fundraising page! [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
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Twitter
• I am excited to announce that I will be hosting a (name/type of event) on (date) for @HamFamSF to help #endfamilyhomelessness! (Add 1-2 lines about your connection to family homelessness, details on your event, and how to register) [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• Support my efforts to #EndFamilyHomelessness by joining/participating in the (name of event) on (date) and helping me reach my goal for @HamFamSF. Families in the #SFBayArea need our help! [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• #DidYouKnow families experiencing homelessness are called “invisible homeless”. Most are doubled up, living in motels or in their cars. That's why I am hosting a (name of event) on (date) for @HamFamSF in honor of (add connection). Join us for the event and help me reach my goal! [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
• What an incredible event! We raised (include amount raised) for @HamFamSF in honor of (connection) and the thousands of families helped by Hamilton Families. Thank you to those who took part in the event and donate. [Include link to your personal fundraising page]
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• How Homelessness Impacts Families
• Family Homelessness Fact Sheet
• Family Homelessness Information Packet
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