For VFW, American Legion & Veterans Groups

Poppy drives deserve better than a tip jar

Put QR codes on event tables, drive signs, and volunteer cards. Supporters scan and open the giving page in their phone browser. Recorded donations stay attributed to the volunteer's card.

Start Your Veterans Fund Drive

Sound familiar?

Cash donations are declining every year. Younger supporters don't carry cash. Period. The tip jar at the poppy table collects less every Memorial Day.

Events cost money to put on. By the time you pay for the venue and food, margins on the pancake breakfast are paper thin.

Tracking donations across multiple drives is messy. Cash jars, checks, and handwritten receipts. The quartermaster spends hours reconciling.

Membership is aging and recruitment is hard. You need modern tools to attract younger veterans and supporters who expect digital everything.

Generic crowdfunding buries your post in a busy feed. Your drive competes with medical campaigns for attention. Subscription-based donor platforms add monthly overhead.

ScanRaise fixes all of it

QR codes at Buddy Poppy drives, pancake breakfasts, and community events. Supporters scan from their phone.

Supporters give from their phone. No app required. No account. Works for any age.

Every donation tracked to the event, volunteer, or drive that brought it in. The quartermaster sees everything.

Sell event tickets, run raffles, sell post merch - all from one platform. Modern tools for a respected organization.

Just 2.5%. Transparent, simple, modern. No monthly fees, no subscriptions.

Where ScanRaise fits

	ScanRaise	Typical fundraising platforms
Platform fee	2.5% flat	Varies by provider and pricing model
Printable per-person QR cards	Yes	Rarely included
Per-person tracking	Yes	Varies
Events, merch, auctions, raffles	All included	Usually separate tools
App required	No	Some require an app

Based on public information. Feature sets on other platforms change, please verify on their own sites.

The full toolkit for your post

QR code signs and cards

Print QR codes on table signs, door hangers, and volunteer cards. Supporters scan and give from anywhere.

Volunteer leaderboard

Track donations per volunteer and per event. See which drives and members bring in the most support.

Event ticketing

Sell tickets to the pancake breakfast, steak fry, or charity dinner. Check-in at the door.

Raffles

Publish in-person raffle details for events. The organizer handles ticket sales and runs the winner drawing.

Post merch store

Sell post t-shirts, challenge coins, hats, and decals online. Revenue supplements the operating budget.

Donor CRM

Every donor across every drive and event. Tags, notes, CSV export for your quartermaster's records.

Email campaigns

Send fundraising appeals, event invites, and thank-yous to your supporter and member list.

Ruck march tracking

GPS-tracked ruck marches, memorial walks, and fitness challenges for veteran fundraisers.

What veterans organizations use ScanRaise for

Buddy Poppy drives

Add QR codes to a poppy drive alongside cash jars so supporters who do not carry cash have another way to donate.

Scholarships

Fund scholarships for veterans' children and grandchildren. Dedicated campaign with a thermometer and donor tracking.

Post maintenance

Building repairs, renovations, and facility upgrades. QR codes on signs at the post collect ongoing donations from visitors.

Emergency veteran assistance

Rapid-deploy fundraisers for veterans and families in crisis. Set up online, share the QR code immediately.

Steak fry and pancake breakfast

Sell tickets, collect donations at the table, run a raffle. One platform for the whole event.

Memorial Day and Veterans Day events

QR codes at the ceremony, parade, and community gathering. Patriotic supporters give on the spot.

Post merch sales

Sell challenge coins, t-shirts, hats, and decals year-round. Revenue keeps the post running.

Memorial ruck march

Veterans and supporters carry weighted packs on a GPS-tracked route. Donors pledge per mile, and route validation flags suspicious activity.

Veteran fitness challenge

Monthly fitness challenge with phone-browser GPS and step counting. Participants record walks and runs. The community pledges per mile or step.

Ready to modernize your fund drives?

Set up your post fundraiser online. No credit card required.

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