Send a letter to friends and family that tell the story and asks for a donation.
Instead of birthday gift .. ask your friends and family to give toward Global Youth Ministry!
Talk to your Missions Board, share your story during service. Ask your congregation to give.
Share your talents with others and apply course fee towards your pledge.
Mmmmmmm, we smell the lives of global youth being changed! Cookies, Fudge, Cake, Muffins ...
Ask others to give up their spare change. Every dime adds up! No contribution is too small.
Your junk may be another persons treasure ... and help you bring hope to global youth.
Consider giving generously to the cause that you are riding for and support your ride.
Invite friends and family to fellowship and make a special donation.
Train for 10 weeks with our training plan. Ask supporters to celebrate your wins with a donation each week.
Over the years we have developed a number of fundraising templates and tools to help participants fundraise their pledge. Feel free to download them and make them your own.
Below we have compiled our best resources to help you tell the story and reach your fundraising pledge. We also encourage you to visit our Media page. There you’ll find logos, brochures, church announcements and other downloadable resource.
Many times the information page about your tour will have photos and/or videos that you can use to tell the story better while you raise your pledge. Feel free to use these in any way that honors the Lord as you tell your story. For more Ends Cycling videos, visit Vimeo.
Download and print this fill-in-the-blank Tri-Fold Flyer. Fill in your info, print (instructions enclosed) and distribute to your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers as an additional tool to help you raise your pledge within your community. The .DOCX file contains a tri-fold flier in 8.5″ x 11″ in a Microsoft Word document format.
Write a support letter and pass it out to your friends. Just tell the story and ask! Let God do the rest. Download a sample letter to get started. The .PDF file contains instructions and a sample support letter in PDF format.
Train for 10 weeks. Ask supporters to celebrate your wins with a donation each week. Download our 10-week training schedule to get started!
As people you are sharing with show interest, ask them if you can text them some information about the event that they can pray about supporting. Save a text message in your phone that you can quickly send people. Here is an example text message:
As a participant, many times your local church body is interested in coming alongside of you in some way. Many times that looks like:
Some examples of how your church can help you to get the word out that you are raising funds for global youth are:
If your local church body is wants to help, you can share:
You can also share various promotional media. If they are willing, just point them to the section section below. Don’t worry, they will know what to do with them.
Generic Ends Cycling images, sized for your projector’s aspect ratio. Three different images to choose from: 16:9 Aspect Ratio (standard HDTV, 1080p); 16:10 Aspect Ratio (WXGA & WUXGA); and 4:3 Aspect Ratio (XGA & SXGA)!
This digital .PDF file is made specifically so that your church can print out inserts on the church’s printer. Designed to be printed on 8.5″ x 11″ (standard size) paper. It can be printed as a single or double-sided insert. After printing, one 8.5″ x 11″ page should be cut in half, providing two church bulletin inserts. (If you need a different size format, contact us!)
Check out our Media page for more related items such as:
We have pictures and wording that you can simply use in your favorite social platform. Note: we do not recommend crowdsourcing websites or social media donate buttons. More on that at our FAQ page.
These Social Media Images are specifically sized for Facebook, Instagram, etc. There are three different images to choose from. Go to our Media page to download social media images.
Copy/Paste these into your favorite social platform!
Once you sign up, our finance coordinator will give you a donation link that will take people directly to the donation page for your tour. You can copy/past these links in emails, social media posts, etc. to show people where they can make a donation towards your pledge.
Here are the two links you will use most often:
A “hashtag” is a label for content. It helps others who are interested in a certain topic (like your tour), quickly find content on that same topic (your tour). A hashtag looks like #PrayPedalRepeat. Hashtags are used mostly on social media sites. Include these in your social media.
Here are some you can use:
This example of a tour specific hashtag represents the 2023 Key West Bike Ride. Find your tour’s hashtag on the information page for your tour.
Many companies will offer an employee matching program. For every dollar you raise, many employers may match the funds up to a certain point. Reach out to your Human Resources (HR) department and ask them if they offer this kind of employee benefit.
Email [email protected] for more specific info about this if your employer offers this type of option.
We exist to promote and resource global youth ministries and we do this through prayer, awareness, fundraising and a whole lot of fun! Like you, we understand how it feels to want to change the world. So let’s ride bicycles to do it together!
We invite you to join us by cycling or supporting on one of our multi-day cycling tours right here in the United States to bring the hope of the Gospel to global youth. Join a tour and activate your faith physically and spiritually as you #PrayPedalRepeat on mission with a global purpose!
We are an active bicycling community impacting youth globally. We give people who want to change the world opportunities to use cycling to bring the hope of the Gospel to global youth through multi-day, Christ-centered bicycling tours.
New International
Attn: Ends of the Earth Cycling
2701 Cleveland Ave. #200
Fort Myers, FL 33901
