Raise Funds for Orangutans and their Rainforest!
Some helpful tips and advice to hold a BOS fundraising event
There are so many ways you can get involved and support our vital work to rescue, rehabilitate and release orangutans and maintain their beautiful habitat.
5 Simple steps to start fundraising
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Resources
Choose an Event
What’s that one thing you enjoy more than anything else? Are you a brilliant baker, keen on karaoke or a hostess with the mostest? We’ve included some easy ideas to get you started. Whatever you choose, take the opportunity to bring people together and raise money for the orangutans!
Top 11 Easy Events
Your Special Day
Whether it’s your wedding, birthday or anniversary, ask your loved ones to donate towards BOS instead of giving you a present. Here’s a couple that did exactly that.
You could also ask people to buy trees (equal to your age or anniversary year), grown by local community members in Borneo, to restore degraded areas of the rainforest.
Game Night
Get your friends or family together for a fun night to crown your board/video game champion. Ask team players to donate “get out of jail”, and why not set a fine for a Jenga tipple? For wildlife buffs, have a look and play the trivia now!
Orangutan Picnic
Picnic blankets, hats and sunglasses are compulsory! Spice it up with orange-themed food and delicacies from Indonesia that your friends can raffle on the spot. Look at our gado-gado recipe!
Rainforest Afternoon Tea
Stroll for Orangutans
On Wednesdays, We Wear Orange
Bake a Difference
Daring Dinner Party
Challenge Yourself
Climb Mt. Everest without leaving the UK
Did you know that walking the entire South West Coast Path is equivalent to scaling the world’s tallest mountain? Now that’s a challenge worthy of donations!
Climb Mt. Everest without leaving the US
Did you know that it’s 44,250 steps to climb Mt Everest… on a stairmaster! Why not set your challange in a gym or a skyscraper?
Car Boot Sale
Declutter your home and head off to your local car boot sale. Sell off unwanted items to new homes, and raise funds for orangutans! Don’t forget to tell your customers why you’re doing this, and if you feel comfortable, ask them to follow our social media to learn more about our work.
Car Boot Sale
Declutter your home and head off to your local car boot sale. Sell off unwanted items to new homes, and raise funds for orangutans! Don’t forget to tell your customers why you’re doing this, and if you feel comfortable, ask them to follow our social media to learn more about our work.
TOP TIP: Does your workplace select a charity of the year to support? If so, be sure to nominate BOS!
Pick a Date
Pop it in your calendar well in advance so you can get as many people joining as possible!
Plus, people might want to swot up on their quiz questions, prepare their wild costumes or dust off their walking boots… The more, the merrier! Friends, family, toddlers, teachers, classmates and colleagues – everyone’s welcome to join.
Some dates to inspire you
June
05: World Environment Day
08: World Ocean Day
16: Father’s Day
22: World Rainforest Day
29: International Day of the Tropics
July
31: World Ranger Day
August
19: International Orangutan Day
September
22: World Rhino Day, World Rivers Day
October
04: World Animal Day
07: World Habitat Day
December
25: Christmas Day
31: New Years Eve
Get it Going
10 Tips to Smash your Fundraising Target
01 Set up your page. (JustGiving, FundraiseUp, etc)
02 Set a fundraising target
03 Line up your first donor to get the ball rollin’!
04 Share your page through social media, don’t forget to tag us
05 Ask your friends and family to share the fundraiser through their channels
06 Ask your employer if they have a matching policy in place
07 Plan an event around your fundraiser
08 Make sure to share your event with everybody
09 Say thank you to everybody who donated
10 Let us know how it went, we’d love to know.
hello@bos-uk.org
10 Let us know how it went, we’d love to know.
hello@bos-usa.org
TOP TIP: Give a nudge to everybody when you complete the event. Many people decide to donate afterward.
Have Fun
If you find an activity you enjoy, it won’t feel like a chore. Be creative! Make sure you have some information available for people to read about BOS, so they know what the charity is all about and how their money will help.
Download and print your info sheet here
Fundraising success story section
7-years old boys Jack and Max gave themselves a challenge: raise money to support their adopted orangutans: Topan and Taymur. Using a yard sale, they sold some of their toys and raised £85!
When their mother, Rani, asked them why they wanted to give up their precious toys for the orangutans, those were their answers: Jack – ‘I wanted to raise money because Orangutans are very nice and it’s not fair that they could go extinct. They should have a happy life.’ Max – ‘Orangutans are so cute, and I love them and want to help save them.’
7-years old boys Jack and Max gave themselves a challenge: raise money to support their adopted orangutans: Topan and Taymur. Using a yard sale, they sold some of their toys and raised over $100!
When their mother, Rani, asked them why they wanted to give up their precious toys for the orangutans, those were their answers: Jack – ‘I wanted to raise money because Orangutans are very nice and it’s not fair that they could go extinct. They should have a happy life.’ Max – ‘Orangutans are so cute, and I love them and want to help save them.’
Rani also shared – ‘The boys have learnt a lot through this little experience, and I’m confident this is the start of the journey of them doing more.
We are simply blown away!’
Send In Your Donations Raised
If you’ve set up a JustGiving page for BOS, then your funds will be directly sent directly to us. If you’ve collected offline donations (i.e. cash) or using another fundraising platform, click below for directions as to how to send us the money.
Don’t forget to share you photos and updates, we’d love to know.
Top tip: Ask local businesses to donate prizes for a raffle or auction. We can provide a letter to confirm your fundraising is registered with us.
What the money you raise can do
Plant a rainforest
£15
will plant a new tree in Borneo, a tree providing food and shelter for all rainforest wildlife.
Fill hungry bellies
£100
Will provide a baby orangutan food for 30 days
Keep them safe
£300
£1600
can cover all of the travel costs to bring one orangutan back to freedom
Plant a rainforest
$20
will plant a new tree in Borneo, a tree providing food and shelter for all rainforest wildlife.
Fill hungry bellies
$130
Will provide a baby orangutan food for 30 days
Keep them safe
$400
can buy one outdoor camera trap helping to monitor and protect remote areas of the forest, supplementing existing post-release monitoring efforts
Set them free
$2000
can cover all of the travel costs to bring one orangutan back to freedom
Resources for your fundraising
GAME NIGHT: Orangutan Trivia
Wildlife buffs, look no further than our unique orangutan trivia, answer correctly or get fined. Of course there’s no loser when it comes to fundraising
Make sure you have some information available for people to read about BOS, so they know what the charity is all about and how their money will help.
Download and print your info sheet
Download and print your info sheet
RECIPE: Gado gado - An Indonesian-style salad
A classic Indonesian dish enjoyed the world over, which can be eatten warm or cold.
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