There are many ways you can raise funds to support the National Lung Cancer Partnership's innovative research, education and awareness programs and make a difference for everyone affected by lung cancer while raising awareness in your own community! You can fundraise individually, or organize an event.

Here are a few ideas:

• Wine tasting
• Cocktail party
• Bingo night
• Jeans days at work
• Chili cookoff
• Bowl-a-thon
• Garage sales
• Cross country ski loop or race
• Fishing contest
• Laps to defeat lung cancer – Swim-a-thon
• Tournaments (tennis, field hockey, basketball, softball, etc.)
• Live music event
• Read-a-thon
• Track and field clinic (indoors or out)
• Jewelry party
• Bake sale
• Barbeque contest
• Silent auction
• Scrabble, chess or checkers tournament
• Penny drive (penny jar)
• Restaurant nights (ask a local restaurant to donate a percentage of proceeds)
• Card game tournament
• Auction a prime parking spot for a week
• Cross country bike ride
• Craft fair
• Ice cream social
• Donations to the Partnership in lieu of birthday or wedding gifts
• Zumbathon
• Hoola hoop contest
• Run a marathon and ask for pledges
• Crossfit strength and conditioning contest
• Stair climb
• Scavenger hunt
• Spirit chain
• Candy grams or balloon-o-gram
• Plant sale
• Rubber duck race
• Canoe or tubing event
• Ask 11 friends to donate $11 each in honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November 11

Visit our Advocates in Action page to get ideas, and get started by creating an online fundraising page or by contacting us at or 608.828.8852 to discuss your ideas!

Or, if you would like to make a more significant investment of time and energy into building the movement to defeat lung cancer, contact us at or 608.828.8852 to talk about about bringing a Free to Breathe® event to your community.