40th Anniversary Challenge | Sample Emails

Use the sample fundraising email below to help you meet your goal or click the link above to download three different templates.

Dear [Recipient’s Name]:

I’m taking the Brain Injury Association of America’s 40th Anniversary Challenge, and I’m asking you to join me. Millions of people sustain brain injuries each year, with numbers expected to increase due to COVID-19 complications like prolonged ventilator use and higher potential for stroke. Chances are you know someone who has been personally impacted by a brain injury.

BIAA has a 40-year history of providing help for today and hope for tomorrow assisting individuals and families in need, training generations of caregivers, and funding research focused on cures for chronic brain injury. My goal is to get 40 friends to each donate at least $40. Will you step up and make a gift today?

Here is what your gift will help support:

• $40 provides a year’s worth of resources to an individual or family by providing up-to-date information, timely news, and critical resources through publications like The Challenge!
• $100 provides access to timely and educational in-home webinars for two people with brain injury on topics including rebuilding your life, returning to work, and Social Security Disability
• $400 funds the National Brain Injury Information Center for one day, providing access to information and resources for people living with brain injury
• $1,000 sends a volunteer ambassador to Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill, connecting individuals face-to-face with elected federal representatives to advocate for the advancement of brain injury care, treatment, and research
• $4,000 supports a young scientist in completing his or her doctoral research focusing on an increased understanding of brain injury

Please consider making a gift today and helping me meet this challenge!

Sincerely,

[Your Name]