For Push-Up Challenges

22 a day, 22 a week, 22,000 collectively, however you frame it

Push-up challenges are the most accessible high-energy fundraiser there is. They look great on social, they pair with veterans causes, mental-health causes, and military charities, and they scale from one office to a 5,000-employee global campaign. Per-rep pledges turn small effort into real impact.

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Why push-ups work as a fundraising format

Anyone can do a push-up. Modified, full, knee, against-the-wall. The format scales to fitness level. Nobody gets cut.

Manual logs keep everyone in sync. Participants enter rep totals in the built-in tracker and can share progress in team channels they already use.

Cause alignment is built in. "22 push-ups a day for 22 days" is a recognized awareness format for veteran suicide prevention. Mental health, military, first-responder charities all pair naturally. Veterans Day is a recurring trigger event.

The numbers compound. 50 employees, 30 days, 22 push-ups per day = 33,000 reps. At $0.10 per rep that's $3,300 to the chosen charity. The math is fast, the impact is real.

How it runs

Create a campaign with the unit "push-up" or "rep". Pick the charity. Set the duration (Veterans Day week, full month of November, custom).

Participants log reps via the built-in tracker. Organizers review the totals before finalizing eligible results.

Sponsors pledge per rep or per day and securely save a card with Stripe without a charge at pledge time. After the organizer finalizes eligible verified totals, ScanRaise attempts each charge up to the authorized maximum. Failed or authentication-required charges remain visible for follow-up.

Live leaderboard shows individual and team progress. Crown badges for top performers. Department vs department or team vs team formats supported.

The campaign closes and the organizer finalizes eligible verified totals. ScanRaise attempts each saved-card charge, never above the sponsor's authorized maximum. Failed charges remain visible and may require sponsor authentication or a secure card update.

Push-up challenge formats

Veterans Day Push

22 push-ups for 22 days

Recognized awareness format for veteran suicide prevention. Starts November 11, runs through Thanksgiving. Each participant commits to 22 push-ups daily, logs daily totals, and can share progress in the internal channel. $0.50 per rep pledged by leadership = $11 per participant per day. 100 employees = $1,100/day toward a veterans-cause charity. After 22 days: ~$24,000.

Single-Day Burnout

Push-up-a-thon, max reps in 60 minutes

One Friday afternoon, the office gathers. Each team has 60 minutes to log as many cumulative reps as possible, with judges scattered through the room. Per-rep pledges from leadership and friends-and-family. Sales department tops the leaderboard with 4,400 reps. $1 per rep = $4,400 to a local first-responder charity.

Mental Health Awareness

May "Move Through It" push-up campaign

Pair with Mental Health Awareness Month. Daily push-up commitment, manual rep logs, and peer-to-peer accountability. The shared discomfort becomes a metaphor for mental fitness. Per-rep pledges go to NAMI or a local mental health nonprofit.

Push-up challenge variations

First-responder appreciation challenge

Local police, fire, and EMS departments often run their own push-up challenges. Pair with a corporate sponsor who matches pledges. Per-rep dollars go to a first-responder support fund.

Sports team off-season

High school or college sports team runs a push-up challenge in the off-season. Per-rep pledges from family, alumni, and community. Funds team equipment, travel, or a charity the team picks.

Cancer survivorship campaign

Push-up challenge in honor of a colleague, alumnus, or family member who beat cancer. Per-rep pledges go to a cancer center or research foundation. Sharing progress in the group's existing channels makes it personal.

Memorial / honor challenges

Annual push-up challenge in memory of a fallen colleague, service member, or first responder. Specific count (the year of their birth, the number of years they served, the number of lives they saved) becomes the daily target.

Distributed team variation

Distributed company. Each employee logs daily reps from home and shares progress in the existing team channel. Cross-time-zone leaderboard. Builds remote-team cohesion in a way Slack chitchat never will.

Family / alumni challenge

Family reunion or alumni group runs a 30-day push-up challenge. Per-rep pledges from extended family fund a scholarship or family-cause donation. Participants can share progress in the family group chat.

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Set up a push-up challenge online. Manual rep tracking and team leaderboards included. 2.5% flat fee.

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