Fund Your Expedition
You Don’t Have to Pay For This Alone
Participants invite others to be part of the impact – and it works.
We will give you a fundraising page, templates, and step-by-step tools to make fundraising feel simple and doable.
If cost is the thing making you hesitate, this is for you.
Do not overthink this. Start with the first few simple actions.
Make Your List
Write down 25-50 people who know you and care about you.
Send your first messages
Use the templates below and your first send 10-15 personal messages.
Post your announcement
Share your journey publicly on social media so people can cheer you on and support you.
Your Fundraising Page
Create a Page You Can Share in Minutes
Personalize and share your online fundraising page with friends and family. It gives people one clear place to learn why you are going, support your trip, and follow your progress.
Create your fundraising page
The Simple 3-Step Funding System
Step 1: Share your story
People respond to honest, personal invitations. Tell them why this matters to you and what their support makes possible.
Step 2: Invite others into the impact
You are not asking people to pay for a trip. You are inviting them to be part of clean water, hope, and transformation. About half of the expedition fee goes to funding projects and all donations made through your fundraising page are tax-deductible.
Step 3: Share your progress
Progress creates momentum. When people see others giving, they often want to help you finish. Share updates when you reach key milestones.
Templates
Text Messages
Initial contact: I am going on a Family Humanitarian expedition and would love to share why this matters to me. If you would like to support me or learn more, here is my page: [Link]
Simple follow-up: I just wanted to follow up in case you missed this. I am raising support for my humanitarian expedition and would be so grateful for any help: [Link]
Progress update: I am [XX%] funded for my expedition. Thank you so much to everyone helping make this possible. If you want to help me finish strong: [Link]
Social Media
Announcement
I have the opportunity to join a Family Humanitarian expedition and witness villages receive clean water for the first time. This experience means so much to me, and I am inviting others to be part of the impact with me. If you would like to support or learn more, here is my page: [Link]
Why This Matters
Clean water changes everything—health, time, school, opportunity, and hope. I am preparing to be part of an expedition where I will see this transformation firsthand. If you would like to be part of this with me, here is my page to learn more and donate: [Link]
Final Push
I am getting close to my goal and am so grateful to everyone who has helped. If you have been thinking about supporting, there is still time to be part of this with me. Please take a minute to learn about why this is so important to me: [Link]
