Celebrate Your Birthday with the TAA!

birthday fundraising banner

Celebrate your birthday by supporting a cause that is close to your heart with a peer-to-peer fundraiser. By creating a fundraising page, you can turn your birthday celebration into an opportunity to give back. We know that your birthday is a special occasion, and by asking your friends and family to support the TAA, you can easily make a meaningful impact in our community. With your help, we can ensure even more individuals and families impacted by Tourette Syndrome, other Tic Disorders, and co-occurring conditions have access to life-changing programs.

Fundraising with GiveGab

  1. Visit the TAA’s Birthday Fundraising GiveGab Page.
  2. Click Start Fundraising.
  3. When building your page, you can copy in the text from our GiveGab fundraising page. Feel free to add a personalized story or message under the Tell Your Story button.
  4. Click Share Socially to share your fundraiser with your family and friends and feel free to use the sample social post we provided below.
  5. Watch your progress bar fill up as you make a meaningful impact on the Tourette Syndrome, other Tic Disorders, and co-occurring conditions community!

Fundraising with Facebook

  1. Log into Facebook.
  2. On the left, click fundraiser heart coin Fundraisers.
    • Tip: If you don’t see Fundraisers on the left, then click See more.
  3. On the left, click Raise money.
  4. Click Nonprofit.
  5. Scroll or type into the search bar to find Tourette Association of America and select it.
  6. On the left, enter:
    • The goal amount of money you want to raise
    • The currency you want the funds to be in
  7. Click Create.
  8. Make an impact!

Fundraising with Instagram

  1. On your phone, open Instagram and tap .
  2. Choose an image, such as one of the graphics offered below, and tap Next.
  3. Crop your post as desired and then tap Next.
  4. Tap Add fundraiser.
  5. Choose Tourette Association of America. You’ll automatically go to the Fundraiser Details page.
  6. Feel free to use the sample social media post below when entering the details for your fundraiser and then tap Done.
  7. Tap Share.

Sample Social Media Posts

It’s your birthday – celebrate and relax! We created sample social media posts for you to use to share your fundraiser so you wouldn’t have to:

Sample Text:

Hey, everyone! Today’s my birthday, and I’m celebrating by making an impact on a community close to my heart. To continue creating life-changing programs and funding groundbreaking research for the Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders, and co-occurring conditions community, the TAA needs our support. Donate to my fundraiser today as a birthday present to me!

Sample Graphics

On your desktop, right click to save, or on your phone, hold down on the image to save and use in a social media post:

bday sample 1
bday sample 2

Feel free to save one of the below images to use as the header in a Facebook fundraiser:

birthday fundraiser sample header 1
birthday fundraiser sample header 2