Plant-iful Plates for a Purpose is designed to bring friends, family, and colleagues together over a whole food plant-based meal while raising money for Doctors For Nutrition.
It’s very easy to do! You simply host a plant-based meal or workplace lunch, morning or afternoon tea, and in return your guests bring along a donation!
The benefits are threefold! You’ll enjoy a healthy meal with great company, spread awareness within your network on just how tasty whole food plant-based cooking is, and you’ll support Doctors For Nutrition with vital funds to help us continue advocating for this health-promoting and lifesaving way of eating.
Download our guide to host your own Plant-iful Plate for a Purpose event
Doctors For Nutrition is a registered health-promotion charity led by medical and dietetic professionals creating a world free from preventable disease so that everyone can thrive and live to their full potential. Donations over AUD $2 and NZD $5 are tax deductible to respective Australian and New Zealand tax-payers. Further information on making donations to Doctors For Nutrition is available here.
How it works
Invite your friends, family, or colleagues to your fundraiser. You could host a meal at home, organise an outdoor picnic, or host a morning or afternoon tea at work. When inviting your guests, we suggest encouraging a minimum donation amount that feels right to you.
Choose a delicious whole food plant-based dish from our suggested recipes or choose a familiar favourite you’d like to share.
Let your guests know you’re cooking up a storm and remind them to bring their appetites and their donations to your fundraiser!
Enjoy your delicious, whole food plant-based meal with great company and collect donations to kindly transfer to Doctors For Nutrition using our payment options at:
doctorsfornutrition.org/support
Inviting your guests
Here are some helpful words to use to invite your guests to your fundraiser!
AT HOME
Hi *Insert loved one’s name*
I’m hosting a fundraiser!
Please join me for a delicious plant-based dinner while I raise money for Doctors For Nutrition. All you need to bring is your appetite and a tax-deductible donation!
Where: *insert address*
When: *insert time and date*
Donation amount: approximate cost of your usual dinner out
Doctors For Nutrition is a registered health-promotion charity led by medical and dietetic professionals creating a world free from preventable disease so everyone can thrive and live to their full potential.
Please join me in helping to raise money for this important cause!
AT WORK
Hi team
I’m hosting a fundraiser!
Please join me for a delicious plant-based lunch while I raise money for Doctors For Nutrition. Bring a tax-deductible donation, make yourself a cuppa and enjoy a nutritious break!
Where: *insert location*
When: *insert time and date*
Donation amount: approximate cost of your usual lunch out, plus any additional you are comfortable with.
Doctors For Nutrition is a registered health-promotion charity led by medical and dietetic professionals creating a world free from preventable disease so everyone can thrive and live to their full potential.
Please join me in helping to raise money for this important cause!
Amplifying your fundraiser
WORKPLACE MATCHING
Get senior management involved by asking them to dollar-match the amount raised by staff at your workplace fundraiser.
PLAN TO HOST AGAIN
The perfect time to set a date to host another Plant-iful Plates for Purpose fundraiser is while everyone is together and enjoying their delicious plant-based meal. Help raise more money for Doctors For Nutrition, and serve your guests another health-promoting dish!
PASS THE CARROT (BATON) ON
Nominate a friend, family member, or colleague to host the next Plant-iful Plates for a Purpose fundraiser. Encourage them to experiment with and explore whole food plant-based recipes and to enjoy cooking with their network.
PRINT COPIES OF OUR FLYERS
Print copies of our double-sided flyer (a black & white print friendly version is here) for your guests to take home with them. Help them to learn more about whole food plant-based nutrition, and improve their health.
Crowd-pleasing recipes to share
If you are looking for inspiration, Doctors For Nutrition has an array of tried and tested recipes perfect for sharing with loved ones. We have recipes that are perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, plus baked goods and appetisers perfect for morning or afternoon tea. Combine multiple recipes to create a 3-course meal or nutritious spread for your colleagues!
Collecting donations on behalf of Doctors For Nutrition
Doctors For Nutrition is a registered health promotion charity in Australia with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status and is recognised as a Donee Organisation within New Zealand. This means that donations over AUD $2 and NZD $5 are tax-deductible to Australian and New Zealand tax-payers respectively.
To make your fundraiser easier we have outlined a few ways you can collect donations from your guests, and how you can transfer these to Doctors For Nutrition.
- Ask your guests to bring along a cash donation, or share your bank details for your guests to deposit their donation into. After your fundraiser, deposit any cash donations into your bank account, tally up donations collected, and then make your donation to Doctors For Nutrition using the payment options at doctorsfornutrition.org/support.
- Set up a GoFundMe campaign to share with your guests. This is a great option for workplace fundraisers, as you can print off a QR code to display next to your plant-iful plate in the tea room for your colleagues who prefer cashless transactions to easily contribute.
- Set up a Facebook event – invite your friends, families and colleagues and collect donations at the same time!
FOR NEW ZEALAND TAX-PAYERS
To receive a tax deduction for your donation, amounts need to be paid into our New Zealand bank account with a direct transfer. Our bank details are below:
Account name: Doctors For Nutrition Ltd
Account number: 02-1291-0211047-000
Please email us to notify us of your donation and to receive your tax receipt.
Share your fundraiser with us!
Our team would love to see photos of all the delicious health-promoting dishes you create, so please email us, and share on social media. Tag us on Instagram with the handle @doctorsfornutrition if you are happy for us to repost to our audience.
Register your fundraiser using the form below so that we can stay in touch with you about your event.
