Host an event to raise funds to end family homelessness anywhere, anytime including Homelessness Awareness Month in November!
Get your friends together for a BBQ, potluck, or at a restaurant where the night’s profits go to end family homelessness. Hold a Bake Sale, Happy Hour, or Paint Night. Dedicate your birthday party, wedding, or Bar Mitzvah to the cause. Get your community moving through a sports tournament, golf outing, or 5K and help create a Bay Area where family homelessness doesn’t exist.
Anything is possible when you combine your passion and our fundraising platform. So start brainstorming!
Register to create an event and receive:
A personal fundraising page
The option to invite your friends and family to fundraise with you
Access to Hamilton Families materials and fundraising tips
Guidance and consulting from the Hamilton Families development staff
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 Fundraising Event 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
