It’s easy to start the LLS Student Series’ Pennies for Patients program! 

Students simply collect money over a three-week period between November and March. LLS provides everything your school needs to run the program.

Register Your School

• Decide when your school will run the program
• Register your school online. An LLS representative will contact you soon to get you more details

Getting Started

• Read your Coordinator Guide and keep it handy! Much of the same information is covered here on the website.
• Recruit a friend or coworker to join you.
• Set a fundraising goal: Contact the Student Series Team at your LLS chapter to set up your first goal planning meeting. (For maximum success, meetings should happen at least 2 months prior to campaign)
• Visit your school’s online fundraising page at www.studentseries.org. Find your school from the list. Go to “Set up a Classroom page”. Learn how to set up individual fundraising pages to help support your school

2 Months before Program

• Meet with your Student Series staff to discuss your goal and plans.
• Schedule an assembly to kickoff campaign. Introduce key students to campaign and provide tasks for which they can help plan.
• Finalize edits to your school’s online giving page, as well as any classroom pages.
• Send out information on campaign to school staff.
• Meet with your local chapter to create a money collection process

1 Month before Program

• Distribute materials to the homeroom teachers.  (See Supplies and Materials for more information.)
• Student volunteers should start publicizing around school.  Place information in school newsletter and on school’s website. 
• Update school’/classrooms’ online giving pages.

2 Weeks prior to Program

• Send parent letter home with students
• Communicate program dates, school fundraising goal, Honored Hero information, online giving page(s) and prize information to teachers and administration.
• Encourage students to set up their own online giving pages and teach them how to promote their pages through emails and social media
• Pass out collection boxes and student boxes to each homeroom
• Provide Kick-Off Assembly to students

During Campaign

• Collect and deposit donations at least once a week.
• Promote online donations through your school’s e-newsletter, email, website and social media. Check out the resources at www.studentseries.org (which tools??)
• Hang your class and school thermometer charts and track our fundraising progress.
• Motivate students with school announcements. Find samples at www.studentseries.org
• Encourage students to get donations through their personalized online giving pages.

Wrap Up

• Send the Wrap Up Form along with any Coinstar receipts, deposit slips, checks or money orders to your local Chapter.
• Share success with local media.

Register for next year!