Golf tournaments can raise money for ALS both through individual/team registrations as well as through potential sponsorships. Tournaments can be held throughout the year depending on your location and will generally require getting approval from a club and determining how many people can be involved. A “scramble” style tournament is sometimes preferable to keep things moving quickly. Event can be enhanced by including games and competitions throughout the day (longest drive, closest to the pin, etc). Hosting a lunch/dinner, and adding raffle and auction items. Consider soliciting sponsors for the event and/or for each hole and offering recognition.

Selling goods and products, whether in-person or online, can be a fun way to share your talents and passions while also raise funds for ALS research. Whether you want to create your own hand-made goods, or to purchase customized products from a third party, you can donate the proceeds to ALS TDI, while covering your own costs. For example, photographer Mandi Bailey creates an annual End ALS Calendar that includes her own photography on each page. She then works with a local vendor who prints the calendars for her at a discounted rate. Mandi personally pays for the cost of the calendars and then sells each for $25 through ALS TDI's Raise platform. Mandi

Tug-of-war involves an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other across a center line. Tug-of-war events are a great way to unite members of the community in friendly competition while raising funds for ALS research. Arrest and Extinguish is an example of a tug-of-war event that took place in Lenox Massachusetts and invited local first responders to form teams and compete against each other. The event was held at an outdoor venue and invited community members to donate in support of their favorite team as well as to come and attend the event in-person as spectators. Events require teams of 4-5

What would you do to end ALS? Shave your head? Eat a hot pepper? Take the Ice Bucket Challenge five times in a row? Through a challenge or dare you can come up with an activity for yourself (or ask your friends to create one for you) and pledge to do it in exchange for donations to ALS Research. As a part of the Dare Me to End ALS Challenge, ALS TDI's leaders, COO, Bashar Al-Nakhala, and CSO, Fernando Vieira, offered to shaved their heads to help raise money for our mission to #EndALS. They simply created a fundraising page on RAISE and asked community members to donate by Fathers' Day to have them shave their heads. They both ended up following through on the dare and sharing the results with photos on social media. This easy event ended up raising over $2,000 for ALS research.

Hosting a party is a great way to engage your network to raise money for ALS through a live event. Parties can raise money for ALS both through ticket/table sales as well as through sponsorships, raffles/auctions, and donations. Parties can range from informal events such as cocktails or BBQs, to formal events like a seated dinner Gala. The level of planning and investment will depend largely on the type of party that you want to host and how many people you want to include. Corey’s Crusade is an example of a more formal event where the Reich family hosts a night of dinner and dancing at a local country club and attendees make donations before or during the event. An informal party might be hosted in a backyard or at a more casual venue like a public park or a local bar. Knowing what would appeal to your specific network is key when determining the type of party that you want to host.