Fundraising and donations
Immersion trips are a ministry to help trip participants go deeper in their missionary disicpleship journey. So for most trips, Maryknoll calculates the total trip cost and divides it by the expected number of participants and asks them to each donate that amount. However, you might find that you cannot afford to make the requested donation to cover your cost to participate. If so, we suggest that you fundraise from family, friends, parish and school contacts to help cover the your requested donation. If that is not sufficient, and you cannot make the full amount of the requested donation and would like Maryknoll to subsidize part of your cost to participate, please use this form to make your request.
Easy Steps to Fund raise for the mission Trip
1. NETWORK
Create a list of you people in your network. These are people who know you and who you think would be likely to support you in this effort. This includes family members, friends, people from your communities, mentors, your parish community, etc.
2. OUTREACH
Email. Write appeal letter. Use Facebook to create a fundraising campaign. Organize fundraising activities like bake sales, car wash, baby sitting, etc.
3. FOLLOW-UP
Follow-up is important. Call everyone who you personally contacted.
4. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
Check on the status of your fundraising goal. This will give you an idea of how much outreach you have left to do.
5. THANK YOU
Be sure to send thank you notes to those who donated as soon as possible.
6. SHARE
Don't forget to share your experience with those who made donations for this immersion trip. If they invested in you, they will want to hear about your experiences.
Ask Family and Friends to support your Mission Trip
You are expected support the cost of the mission trip by donating to Maryknoll the in-country costs for the trip.
Ask your family, friends, co-workers and parishioners to help you.
Share with them why mission immersion trips help build up global solidarity
Invite them to donate to the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers in your honor to help sponsor the trip.
We'll reduce the amount we are asking you to donate to cover trip costs by the amount you help raise.
If they want make a gift in your honor, they can make their donation by credit card or PayPal at link below or send a check, payable to the "Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers", with your name in the memo and country where the trip is going and send it to: Maryknoll Fathers, 23000 Cristo Rey Dr, Los Altos, CA 94024 . ATTN: Joy San Andres