Build year-round presence
Maintain organizing, communications, outreach, training, and community relationships beyond election season.
Build lasting support
Build the support that keeps TCD working.
The Fundraising Committee develops the relationships, events, campaigns, and donor support that sustain Thurston County Democrats throughout the year.
We turn community support into dependable resources for local Democratic work.WHAT THE COMMITTEE MAKES POSSIBLE
Fund campaigns and the work that happens between elections.
Sustainable support allows TCD to plan responsibly, respond when opportunities arise, and build durable local Democratic capacity.
Increase campaign capacity
Provide financial support for Democratic candidates and campaigns across Thurston County.
Bring people together.
Create community events and fundraising traditions that welcome supporters, strengthen relationships, and expand participation.
Prepare for what comes next
Build dependable revenue and responsible reserves so TCD can plan ahead, respond to urgent needs, and invest in long-term growth.
People sustain the work
People support what they help build.
Community events bring volunteers, members, candidates, and neighbors together around a shared purpose. The relationships formed there are what make lasting support possible.
Strong fundraising does more than raise money. It gives people a meaningful stake in the work.
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Relationships
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Thurston County Democrats in the community
Every successful event rests on people willing to prepare, serve, organize, welcome, and follow through. Fundraising succeeds when it strengthens those relationships.
Join the committee
Help build the support behind the mission.
You do not need to be a professional fundraiser. The committee needs people who can build relationships, organize details, communicate clearly, and follow through.
Build relationships
Connect with members, supporters, community partners, local businesses, and people who believe in the mission.
Useful strengths: listening, outreach, hospitality, and follow-up.Create campaigns
Help shape clear, timely fundraising appeals that connect financial support to meaningful local work.
Useful strengths: writing, design, storytelling, email, and digital outreach.Produce events
Plan gatherings that welcome people, strengthen community, and generate sustainable support for the organization.
Useful strengths: logistics, coordination, food service, sponsorships, and hosting.Practice stewardship
Thank supporters, maintain relationships, communicate impact, and help people understand what their contribution made possible.
Useful strengths: gratitude, organization, accuracy, and care.Build what lasts
Give the mission staying power.
Bring your relationships, creativity, organization, or willingness to learn. There is meaningful work ready to be shared.