Fundraisers for SRS? Any Ideas?

[FurPus63]

I was given permission to write this thread as long as I made it perfectly clear I am NOT asking for any money from anyone here on this forum. What I am asking is a few questions and comments regarding fundraisers for SRS. Has anyone here ever had a fundraiser? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? I don't have a lot of $ to spend or invest so I'm looking for inexpensive ways to do this. I recently produced a free fundraiser website where people can make donations to my cause for a small fee that is subtracted from the amount I receive. This is fine. However; I've advertised it on facebook, told friends and family about it, and nobody has responded at all. Not one dime! I'm finding it hard to believe that people don't have even $5 (the minimum amount accepted by the site) to give. I've had people give excuses, but that's about it! LOL! Am I asking too much from friends and family? Many of those I've approached are either trans themselves or belong to trans support groups in the local area.

Is it wrong of me to ask for help raising funds for this procedure? We all know how expensive it is and how insurance companies don't cover it. So.....why am I receiving so little support? Should I be offering something in return, perhaps? Maybe sell tickets for a raffle? I don't know what to do and am interested in any suggestions you may have.

Paulette

[kimdl93]

I recently saw that a trans an had successfully raised his goal for funding SRS on indiegogo. You might give that a try.

[arbon]

I don't think it is wrong to as it is a medical expense. Its harder though because the type of medical need is not really considered a need by most other people. Trying to offer something in return would probably help a lot. A could explanation for why you are asking to. Still not going to be easy.

[AllieSF]

I do not think that you are wrong in any way for trying to raise funds through donations. What may be wrong, not in "You are wrong for doing that!", is the process or the way that you are trying to use that process to raise the funds. For friends and people that know you, I would think that maybe direct and personal face to face contact would be best. Receiving an email or letter from a fund raising site or from you may be a bit too impersonal and much more easily turned down and ignored. Your plea to all the rest has to be delivered in a good way and the message needs to be created so as to play on others needs to personally justify giving money to some they may know but may not necessarily be a close friend. Also if one can show some success by getting some donations from complete strangers, then the closer acquaintances may feel some empathy or even sympathy toward you and feel compelled out of desire or even indirect peer pressure to participate.

I would also guess that you will really need to put yourself out there as the unfortunate soul who is in the wrong body, the "medical condition" that needs to be corrected as referenced in another thread, to help others understand. That means you probably can not do all this in any "stealth" mode way. Everyone will know about your past, present and hoped for future. I recommend that you continue this effort, search for others that have done something similar and contact them for their recommendations, try multiple approaches and methods, and then keep modifying then until you hit on something that works. Good luck.

[Kaitlyn Michele]

I wouldn't put a lot of hope into raising significant money from people

... those fundraisers for cancer and things like that rely on hundreds if not thousands of people..its not that people don't have $5 , its that they don't want to pay for srs...its not realistic to think they would. (of course there are some wonderful understanding people but not a lot and where to find them??)

The guy Kim is talking about is real, but he was a frat brother...he had dozens of guys working for him and they raised $2000 based on one article I read.

If you just google it you will find a dozen srs fund raising websites with almost zero traffic or money raised.

If you do choose to pursue this path, it seems to me that Allie is right and you will need to be out there in a way that would literally make you a public figure.

To me you are best served with a serious plan. At best a fundraiser is only a small part of a plan.
Read about how people get out of debt and apply those principles..Dave Ramsey tells debtors to eat nothing but rice and beans until the debt is repaid...the best way to save is to not spend

There may be crimps in a plan, but having a plan can at least give you the best chance.

:straightface:

[Aprilrain]

If I gave $5 to every TS that needed SRS I'd be broke and they still wouldn't have enough money to afford it!

How is this any different than standing on a street corner begging? You're not raising money for a charitable cause your trying to get money to pay for something personal. When you need a new car or house are you going to set up a "fundraiser" for that too? You can argue medical nesessity all you want but we're not talking cancer where the out come of it being left untreated is likely death. (Suicide dosen't count)

Besides it's not tax deductible.

[noeleena]

Hi.

Is there a problem of not working , or put another way i worked for what i needed for my own surgerys, and i had enough with 200 $ to spare when i cam home from over sea's,

!6,000 $ was what i needed for 5 surgerys, getting there and back and motel food and any little extras ,

and i had nothing and less than 9 months to be ready in time to go. i was able to do it and had other help all through out all my detail all with in 3 years,

...noeleena...

[Xrys]

This is not the kind of thing people just donate to. You are going to need to give them something in return. Car wash or bakesale or something similar comes to mind. Perhaps if you can find some talented friends, you can have a talent show and sell tickets. Maybe a spegetti dinner, it is not an expensive meal, especialy if you are a member of costco or sam's club.