11 Cities. 1 Mission. Join the PALS Fundraising Challenge!
Together, we’re raising $70,000 across 11 cities!
As a Participant or Volunteer Leader, you have the opportunity to be a champion for PALS by sharing your personal fundraising page and inspiring more people to join our mission. Through your fundraising efforts, PALS is able to provide travel assistance, financial aid, university housing, meals, and unforgettable experiences.
Participating Cities
Check out the top fundraising cities HERE!
📍 Philadelphia
📍 New York
📍 New Jersey
📍 Los Angeles
📍 Cleveland
📍 Boston
📍 Baltimore
📍 Chicago
📍 San Francisco
📍 Washington, DC
📍 Atlantic City
Let’s come together and make this the biggest PALS fundraising campaign yet!
Thank you to all of our incredible fundraisers!
Received at least 1 donation
Katlyn McCaskey
Joselin Ramos
Victoria Vargas
Valerie Castillo
Rebecca Gross
Ashleigh Lancaster
Bella Montez
Jace Todd
Belle Wharton
John Hall
Jayden Ortiz
Danny Kenney
Natalie Muller
Steven Curtis
William Xie
Cole Gemmill
Liesbeth Verheijen
Vannesa Boateng
Joey Agostino
Alyssa Bennett
Maura Bernatowicz
Joanna Chlebek
Caitlin Polek
Dominic Rizzo
Cody Eads
Madison Witmer
Grace Needham
Monika McCarthy
Nicole Corkery
Andrew Macheel
Devany Fabula
Emily Hagan
Matty Osborne
Anna Fedewa
Ellie Stephanos
Sadie Brown
Isabella Bufalini
Max Seiner
Andres Salazar
Kurosh Hassanlou
Em Reifsnyder
Sarah Ball
Libby Barron
Katherine Gallihugh
Taylor Richardson
Gray Jourdan
Andrew Quinn
Emmaline Boland
Liza Shourds
Eva Resek
Bri Knutsen
Maggie Lally
Max Verheijen
Colette Tropiano
Julie Carrier
Bella Flowers
Shae Leach
Noah Zack
Maddie Pressimone
Kiera Macis
Lindsay Phung
Julianna Fry
Briana Klock
Lorna Russell
Abigail Vance
Kendall Waugh
Minal Rosenblum
Meg Jernigan
Alyssa Forero
Shawn Swienton
Lucas Van Leeuwen
Declan Hartey
Natalia Tsourides
Annabelle Cole
Lily Ramchand
Raised $250+
Marissa Erickson
Jonathan Moner
Robert Voorhes
Cullen Bukley
Ethan Beard
Catherine Reischman
Briana Hall
Alex Johanning
Christopher DiNicola
Nora Gannon
Davis Mowry
Connor Chiu
Leah Weiss
Mihini Gamamadagedon
Gia Bellofatto
Marcelo Añón
Gabriella Gigante
Caroline Jang
Colin Avril
Mandy Habashi
Noah Perot
Hope Meyers
Isabela Ahn
Abby Pelletier
David Kim
Kevin Morrison
Connor Wisniewski
Ryan Olson
Eli Bloom
Keaton Abodeely
Jake Lonie
Holden Cashin
Broker Smith
Samarth Motaganahalli
JC Pujals
Solomon Stern
Katie Murtagh
Micah Deyo
Nolan Leonard
Corbin Weaver
Bobby Olejarczyk
Jay Jilek
Hannah Abbe
Caroline Warren
Margot Pratt
Leigh Rohe
Kaylie Swider
Kathryn Allen
Jade Moland
Davis White
Mary Jane Van Dyke
Matthew Frankel
Sarah Bonforte
Aidan Cooper
Bailey Ciardelli
Thomas Bourdeaux IV
Hannah Leung-Thomas
Nina Calanchini
Rachel Pyszora
Christian Souverain
Ava Camarero
Cole Hetherington
Cody Carlson
Nikhil Roy
Jamie Finlaw
Bella Levesque
Chris Lopes
Lauren Roth
Stephanie Julien
Samuel Veith
Waverly Moses
Chloe Cato
Thomas Schonander
Skye Hammond
Gavin Socia
Evan Meloni
🎉 PALS Fundraising awards 🎉
Top Fundraiser of the Season
Evan Meloni
Top Fundraising City
PALS Boston
highest number of donors
Skye Hammond
24-Hour Fundraising Challenge Winner
Joey Agostino
How-to Get Started
Follow us on social media and use our campaign hashtag: #PALSFundraisingChallenge
resources & Support
We will be supporting you every step of the way - providing opportunities to celebrate your successes, offering opportunities for face time to have questions answered, and providing resources!
Weekly Office HOurs
We will be hosting weekly office hours every Wednesday from 4pm - 4:30pm EST on Zoom. All are welcome! This is an opportunity for you to meet with PALS Staff to ask questions, share progress, and get motivated.
City Power Sessions
Every week, the highlighted city will be invited to join their city’s Power Session on Zoom. This is an opportunity to get hype with your city! You can bring questions, meet people in your program city, highlight top performers, and celebrate your city’s success!
**Zoom link will be provided via email during your city’s week.
Fundraising Toolkit
Check out our Fundraising Toolkit to find tips & tricks, fundraising ideas, support & resources.
Challenges & Prizes!
We’ve got a lineup of challenges & prizes to keep you excited, creative, and motivated.
⬇️ Check out our first challenges that will be running all season long ⬇️
Create your fundraising page and receive your first donation to win a PALS pin
Raise $250 and earn an exclusive PALS water bottle
There is SO MUCH MORE coming.. stay tuned!
Have questions or need support setting up your page?
Email Brittany, PALS Development Associate at support@palsprograms.org.
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Create your personal fundraising page by clicking HERE to be directed to Givebutter (PALS fundraising platform).
Click “Join Your City.”
Sign up by providing the requested information
Start your fundraising page. Select '“Join an existing team” and select the city of the program you’re going to!
Personalize your page by adding a picture of yourself and why you are fundraising for PALS.
Click here for a step-by-step guide to create your personal fundraising page.
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Once you’ve created your Givebutter account and started your fundraising page, you can personalize! Personalization is key to sharing your heart, connecting others to your story, and inspiring them to give with meaning.
Check out this resource for a step-by-step guide to personalizing your page on Givebutter.
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Post on social media. Share the link to your page on all your platforms, include your story & tag @PALSPrograms.
Share with family and friends through messages, emails, texts, notes - you name it!
Share about PALS while at camp. People want to give to what you are passionate about! Give live updates while at Camp through social media.
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PALS is proud to offer financial aid to any participants. This is made possible by the generous donations of our community to support our mission of inspiring a world of belonging.
As members of the PALS Family, you know PALS changes attitudes, transforms lives, and inspires a world of belonging. Personal fundraising pages is an invitation to your friends and family to be a part of that with you!
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Email Brittany, PALS Development Associate, at brittany@palsprograms.org or by calling the PALS office line at (267) 477-7257.
Whether it’s planning a fundraiser or assistance setting up your page, we’re here for you.
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