Charity teams do the #mannequinchallenge
Howard Lake | 9 November 2016 | Blogs
Remember the HarlemShake? The IceBucketChallenge? The current meme du jour is #mannequinchallenge. And charity staff are already embracing it.
You might have seen the Hillary Clinton campaign team join in on board their aircraft yesterday. Charity staff are joining in as well.
They don’t include fundraising calls to action, although the JDRF version promotes a fundraising event. But I’m sure we’ll soon see a charity doing a version that does just that.
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We’ll add more here as we spot them.
1. JDRF UK
2. RNLI
[Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76eed50t9GQ no longer available]
3. Oxfam
Oxfam take the opportunity to show their Supporter Relations team saying thank you (silently of course).
4. Providence Row
A powerful reminder as Christmas approaches that there are vulnerable and homeless people nearby who need help.
5. WaterAid
WaterAid has filmed the community of Mahankaal in Nepal take on the challenge:
The community of Bevato in Madagascar has joined them:
- Has your charity taken part in a #mannequinchallenge? Let us know in the comments below.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.