In curling, you need the right stones, the right team and the right strategy.
Kurling for Kids brought all three to their new website, and we’re excited to share that they swept to two Gold Anthem Awards in the Health category: one for Donor & Volunteer Engagement and another for Event (Fundraising & Resource Development).
The Anthem Awards recognize organizations making meaningful social impact and are selected by selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Past winners including Sabrina Carpenter, the ACLU, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and World Central Kitchen.
This year, Kurling for Kids was among over 2,000 submissions from 42 countries.
About Kurling for Kids
To date, K4K has raised over $6 million for eight children’s hospitals across the country. This year alone, they’ve brought in more than $361,000 and are already past the halfway mark toward their $600,000 seasonal goal.
K4K hosts annual curling bonspiels across Canada to raise funds for children’s hospitals. What makes them remarkable is that they’re entirely volunteer-run. Every dollar raised goes directly to supporting sick children and their families.
“We are grateful for the recognition from the Anthem Awards among organizations making a positive impact, which reflects the dedication of our volunteers and supporters who help us improve the lives of sick children and their families,” said David Dienesch, Director of Sponsorships and Corporate Events at K4K.
K4K’s Web Experience
Our team worked with K4K to design and develop their online presence, powered by raisin Software and Apostrophe CMS. The goal was to create a digital experience that could support their growth across Canada while making it easy for volunteers to organize events, participants to fundraise, and donors to give.
The platform needed to handle everything from event registration to peer-to-peer fundraising to raffle ticket purchases, while staying true to K4K’s community-driven spirit.
We focused on creating seamless experiences that help supporters connect with the cause, take action – be it signing up for a tournament, making a donation, or rallying their network to fundraise – and celebrate progress with dynamic, real-time thermometers. As a Canadian organization based out of Montreal, the entire K4K browsing experience is also entirely bilingual in French and English.
With more than 100 annual volunteers and up to 1,000 participants in peak years, K4K has built something special. The new platform gives them a foundation to keep growing that impact.
We’re proud to have partnered with K4K on this work, and we’re especially proud to see them hit the button with this recognition for the difference they’re making for kids across Canada.
Congratulations to the entire Kurling for Kids team on the win!
Read more about the Anthem Awards: anthemawards.com
See the award-winning platform: kurlingforkids.org
Jordan and Pippen. Laverne and Shirley. Jobs and Wozniak. Moe, Larry and Curly. Ernie and Bert. Vladdy and Springer (obligatory PB&J reference for you Toronto Blue Jays fans out there).
Some teams are just too powerful for a single leader, and peer-to-peer fundraising is no different.
Team captains help spearhead your peer-to-peer fundraising efforts, creating a sense of shared purpose among the friends, family and colleagues that they’ve welcomed to your cause, and set an example for others on how to fundraise.
In raisin, Peer-to-Peer events support teams, team of teams, member management, team page personalization, team tagging, team leaderboards and more. By default, there’s been a maximum of one captain per P2P fundraising team (Note: it is possible for a team to have no captains).
But, like so many things in life, for some teams, two – or more – captains is better than one, and helps to amplify the fundraising efforts of the team in their community.
That’s why we’re introducing Team Co-Captains.
Now, your peer-to-peer fundraising teams can have multiple leaders championing your cause. Because when great leaders join forces, amazing things happen.
Elevate team leadership
Once promoted to captain status, Co-Captains get full captain powers. They’ll update team pages, track progress, receive captain notifications and thank team donors.
Be they family members, sports teammates or office pals, with multiple captains at the helm, your peer-to-peer fundraising teams move faster and achieve more… and your events team does, too.
Spotlight and celebrate your champions
Co-Captains earn coveted “Team Captain” badges and stand out on their team’s fundraising page. Nothing builds pride or momentum like publicly celebrating those who step up to lead – it’s the badge of honour that shows the whole community who’s committed to your cause.
How it works
Promoting Co-Captains is simple.
With the flip of a switch in your Peer-to-Peer fundraising campaigns on raisin, existing team captains have the ability to designate teammates as Co-Captains directly from their Fundraising Portal.
Just the same, your fundraising event staff can promote any event participant to become a Co-Captain directly from the team management interface. There’s no limit to how many Co-Captains a team can have – whether it’s two, three, or more – the team decides what works best for their fundraising.
All Co-Captains have equal access to:
- Team page editing and personalization
- Member management and communications
- Donation tracking and team donor thank-you messages
- Captain-specific notifications and updates
Co-Captains appear with their Captain fundraising badge on the team fundraising page.
Ready to name your captains?
- Team Co-Captains is available now for single location or multi-location peer-to-peer events with our P2P+ Package
- Check out our Help Centre guide to learn how to make your peer-to-peer participants co-captains
- Not part of the raisin team yet? Book a discovery to find out more about our P2P plays.
Just like the beloved children’s book, we believe in the power of giving – but unlike the story, we’ve found a way to help your giving tree flourish while it provides.
From April 27-29, our team is in the Seattle for AFP ICON: Elevating Impact, ready to show you how we get in the weeds of digital fundraising so your mission can continue to grow and give.
Pick a Leaf, Discover Growth
If you’re at ICON, Come stand under the branches of our giving tree at Booth #1520 for a chance to grab a prize that nurtures your time at the conference and at home.
- Wildflower seeds: To plant the foundation for sustainable online giving
- Water bottles: That nourishes your digital presence in a way that’s donor-first
- Handmade soap from Mona Soaps in Hamilton, ON: Clear away technical obstacles that cloud your mission
Meet the Caretakers
And, of course, we’ll be there to get in the weeds with you, swapping stories and strategies that, in turn, help your fundraising efforts bloom. Tim, Alex and Adrian are eager to learn about your unique fundraising journey.
In the spirit of the giving tree, we’re here to provide what you need at this stage of your nonprofit’s growth. No stumps here – just continuous, sustainable support that grows alongside your mission.
We hope you’ll stop by Booth #1520 to pick a leaf and discover how, together, we can write a happier ending to your fundraising story.
Your leaf awaits!