Top Breast Cancer Fundraising Ideas this Pinktober
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and every October (also known as Pinktober) thousands of people around the world come together to raise funds, show support for those affected by breast cancer and honour those who are no longer with us. If you want to hold an event for Pinktober, here are some popular breast cancer fundraising ideas to give you some inspiration.
Host a morning tea, breakfast or afternoon tea
This is a simple yet effective way to bring everyone together and raise funds and awareness about breast cancer. You can host this event at your workplace, home or in the local community. Ask everyone to bring a plate or bake some delicious treats and make a donation to attend. You can even get creative and bake some yummy pink snacks or turn this into a bake sale to raise even more funds.
Walk for Breast Cancer
A walk or walkathon is a popular way to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation, while getting some exercise at the same time! It is a great way to get your local community involved and bring everyone together to show their support. To increase awareness at your event, we recommend including some of our pink Holi powder to create a colour run or colour throw at the end of your event.
Host a Pink Party
Hosting a pink party is another fun way to get your friends together and have a good time while raising funds for a great cause. You can choose to make it a work event, a party at your home or open it up for the whole community to get involved. You can go all out with the decorations – pink streamers, balloons, pink-themed food and dress in pink to show your support for those affected by breast cancer. Why not include some karaoke as well? Charge an attendance fee or ask for donations throughout the night to help raise funds.
Shave your head or dye your hair
Shaving or colouring your hair is a powerful way to show your support for those affected by cancer and raise awareness. You can turn this into a big fundraising event with activities and pink-themed fun planned throughout the day, with the main event involving everyone gathering around to watch your head shaving take place. Alternatively, if you’re not ready to go the whole way by shaving your head, dyeing your hair or facial hair is a fun alternative that will help to raise awareness and funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Hold a Raffle
You can host a standalone raffle at your workplace or within your community or add it to another Pinktober event that you are a part of to help increase your donations for Breast Cancer research and awareness. Brainstorm some great prizes that people will want to win and then ask your workplace or other local businesses and connections for prize donations. We recommend packaging your raffle tickets as well – e.g. 1 for $5 or 5 for $20 to help raise more funds.
Top Tips for Organising Your Pinktober Event
Set a fundraising goal
Decide on your event or activity and work out the details – when will it be held, do you need to hire a venue, do you need public liability insurance, etc.
Register your fundraiser at https://nbcf.org.au/fundraise/
Get your friends and family on board – the more the merrier!
Create an online fundraising page
Share your event on social media and continue to regularly promote it
Approach local businesses to sponsor you and provide donations
Contact a local newspaper or media outlet and let them know about your event to raise awareness
There is also a wide variety of resources available online at the National Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation to help you organise and make the most of your Breast Cancer Awareness Event. Whatever you choose to do, make sure you have fun and encourage as many donations as possible. If you are unable to plan your own event, you can always attend one in your local community or simply donate online.