Sharing the donation page with family
One tap to share — grandparents, aunts, family group chats.
The single biggest thing you can do for the read-a-thon is share your child's donation page. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, family group chats. Anyone you send the link to can donate without making an account.
What family will see
Your child's first name and last initial, classroom, school, how much they've raised, how many minutes they've read, recent donations, and what the school can earn together — everything a donor needs. No photos or personal info beyond their name.
How to share
On your child's page, tap Share donation page. A small window opens with everything in one place: your phone's share menu, buttons for email and text, the link to copy, and a few messages you can paste anywhere.
On a phone, Share… opens your device's share menu so you can send to WhatsApp, Messenger, a family group chat, or anywhere else you'd normally share a link. On a laptop, the email and text buttons open your email or messages app with one of the suggested messages filled in.
Pick a suggested message
A note alongside the link gets roughly twice as many donations as a bare link. The share window already includes a few short messages centred on your child — pick the one that sounds most like you, copy it, and paste it wherever you're sharing.
Who to send it to
Grandparents tend to be the most generous, but family group chats, aunts and uncles, godparents, friends, neighbours, and supportive coworkers all chip in well. We'd suggest sticking to people you actually know — public posts on Facebook or Instagram bring in less and open the link up to scams. More on what's safer.
Share twice
Most donations come in two waves: right after you first share, and in the last few days of the campaign. So share once when reading begins, then again with a "we're almost there!" message near the end. It doubles most schools' results.
The link doesn't change — you can save it, paste it in the family Christmas letter, anywhere. It's a long random web address, so only people you send it to can find it.