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Lots of Ways
To Fundraise

So Don't Worry

People Want to Support You

Have Fun Sharing The Story! Just Ask.

Our goal is to provide you with the support you need successfully reach your pledge. Our comprehensive fundraising toolkit has a number of ideas and resources that you can leverage. It contains everything from flyer templates and sample social media posts to marketing literature and graphics. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Write A letter

Send a letter to friends and family that tell the story and asks for a donation. 

BIRTHDAY GIFTS

Instead of birthday gift .. ask your friends and family to give toward Global Youth Ministry!

AsK Your Church

Talk to your Missions Board, share your story during service. Ask your congregation to give.

Teach A Class

Share your talents with others and apply course fee towards your pledge.

Host A Bake Sale

Mmmmmmm,  we smell the lives of global youth being changed! Cookies, Fudge, Cake, Muffins ...

Collect Change

Ask others to give up their spare change. Every dime adds up! No contribution is too small.

Have a Garage Sale

Your junk may be another persons treasure ... and help you bring hope to global youth.

Support Your Ride

Consider giving generously to the cause that you are riding for and support your ride.

Host a Bible Study

Invite friends and family to fellowship and make a special donation.

Train For Pledges

Train for 10 weeks with our training plan. Ask supporters to celebrate your wins with a donation each week.

Fundraising
Toolkit

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.

Resources

Templates for Letters, flyers, social posts & More

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. 

Photos + VidEOS

Leverage our amazing content

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.

Tri-Fold Flyer

Get Your neighborS Involved

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.

Support Letter

Inform your family & Friends

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 PLEDGES

Raise donations as you Gear up for Your Tour

Train for 10 weeks. Ask supporters to celebrate your wins with a donation each week. Download our 10-week training schedule to get started!

Text Messages

SharE donation requests quickly

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:

  • Here is the information on the [Bike Ride Name] impacting youth ministry in [Name of Country] through [Ministry Name]. Pray about joining me in supporting this ministry with a donation: [Insert Donation Page Link] Please click on my name from the participant list.
    Thank you, [Your Name]

 

  • [Tour Dates], I’m cycling 300 miles from [Starting Point To End Point], [State] all for the youth in [country]! Would you donate towards my pledge at EndsCycling.com/donate CLICK [Tour Name]. #PrayPedalRepeat

Church Resources

Reach out to your congregation

As a participant, many times your local church body is interested in coming alongside of you in some way. Many times that looks like:

  • Allowing you some time to share during service or in a small group
  • Getting the word out to others & promoting your tour(s)
  • Giving financially to your pledge


Some examples of how your church can help you to get the word out that you are raising funds for global youth are:

  • Projector announcement loops
  • Hanging a tour flier in common areas
  • Church Bulletin Inserts
  • Putting material about the tour on their website
  • Using Church Social Pages
 

If your local church body is wants to help, you can share:

  • Tour specific information from your tour’s info page
  • What country youth are being impacted
  • How our partners in that country are impacting youth in Jesus Name
 

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.

Projection Announcement Loop Images

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)

Church Bulletin Inserts

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!)

Social Media Images

Your church can use these generic Ends Cycling social images to post to their social platforms. For their convenience, each image has been specially formatted for each social platform. Three different images to choose from! (takes you to another page)
 

Other Media

Check out our Media page for more related items such as:

  • All-Ride (cycling tours) Fliers
  • Specific Tour fliers
  • Ends Cycling Logo’s
  • Generic Ends Cycling Brochures

Social Media Posts

Engage social followers & Friends

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! 

  • We estimate that the U.S. has 90% of the world’s youth ministry resources, and only 4% of the world’s youth. I believe everyone deserves the same access to the Gospel and I am willing to go to the ends of the earth to see that vision fulfilled.       EndsCycling.com #PrayPedalRepeat #PrayServeRepeat

  • I am going to Pray Pedal Repeat for youth around the world in Jesus Name.    EndsCycling.com #PrayPedalRepeat #PrayServeRepeat

  • Will you join me by cycling or supporting on a multi-day cycling tour right here in the United States to bring the hope of the Gospel to global youth?    EndsCycling.com #PrayPedalRepeat #PrayServeRepeat

  • I am going to Pray Pedal Repeat for the youth of [Country] on the [Tour Name] Bike Ride. Will you help me raise my pledge with a secure online donation? Donate at EndsCycling.com/donate.         #PrayPedalRepeat #PrayServeRepeat

Website Links

Tell Folks HOw to Give

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:

  1. EndsCycling.com – our website
  2. EndsCycling.com/donate – donation page for all tours

Hashtags

help others to find & Follow You

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:

  • #PrayPedalRepeat
  • #PrayServeRepeat (always include #PrayPedalRepeat)
  • #KWBR2023*

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.

Employer Matching Donations

double your donations

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 EndsCycling@NewInternational.org for more specific info about this if your employer offers this type of option.

ABOUT US

JUST THE FACTS

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. 
The U.S. has 90% of the world’s youth ministry resources, and only 4% of the world’s youth.  Ends Cycling believes everyone deserves the same access to the Gospel, and we’re willing to go to the ends of the earth to see that vision fulfilled by the power of Christ.

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!

God has worked through Ends Cycling to leverage resources for things like clean water, alleviation of hunger, prevention of human trafficking, global youth ministry training, and lives transformed for His glory. 

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!