All donations help to keep Special Friends Camps affordable, cover expenses of our volunteers who make these camps possible, and aid us in our effort to continue to expand our mission. We thank you for whatever you are able to give and we hope you stay up to date with us to see your donations in action!
All donations are also tax deductible!
Fundraisers
Our fundraiser through RaiseRight raises money for operating costs of Special Friends Ministries, while also allowing families to raise funds that go towards their individual cost to attend our camps.
RaiseRight uses the purchase of giftcards to donate a percentage of the cost of the giftcard to our cause. There are a wide range of popular stores, restaurants, and online stores that are available. You can get gift cards for your everyday shopping and help support our cause at the same time.
Click the RaiseRight logo to sign up to support Special Friends! For help with set up click here for a tutorial.
Previous Fundraisers
In June of 2023, Josh and Victoria celebrated their wedding. At the reception, guest were gracious enough to donate $1,100 to Special Friends Ministries as a wedding day fundraiser.
Special Friends Ministries hosted their first ever bar crawl in Tinley Park, IL. Great support was shown and a good time was had while rasing over $2,000 to help reduce the cost of Special Friends Camps in Illinois. Several local businesses and Chicago sports teams were gracious enough to donate items as raffle prizes to help us raise money.
In May of 2023, president of Special Friends Ministries, Josh Pieper and his wife, and fellow SFC counselor, Victoria, ran the Muddy Dash in Chicago. They, along with their fellow runners were able to raise just over $1,000 for Special Friends Ministries.