Howdy friend,

Hoowee! Are we ever excited to be back again for another incredible season of Lawn Summer Nights. Picture the cold drinks on ice, the warm July breeze in your hair as you and your teammates are reunited on the greens.

We are looking forward to an incredible season at 7 locations across Canada filled with some sponsored beverages, good eats, creative team costumes and lots and lots of FUN-draising!

Keep on reading to find out how you can leverage this pre-season prep time.

Have you ever shown up to LSN Week 1 and witnessed a team who is crushing the fundraising leaderboard from the beginning? You might have been thinking “Didn’t the event just start tonight? How has this team already pulled ahead in their fundraising totals?”

The answer? Fundraising starts NOW. From the moment your team registers, your team fundraising page is created and can be personalized and ready to be shown off to the world (or to your family and friends). This is how you can be that Top Team on the fundraising leaderboard who lives and breathes Lawn Summer Nights.

We couldn’t encourage you to get your fundraising started without providing a little guidance! Here are our top 3 fundraising tips that we have seen get the job done.

1. Customize your team page – we highly recommend adding a fun photo of your team and a quick blurb about why you love LSN to your team fundraising page. This helps your donors understand what LSN is all about and bring in those fundraising dollars.

2. Share your fundraising page early on social – use some of our pre-created social posts that highlight the impact of what fundraising dollars do for the cystic fibrosis community!

3. Use your hobbies or talents – the best fundraising happens when you’re doing something you love! Share your talents with friends and family for a donation to your LSN page. From sewing to performing, hosting a trivia night or helping with daily tasks, there are tons of ways to hack your fundraising!

Looking for some more ideas of how to kick-start your fundraising? Check out our handy-dandy Fundraising Handbook. Inside you’ll find resources and tools to help you reach (dare we say, surpass?) your fundraising goal.

We want to introduce you to Alex from LSN Halifax. Alex and Team Guacabowly raised an incredible $13,870 during the 2023 Lawn Summer Nights season and we are excited to see what they bring to the table for 2024!

“Cystic fibrosis is a very close cause to every member of our LSN team. Every member has direct ties to someone that lives with CF, ranging from fathers, uncles, cousins, partners and very close friends. We have all seen firsthand the obstacles they have overcome throughout their lives, and we are all very grateful to have an opportunity to show our support by fundraising each year for this impactful event. The money raised from this event continues to have a positive and measurable impact for those living with CF and their families and this motivates our fundraising efforts each year.”

Are you a returning bowler? Well then, we have the contest for you!

LSN is always looking to bring in new bowlers to our LSN family, and you could win big by helping us do so! Did you know that if a new participant registers for LSN this year, and enters your name in the referral field during the registration process, you will receive an entry into a draw to win a $200 VISA gift card?

Invite your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours to join you on the greens this summer by joining your team or registering their own team. Make sure they provide your name in the registration question "Were you referred by a LSN participant or City Lead Volunteer?" and you will receive one entry each time a new participant mentions you! To be eligible for this contest, you must have participated in LSN for a minimum of 2 years and the participant listing you as their referral must be a first-time participant.

For full contest rules and regulations, please click here

We cannot express how excited we are to be back in action this LSN season. Keep an eye on your inbox over the next month for more fundraising tips and logistic information coming before our kick off in July!

See you soon,

The National LSN Team