FAQs

- What are Personal Fundraising Pages?
- How do I set up a fundraising page?
- What if I forget my username and/or password?
- How do I spread the word about my fundraising page?
- How do my friends and family make donations to my personal fundraising page?
- Who acknowledges the donations?  How do my contributors get tax receipts?
- Where do I send check donations?
- What should I do with cash donations?
- How is the money I raise used?
- My fundraising page disappeared - what happened?
- What if I forget my username and/or password?

What are Personal Fundraising Pages?
Personal Fundraising Pages are a way to help SCA by raising money to support our work and mission to create the next generation of conservation leaders. You can participate in any way you’d like: ask for donations in lieu of birthday or wedding gifts, hold a bake sale, start a lemonade stand, establish a fundraiser in honor or memory of someone, or come up with your own idea! It’s easy to create a fundraising page, ask your friends and family to donate and track your progress.

How do I set up a fundraising page?
Go to the registration page to set up your furndraiser. You’ll receive access to your own Fundraiser Center, where you can personalize your page, upload a photo or video, send emails to your friends and family, share your campaign on social media and track your progress. Your campaign toolkit, which is loaded with goodies and tips to make fundraising easy, is also in your Fundraiser Center.

What if I forget my username and/or password?
Visit the login page and scroll to the "Forgot password?" section. Enter the username that you used when registering, and your password will be emailed to you. If you have lost your username, select "Email me my username" and provide the email address that you used when registering. Your username will be sent to that email address.

How do I spread the word about my fundraising page?
When you go to your Fundraiser Center,you can email your friends with personalized appeals to contribute, use the easy sharing options to publicize your campaign on social media, and find tips on how to host a birthday party fundraiser .

How do my friends and family make donations to my personal fundraising page?

You can send your contacts a direct link to your personal page from your Fundraising Center as well as share your campaign on social media. Friends can also find your fundraising page by using the Find a Fundraiser feature near the bottom of the homemepage.They can enter your first and last names and search for you there.

Who acknowledges the donations?  How do my contributors get tax receipts?
Each online donor will receive an emailed acknowledgment from SCA. This email serves as a receipt and can be used for tax purposes.

You can also use the email and social media tools in the Fundraiser Center to thank your donors personally.

Where do I send check donations?
Checks should be made payable to the Student Conservation Association. In order to count toward your fundraising campaign, you must send check donations with a printed, filled out copy of this donation form. A separate form must be submitted with each check.  Please send donations by check and completed donation forms to:

Student Conservation Association
ATTN: Donor Relations
689 River Road
Charlestown, NH 03603

What should I do with cash donations?
Please do not send cash donations through the mail. Ask your cash donors to convert their contributions to cashier's checks or personal checks, fill out a printed  copy of this donation form and send it along with the check to:

Student Conservation Association
ATTN: Donor Relations
689 River Road
Charlestown, NH 03603

How is the money I raise used?
Contributions through your campaign help SCA build the next generation of conservation leaders and protect our parks and public lands now and into the future.

My fundraising page disappeared - what happened?
If you cannot find your campaign, email webmaster@thesca.org. Your campaign may be deactivated by SCA, at its sole discretion, if the content contains any of the following elements: misinformation, spam, profanity, graphic imagery, personal attacks, promotion of violence, promotion of illegal or questionable activities.