9 Incredible Tips for Your Mission Trip Fundraising Letter
In this article and video tutorial, I am going to share with you some pointers for your mission trip fundraising letters.
People have been sending mission trip fundraising letters for the past 20+ years.
The thing is, all of them seem to be the same. Here are 9 tips for you mission trip fundraising letters to make them a greater tool for helping you reach your mission trip fundraising goal.
Mission Trip Fundraising Letter Tutorial Video
Here’s a full breakdown of the mission trip fundraising letter tips.
Handwrite the letters
When sending mission trip fundraising letters, a lot of people send print of letter and then write in the name of the people they are sending it to, as well as, sign their name at the bottom.
This has helped with efficiency in sending out mission trip fundraising letters. No doubt
Though handwriting the letters may take a decent amount of more time, it will help people feel much more valued and cared for when reading it.
There is also a higher likelihood that they will actually read the whole letter, as opposed to skimming a printed mission trip fundraising letter.
2. Make Sure They are Legible
With handwriting mission trip fundraising letters, you definitely need to have decent handwriting.
If your handwriting is bad, maybe slow down a little bit when writing them out.
Make sure you ask your friends or family if they are able to read it after writing your first one.
If the letters aren’t legible it sort of defeats the purpose of handwriting them because people wouldn’t understand the information.
3. Personalize the Letter
When you are handwriting the mission trip fundraising letters, make sure to add a personal sentence or two at the beginning.
This is definitely one of the perks of handwriting your mission trip fundraising letters.
Handwriting them helps it feel more intentional and personal. Adding one or two sentences that are specific to the person receiving the letter does the same thing.
It shows you took time and cared about the person receiving the letter.
4. Don’t Make it too Short
I’m sure many people reading this have gotten a holiday card from their grandparents or another family member, where all that was written in the card was “love grandma and grandpa” or something like that.
That was all that was written.
We definitely want your mission trip fundraising letters to be longer than that.
Put some time into writing these. They should be longer than your relatives holiday cards.
5. Don’t Make it too Long
Ironically, my next tip for your mission trip fundraising letter is to make sure it’s not too long.
There is a fine line between the length being intentional and then just being overkill.
If your mission trip fundraising letters are two to three pages long, then there is a chance that they are too long.
6. Use Card Stock
I’m not saying you specifically need to use card stock when writing your mission trip fundraising letters, but I think you need to use something better than random printer paper.
This could be a pre-made card where you have plenty of space to write, or like I mentioned above, a nice piece of card stock
7. Send a Picture
Maybe you have gone on a previous mission trip and you have a pictures you could print our and send.
If not, you could print and cut out a small picture of the country, state, or city, you are traveling to and send it in your mission trip fundraising letter.
Sending something tangible like this will help them remember to pray for you on your trip, as well as, it adds value to the letter also.
8. Get Creative
Maybe you want to send customized silicone bracelets with your letter that say “prayforafrica” or “prayforTyler” or something like that.
Be creative when sending your letter. Think of things that add value to the letter and show the person recieving the letter you care about them.
9. Follow-Up on the Letters
If you really want to go above and beyond when sending your mission trip fundraising letters, tell the person to keep a look out once you send the letter, then check in with them after the receive the letter.
If that’s too much for you, it is perfectly fine to just check in with them after they receive the letter.
I hope these tips for your mission trip fundraising letter were helpful for you.
We’ve created this free template for you to download that gives a great example of what a mission trip fundraising letter should look like.
Check out our course, Modern Fundraising for Missionaries. In the course we teach modern techniques such as videography, photography, email marketing, and more geared toward helping missionaries fundraise in a digital age.
