Raising Your Bail
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Hand-Cuffs
NEW IN 2010: To raise awareness and help you reach your bail target, we are encouraging all Bail Out fundraisers to wear their ‘mock’ hand-cuff with pride during Bail Out week: Monday 24th – Friday 28th May. Once registered, you’ll be issued your handcuffs in the mail when you've raised a minimum of $25.
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Processing cash and manual donations
Bail Out Receipts and Remittance forms can be located in your registration confirmation email and also in your inmate pack, be issued in the mailed when you've raised a minimum of $25.
We encourage you to send in your manual receipts accompanied by a cover remittance form weekly to ensure your fundraising bail tally is current.
Requesting a Bail Donation
The simplest way to raise bail is to encourage your prospective sponsors to bail you out via this website. They can do this by selecting your profile and making an online donation. This is quick, convenient and secure. Your fundraising tally is kept underneath your online profile so you can track how close you are to reaching your bail target. All your sponsors will receive an immediate tax deductible receipt upon processing their payment.
Read by clicking below for suggestions on how you can encourage your sponsors to donate and secure your release.
Alternatively if your sponsors do not have access to the online sponsor facility, you can accept cash, cheques or money orders from them and provide them with manual receipts. In this instance, you will be required to regularly send in your completed sponsor documentation and the accumulated funds to Whitelion.
As a registered inmate you will also receive a print version of the Inmate Registration Pack to assist you with this process.
You may choose to approach your prospective sponsors via:
VIA EMAIL
Simply click the "view profile" button on the inmate line up page and use the "inmate login" function to login to your account. Once logged in you have two online features to use:
- "Nominate a Friend" feature to assist inmates who wish to approach their friends or foes to join them on the night.
- "Request Bail Donation" button to request supporter to donate to their fundraising bail. Simply enter the email addresses of the person's you would like to send the request to. They will receive the below email or alternately you could simply copy and paste the below text into a new email but done forget to include a link to your inmate profile.
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Hi there!
As a supporter of Whitelion, I am participating in their major annual fundraising campaign, ‘Bail Out’, where I have locked myself up online and have to fundraise bail to secure my release. I am asking you to make a donation via my online profile and by doing so you will assist the work of this great cause which supports youth at risk.
Each year thousands of youths are disconnected from their families and our community due to abuse, neglect, drug addiction and poverty. These young people have often had horrific life experiences with few positive role models and are caught in a ‘cycle of discouragement’. Many of them end up in Out-of-Home Care or the Youth Justice Systems. Whitelion is a not-for-profit organisation that supports disadvantaged young people by giving them a chance to ‘break the cycle’ through role modelling, mentoring and employment, and the opportunity to build positive and more fulfilled lives.
If you would like to sponsor me by way of donation, please visit www.whitelionbailout.org.au and follow this simple process:-
- Click to view the ‘inmate line up’
- Search for my profile by typing in my name in the search box
- Click on ‘VIEW PROFILE to see my crime. Or just click ‘BAIL ME OUT’ to process your donation amount and help my bail tally grow. Simply fill out the form and choose your preferred payment method. (Credit card, Cheque, Money order)
Please remember, donations $2 or more are tax deductible.
Thanks for your support.
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VIA LETTER
Click here to download a letter template to edit and send out to your potential sponsors.
IN PERSON
When talking to prospective sponsors, you may use the following dialogue:
As a supporter of Whitelion, I am participating in their major annual fundraising campaign, ‘Bail Out’, where I have locked myself up online and have to fundraise bail to secure my release. I am required to raise money to bail myself out and I am looking for donations to help me reach my bail target to secure my release.
- Tell prospective sponsors about the work of Whitelion and how they support young people (see Whitelion Facts here)
- Suggest a dollar amount to your prospective sponsors
- Remind prospective sponsors that donations are tax deductible and with tax time nearly here, they will be able to claim any donation as a deduction.
- Encourage people to make their donation online so they can receive a tax deductible receipt immediately.
- For those who wish to pay you directly, please use the documents in your Inmate Registration Pack.
BREAK OUT PARTIES
NEW IN 2010: Register your own ‘Break Out’ party during the week to raise money. This could include raising funds at school, in your office or at home. Lock up your teacher or boss for a lunch break and rally the team to bail them out.
OTHER IDEAS
If you would like to have some friends with you to celebrate your release, ask them to attend the Whitelion Parole Party and send them an email like this:
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Hi,
I’d love for you to help me celebrate my release from the Whitelion Bail Out by joining me at the Whitelion Parole Party. It will be a truly memorable evening that you won't want to miss.
When: Friday 28th May, 2010
Place: Old Melbourne Gaol,
Address: Near the corner of Russell and La Trobe Streets, Melbourne
Time: 7.00pm until late
It is easy to get involved by simply raising funds for this fantastic cause. If you would like further information about the Whitelion Bail Out campaign, visit www.whitelionbailout.org.au, call me on [insert phone number] or email me.
Thanks for your support and hope to see you there!
[Insert your name]
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Your ideas to raise Bail
If you have any other ideas to help other Whitelion Bail Out Inmates to raise funds, please share them by clicking here or email bailout@whitelion.asn.au
