Add a "Donate instead" button to your events

Some families want to help but can’t make the bake sale or sign up for a shift. Now they have an easy way to pitch in anyway. On your Bring It! and Sign Up! events, you can add a “Donate instead” button that takes families straight to one of your school’s open Donation Drives on FutureFund.

Here’s how it works. Under the list, families see “Can’t make it or bring something?” (or “Can’t make it or volunteer?” on Sign Up! events), along with a friendly note about the drive and the button. When every item or spot is claimed, the donation moves to the top and becomes the main button, with “Everything is covered. Still want to help?” So your extra-generous families have somewhere to go. Prefer to keep it low-key? You can turn that off with “Feature the donation when every spot is filled.”

To set it up, edit your event and find Donation Option. Choose “Offer a donation link” and pick a Donation Drive. Want your own words? Write your own message and button label. Leave them blank and families see our default wording in English or Spanish. You’ll see this option once your HelpOut team is connected to FutureFund (Settings, then FutureFund). Teams that are already connected get it right away with nothing to redo.

We keep things tidy for you. Your list of drives refreshes about once an hour (or right away when you click Sync Now), and a drive that ends drops off your events on its own. If you ever disconnect FutureFund, the donation links come off your events too.