Fundraise for the Ipswich River
Are you passionate about protecting and restoring the Ipswich River and want to motivate your friends and family to act alongside you? Create your own fundraiser to support the river!
Participate as a:
Downloadable Resources:
Welcome Packet (this document includes all of the documents below in one file)
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Welcome Letter from PAT Co-chairs
Welcome Email from PAT Committee
Paddle-a-thon FAQs | Fundraising FAQs
Event Guidelines | Social Media Toolkit
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Solo Participants
Solo Participants or Solo Paddle Raisers are participants who fundraise independently as a team of one rather than as a group. Whether you're a team of one or 75, you can help raise funds and awareness for the Ipswich River.
IRWA has partnered with Kindful so participants can create personalized fundraising pages and direct their donors to make online gifts. Before you can create a fundraiser, you must create a Kindful account. You will need to provide your email, first and last name, and a password you'd like to set for the account.
A fundraiser is the easiest way to raise money online for the Ipswich River. Log into your Kindful account to create and customize your mobile-friendly fundraising page. You can add important details about the #EndangeredIpswich, share why you're fundraising for the river, and customize your page with images, photos, and text to make it your own.
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Share Your Fundraiser
Now you're ready to start fundraising! Copy your fundraiser's unique URL and share it with your friends and family via email, text messages, and social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter). Ask your friends, family, and others in your community to donate to your fundraiser and help you meet your goal!
We ask every Participant to make a minimum $100 commitment to Paddle-a-thon. How you choose to fulfill that commitment is up to you. You can give $100, raise $100, or give some and raise the rest. A "give and get" approach sets you up to lead with a personal investment in your success, inspiring others by saying, "join me."
Give and/or get at least $100, and you'll receive a complimentary IRWA membership and a special edition Paddle-a-thon t-shirt. (Surprise! It's purple, and a heron features prominently in the design.)
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Have Fun
Paddle-a-thon is 'friendly competition' meets 'social giving' for a worthy cause.
In a word, it's fun!
Team Leaders
Fundraising teams are groups of individual Participants or Paddle Raisers who join together to work towards a common fundraising goal, motivating and challenging each other along the way.
NOTE: Participants/Paddle Raisers can only join a team by invitation when a Team Leader invites them.
TIP: Participants/Paddle Raisers, if you want to join a team, contact the leader of the team you want to join and ask them to invite you.
IRWA has partnered with Kindful so participants can create personalized fundraising pages and direct their donors to make online gifts. Before you can create a fundraiser, you must create a Kindful account. You will need to provide your email, first and last name, and a password you'd like to set for the account.
Teams bring together individual participants who want to fundraise toward a shared goal. Use the leaderboard to track progress among members (and inspire friendly competition).
Want to fundraise with your co-workers? Neighborhood dad crew? MomBall league? Church group? Great, the more, the merrier! Recruit from your network. Note: Participants cannot join your fundraising team without an invitation. As the Team Leader, you will need to invite them by email.
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Share Your Fundraiser
Now you're ready to start fundraising! Copy your fundraiser's unique URL and share it with your friends and family via email, text messages, and social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter). Ask your friends, family, and others in your community to donate to your fundraiser and help you meet your goal!
We ask every Participant to make a minimum $100 commitment to Paddle-a-thon. How you choose to fulfill that commitment is up to you. You can give $100, raise $100, or give some and raise the rest. A "give and get" approach sets you up to lead with a personal investment in your success, inspiring others by saying, "join me."
Give and/or get at least $100, and you'll receive a complimentary IRWA membership and a special edition Paddle-a-thon t-shirt. (Surprise! It's purple, and a heron features prominently in the design.)
Paddle-a-thon is 'friendly competition' meets 'social giving' for a worthy cause. In a word, it's fun!
Donors
If Solo Participants and Teams breathe life into fundraisers by creating them and sharing their personal experiences with the river, Donors keep these fundraisers alive by providing critical financial support.
Will you help us protect the #EndangeredIpswich River and create a resilient watershed by donating today?
Not able to participate but want to make an impact? Search for a solo participant or fundraising team and click their donate button. The amount you donate will count toward their individual/team fundraising goals.
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Buy a Raffle Ticket
Buy a raffle ticket for $5 (or 5 for $20) for a chance to win a 15'10" Tom Hill "Champlain" lapstrake wooden canoe. Purchase tickets from any Paddle-a-thon Committee member, at our Riverbend headquarters, at White Rose Canoe, or at any of our May/June events. The drawing will be Saturday, June 18th. Call 978.412.8200 or visit us at 143 County Rd to buy your tickets today!
See how our participants are doing! Standings are updated in real-time. While you're there, support their fundraisers by donating and leave a note of encouragement.
Energize your network to help protect the Ipswich River and amplify your favorite Paddle Raiser's success! Copy the URL of the fundraiser you donated to and share it across your social media accounts.
Business Sponsors
Don't wait to make a splash for the river! Sponsorship donations support our efforts to make the Ipswich River and watershed communities more resilient to a changing climate. Contact Amber Redmond, Development Director, to discuss sponsorship details.
Thank you for your interest in sponsoring Paddle-a-thon! To view or print our sponsorship flyer, including more on benefits, click Paddle-a-thon Sponsor Benefits.
Please download and print the Sponsorship Agreement Form to give by check. Mail your completed form to Ipswich River Watershed Association, 143 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938. To give online, click here.
Thank You, 2022 Corporate Sponsors!
To join their ranks, contact Amber at [email protected]
River Hero
$10,000 and up
River Herring
$5,000
River Riffle
$500
River Birch
$2,500
River Otter
$1,000
River Trout
$250
