Sections on this page:
+ Ways to participate
+ Ways to fundraise
1: digital strategies;
2: in-person strategies
+ Get yourself press
+ Other ideas
Ways to participate!
Add Your Team
Host a dip — or support however you'd like! Add Your Team! 💗
Attend a Dip
Attend one of the already organized events!
Ways to fundraise!
Below are a bunch of recommendations & suggestions to browse.
Do whatever feels simple & good to you!
Some teams raise a lot, some raise a little, and it all comes together in our collaborative effort.
Method 1: Digital (social media / email / text).
- Write a post such as…
On International Skinny Dip Day… [Lupin Lodge] celebrates body positivity… and raises money to cure women suffering from one of the most horrific forms of body shame on earth.Please join us, [Lupin Lodge], in raising money for Fistula Foundation. Every donation adds up. Thank you for your support!
And… link to the fundraiser!
https://givebutter.com/sdd-2026
…if you have your own “team” on the fundraise page… instead use your team’s link — which you can get by simply clicking on your team’s name on the main page. (If you want a team, sign up here.)
- Write a post such as…
EXAMPLE: (Holly, 2022)
EXAMPLE: (Gill, 2021)
Method 2: In-person
Basics:
- Print/have on hand… this 2-pager… from Fistula Foundation.
- Print/have on hand… a QR code to the fundraiser. People can scan this code to jump straight to donating. (*If you have a “team” on the fundraise page, please use your team’s link to generate your QR code.)
- You may also wish to have a donation jar for any cash donations (which you can later transfer to your team’s fundraise page via credit card).
- Keep in mind… a one-liner… for basic questions about the cause — such as: “Fistula Foundation cures women from childbirth injuries and body shame. (For more info see this 2-pager.)”
- Print/have on hand… this 2-pager… from Fistula Foundation.
Options:
- donating % of entrance fees /
mandatory donation at entrance
Note: ‘suggested donation‘ is an alternative to a ‘mandatory donation’ - what skills are present? provide services or items… for donations (or included for the mandatory donation entry).
EXAMPLE: body painting and more, for donations (Gunnison, 2022 and 2023)
- raffle for prizes (such as your own abilities/skills; or items from the Skinny Dip shop, purchased ahead of time).
EXAMPLE: (Lupin Lodge, 2022)
- any game/tournament (cornhole, horseshoes, etc) — with a donation fee to play; and a prize for the winner, such as Skinny Dip Day mugs or tote bags from our shop (purchase ahead of time!)
EXAMPLE: (Indiana Naturists, 2022)
“Saturday Night: $10 buy in Molkky Tournament fundraiser. All proceeds go to Fistula Foundation”
- Special deals to encourage donations (free food; half off entrance fee; activities; etc)
- Donating % of food sales / etc
- 50/50 (consider checking local regulations 1st)
- donating % of entrance fees /
Get yourself press!
Get yourself some well-deserved positive attention!
Edit and email our Press Release… to local press outlets (newspapers; events listings; digital news sources such as Patch; TV news; art communities)
Link your givebutter event page (or other preferred website) to online communities, whether local groups (such as any nearby towns’ Facebook groups, etc); or other interest groups (such as naturism subreddits, etc).
We are by your side on this… making our usual rounds to highlight the project as a whole (and all our teams)… to national and global news sources.
Other ideas!
Matching donations
- Sample phrasing:
“Indiana Naturists will be matching the first $200 in donations from our members. You can donate on skinny dip day or prior to, if you wish. Last year skinny dip day raised over $5000 for Fistula Foundation globally. Our club goal is $400.”
- Sample phrasing:
Skinny Dipper Bingo
- fun game which is not necessarily used directly for fundraising, but which encourages people to meet one another at your event 🙂
- See sample bingo board below. – You can make your own version with this free website (and then I also added a little text at the bottom).
- Give everyone a board and a pen.
Prizes for rows / columns / diagonals that we have done at Gunnison Beach: skinnydipped almonds and stickers from our shop; and the 1st 2 people to get completed boards also got grand prizes, which were mugs and tote bags from our shop.
Flyer
- We are happy to provide your location with digital flyers as pictured below!
Or, feel free to make your own using these images as models.
- We are happy to provide your location with digital flyers as pictured below!
- 💗 Top fundraising locations receive trophies and extra shout outs!
- 💗 Reminder: We want to help. Please contact us about anything at all.
- 💗 Let’s empower women suffering from untreated birth trauma & shame; while also celebrating body positivity; and showcasing all our people & locations as the beautiful, kind, purposeful communities they truly can be & are!
