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Fill My Turkey is an interactive online digital fundraiser for schools, PTOs, churches and nonprofits in which participants try to get a donation for each space on their turkey. Each turkey has 30 spaces, and the donation amounts vary from $5 to $100, totaling $740 – helping you raise money for classroom supplies, field trips, holiday food drives, community programs or anything else your group needs this Thanksgiving season.
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Everything you need to know about running a fill my fundraiser.
The ideal timing for a Fill My Turkey fundraiser is from early November through the week of Thanksgiving, when the season of gratitude has families and supporters already thinking about giving back. Launching right after Halloween gives you a clean runway leading into the holiday break.
Usually, anywhere from a 2–3 week window works best – a short and organized campaign is more effective than a long one. Give it a clear end date, like the last school day before Thanksgiving break.
Book a demo, get your sign-up link, then create your fundraiser and add your participants — Teamfi generates a donation page for each student or member automatically. A whole-school PTO campaign sets up just as fast as a 15-person youth group. A few things worth considering:
School and community fundraising usually means cookie dough, wrapping paper, or a fall festival — they work, but they mean order forms, deliveries, and a lot of volunteer hours.
This one is a turkey. Students watch their turkey fill in with donor names, just in time for Thanksgiving, and donors get to be part of something festive. That lands differently than a catalog, especially for the families who hate selling.
It also fits right into the season instead of adding to the chaos. No products to sort, no cash to count. Launch in early November and it works while everyone gets ready for the holiday.
Simple, no-cost fundraising designed for organizations of any size.
No Platform Fees
Save money on fees and keep more of what you raise
Secure Donations
Give donors confidence with trusted payment processing via Stripe
Guided Onboarding
Step by step onboarding and 24/7 support to keep your fundraiser on track
Visual & Interactive
Build community with an engaging page that displays your supporters
Automated Outreach
Maximize your raise without additional effort with built-in SMS
Quick Timeline
Your campaign can start in minutes and wrap up in as fast as a couple weeks
Flexible Payouts
Choose between direct deposit or check payout for your fundraiser
Custom Branding
Customize your fundraiser with your group’s logo & story
Real-time Tracking
Keep tabs on your fill my fundraiser with 10+live, real-time metrics
Built-in Sharing Tools
Post your campaign directly to facebook, twitter, or anywhere else
Run your Fill My Fundraiser in just 4 easy steps, start to finish.
Step 1
Once you receive your Teamfi sign-up link, all you have to do is create your account and answer a few quick questions to customize your organization’s Fill My fundraiser with your brand and story.
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Participant Groups
Track your fundraiser by sub-groups to stay organized or incentivize
501(c)(3) Verifications
Verify your organization to let donors know about tax-deductability
Roster Management
Add, delete, sort, or track participants with a built-in participant table
CSV Reports
Download robust participant, donation, or fill my data instantly
Seamless Rollovers
Save time on additional fundraisers by copy and pasting existing ones
Magnolia High School's senior class in Magnolia, TX raised $4,749 over 63 days with a calendar fundraiser on Teamfi — 27 participants averaging $46 per donation and $175 raised per participant, with the class keeping $4,580 (96.4%) of funds raised.
📅 Calendar Fundraiser
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Magnolia, TX
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Take Home
"The fundraiser was fabulous and you guys were so wonderful to work with! we loved doing the calendar fundraiser through you guys! an absolute wonderful experience!"
Fundraiser Organizer
Start in seconds with a sign-up link
Scales to any group size with sub-groups & tracking
See your total at any moment
Share by text or social in one click
Copy & paste last year's fundraiser to start the next
Alright, I’m in! Get me started for free.
Takes days to find, print, and hand out a template
Gets harder to manage the larger it grows
No running fundraiser total until the very end
Hard to reach non-local supporters
Start from scratch every year
It's Okay, I’d rather stay with pen & paper.
And there’s no catch! Teamfi charges no platform fee and takes none of what you raise. You only pay payment processing fees charged by Stripe.
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Per transaction
Optional tips
How do the digital Fill My Turkey donations work — can someone claim more than one space?
Yes. A donor can claim as many spaces as they want, and their name shows on each one they take (if they choose to leave their name). They can also give a custom amount outside the $5–$100 range if they'd rather. Every donation goes straight to your account through Stripe, so there's no cash to collect or checks to deposit – all turkey spaces and custom donations are automatically tracked in real time on your Teamfi fundraiser dashboard.
Can we run a Fill My Turkey alongside our walk-a-thon, calendar, or crowdfunding fundraiser?
You can, though most families give once a season — running two at the same time often means getting half of each. Many schools and PTOs decide to run a Fill My Turkey fundraiser in a different part of the school year than one of the other digital fundraising options like pick-a-date calendar fundraisers, walk-a-thons, or crowdfunding campaigns.
For example, if your PTO runs a walk-a-thon in the early fall, a Fill My Turkey fundraiser could be the perfect follow-up in November leading into Thanksgiving break.
When should we run a Fill My Turkey fundraiser?
Early November through the week of Thanksgiving tends to work best — families are already in a giving mood, and the theme practically promotes itself. Launching right after Halloween gives you two to three solid weeks before the holiday break.
In any case, most Fill My Turkey fundraisers can find success in just a 2–3 week campaign – leaving your group with plenty of funds for classroom supplies, field trips, holiday food drives, or anything else.
What happens if some of our students or members don't participate?
That is no problem at all – nothing breaks. Your fundraiser total is just the sum of what each participant raises, so there's no threshold to hit and partial participation still works. Sarasota Middle School in Sarasota, Florida raised $41,220 with a Teamfi calendar fundraiser – and a Fill My Turkey works the same way, with each participant sharing their own link. Grouping participants by classroom or grade makes it easy to see which groups are moving and where a nudge would help.
One way to increase participation is to offer an incentive for funds raised – like a pajama day, extra recess, or a pizza party for the top classroom.
How do out-of-town family members donate to our Fill My Turkey?
This is the beauty of running a Fill My Turkey fundraiser with Teamfi – it's all digital!
To donate, all anyone needs to do is tap the participant's link and claim a space from wherever they are. Thanksgiving is when grandparents, aunts, and uncles are already thinking about family — even from a few states away — and they're the group a paper fundraiser usually can't reach. Participants can share their link by text or social in one tap. The best part? If your group is using Teamfi's free automated donor outreach feature, the work is done for you!
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