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Birthday Fundraisers on Facebook

Birthday fundraisers are a fantastic way
to celebrate while supporting Horizon!

If you are active on Facebook, you have no doubt seen a birthday fundraiser. Facebook makes it super easy to rally your friends and family to raise money for a cause that’s important to you.

Facebook fundraisers for birthdays, memorials, and other events provide thousands of dollars each year to support Horizon’s orphan ministries. Best of all, Facebook covers all of the processing fees, so Horizon receives 100% of the funds raised!

Facebook automatically sends you a prompt to create a birthday fundraiser about 2 weeks before your birthday. If you want to help Horizon through a fundraiser on Facebook at a different time, simply follow the steps below.

  • Open the Facebook App and click on the Menu Button in the lower right corner
  • Scroll down and click on Community resources
  • Click on Fundraisers
  • Click on + Create fundraiser button
  • Click on Nonprofit
  • Select Horizon International (if you don’t see it in your list, use the search box)
  • Edit the Title (if desired)
  • A default description is provided, but we highly recommend that you edit it to be a more personal appeal by you about your connection to, and experience with, Horizon
  • Set your goal
  • End date defaults to 2 weeks which is the recommended duration, but may be changed if desired
  • Click Create button
  • Open Facebook on your computer
  • Click on Fundraisers, in the left-hand menu
  • Click on Select Nonprofit button
  • Select Horizon International (if you don’t see it in your list, use the search box)
  • Set your goal
  • End date defaults to 2 weeks which is the recommended duration, but may be changed if desired
  • Edit the Title (if desired)
  • A default description is provided, but we highly recommend that you edit it to be a more personal appeal by you about your connection to, and experience with, Horizon
  • Click Create button

Tips to Boost
Your Fundraiser

  • Ask people to give a specific amount like: “Hey, for my 32nd birthday, please donate $32 to Horizon!”
  • Make personal contact via text or email to key friends and family asking them to give and to share your fundraiser post
  • Share your fundraiser throughout its run with something unique with each share, like tagging and thanking those that have given, or updates on the progress to your goal
  • If you reach your goal early, edit the fundraiser to up your goal
  • On your birthday when people post to your wall or message you, consider asking them to support your fundraiser in your reply