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Panda Nation is a community of supporters who are fundraising to help WWF protect wildlife and wild places around the world. Panda Nation fundraising allows you to take a more active role in saving our planet by creating your own web page and raising funds to help support WWF's conservation work. Create a campaign to fundraise for an athletic event, to showcase your favorite pet or species, to celebrate a special occasion or to plan your own community project. Panda Nation is a fun and simple way to get involved with WWF's conservation efforts and do your part to protect our planet.

A personal page is your individual page that you create to fundraise for WWF. A team page is a page that is attached to one or more personal pages, which you can find the Team Roster and total team fundraising progress. Donors can contribute to a personal page, team page, or both! All donations to personal pages will appear on the personal progress and team progress.

When you join Panda Nation, you must agree to the following site terms:

My use of Panda Nation and/or Panda Paddle is subject to the Privacy Policy and Site Terms of this site. I certify that I am 18 years of age or older. I also certify I have the right to distribute the content including text and photos that I have uploaded into Panda Nation and that this content does not violate the Site Terms or the rights of third parties. I grant WWF and the WWF network a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free license to use, modify, and sublicense this content for any purpose. I will not use Panda Nation or its email tools made available to me in any illegal, untruthful, or objectionable manner, or for any commercial purpose or for compensation. If I am using Panda Nation to honor another person, I represent that I have obtained the legal permission to do so. WWF is not obligated to use my content, and may remove or discontinue Panda Nation, or individual pages of it, at its discretion. I understand that the donations made through this web site are to be made directly to WWF, that I will not have custody of any funds, and that I do not have permission to solicit donations to, or to use WWF's name or other marks, in any other context. WWF will use all funds raised for its general purposes of environmental conservation, and not at the direction of me, the honored person, or his or her family.

To create your Panda Nation fundraising page, you'll need a valid e-mail address and physical address to register, to update the content on your fundraising page, and to upload a photo or video to your page.

Go to PandaNation.org and find the type of fundraiser you'd like to create. Follow the easy, step-by-step registration process to create your page or team.

Panda Nation gives you a place to express your passion for wildlife conservation and the tools to make a difference by raising funds to support WWF's conservation work. Your page features a text section, profile photo or video, social commenting wall, social share links, fundraising honor roll and fundraising thermometer.

Having trouble updating the text section? Highlight your favorite pet or species and explain why it's important to you. Use your page to celebrate a birthday, wedding, graduation, or holiday and explain why your friends should make gifts to WWF via your page. Blog about current conservation issues in the news and why people should care. Update family and friends on your training for an upcoming athletic event.

Log into your Panda Nation Center and click “Personalize Page” under the ‘Fundraise’ tab on the left side of the page. Click on the camera icon on the profile picture and the Image Library should appear. Choose an image or upload your own image and click “Insert Image”.

Having trouble? Photos will need to be in .gif, .jpg, or .png format. You can crop your image in the tool or beforehand. Images will need to be 300 pixels by 300 pixels and no larger than 1.5Mb.

Not sure which photos to use? You can also use WWF images from the Panda Nation Fundraising Toolkit. Once you've selected a photo you'd like to use, right click on the image and choose "Save Picture As." Save the image to a location on your computer that is easy to find.

Log into your Panda Nation Center and click “Personalize Page” under the ‘Fundraise’ tab on the left side of the page.

Your Panda Nation page will help inspire people to donate to your fundraising efforts, so it's good to take a moment to share your own passion for conservation and why you've decided to take a stand for nature. By updating your page and sharing in your own words will make your page feel more authentic and make people excited to support you!

Some style hints:
• Try not to type your story in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. This makes the page difficult to read and is the web equivalent of SHOUTING.
• Make sure to spell check your page before publishing.
• Start a new paragraph after every few sentences. Your page will be much easier to read and your donors will thank you!

You can update your fundraiser name and description by logging in to your Panda Nation Center.

Log into your Panda Nation Center, click on “Change Goal” underneath Goal, and input your desired fundraising goal.

You can also update your fundraising goal by logging into your Panda Nation Center and clicking “Personalize Page” under the ‘Fundraise’ tab on the left side of the page. Locate your Fundraising Goal and click the pencil icon next to it. Input your desired fundraising goal and click “Update” to save.

After you finish creating your fundraising page, it’s time to share it! Log into your Panda Nation Center and send a message to your friends and family inviting them to visit your page, learn more about the conservation causes you believe in, and make a donation to WWF.

Log into your Panda Nation Center, click on the email tab at the top of the page. Choose one of our email templates or draft your own. Import a few contacts and click send when you’re ready!

Share your fundraising page with friends, family, coworkers, etc. by sending a few emails from your Panda Nation Center or sharing the URL to your fundraising page. When people visit your fundraising page, they will be able to click on the donate button to make a gift of any amount through a secure form. Once their donation is complete, it is counted toward your fundraising goal!

Yes, donating to your own page is a simple, fast way to generate momentum toward your $500 minimum. You don't have to give big—just give something. Whether it's $5 or $50, your donation sets an example for the friends and family you'll be asking for donations.

Log into your Panda Nation Center and click on the email tab at the top of the page. Here you can choose a template message or create your own. You can personalize your message and then email it to friends and family.

You can also share a link to your personal page on your favorite social media networks.

Log into your Panda Nation Center and click on ‘Contacts’ dropdown on the left side of the page. Click on “All Contacts” and you’ll be able to add contacts one by one or import a CSV file of contacts.

Log into your Panda Nation Center and click on the ‘Donations’ tab at the top of the page. Here you’ll be able to see a list of donors with the donation amounts.

• Once you've registered and set up your page, send an email to all your friends and family telling them about it.
• Personalize your Panda Nation URL and include a link to it on all your other social media pages or websites.
• Include a link to your Panda Nation page in the signature line or bottom of all your e-mails.
• Start a challenge among your friends for who can raise the most funds on your team--make things fun by awarding a prize to the winner!
• Update your Panda Nation page regularly and maintain an interesting page.
• Talk. Tell people about the work you are doing on behalf of WWF, wildlife, and the planet!
• In lieu of birthday, wedding, graduation, or holiday gifts, tell your friends and loved ones to make a meaningful gift through your page and help save the future of the planet.
• Set aside a small portion of your paycheck to contribute to your Panda Nation page in support of WWF's conservation work.
• Thank everyone who has made gifts to your Panda Nation page.
• Include a cool, compelling photo on your page. It can be of you with your favorite animals, in your favorite wild place, or of wildlife that you care about.

Once you find a Panda Nation member whose page you would like to make a gift to, click on the donate button to make a gift of any amount through a secure form. Once your donation is complete, it is counted toward that person's fundraising goal.

Find the Panda Nation member whose page you would like to make a gift to. Under the “Donate to WWF” button, there is a line that reads, “Prefer to mail in a donation? Print out this form.” Please print and fill out the form that generates. Then send it to the address listed at the top of the form and when we receive your check, we will know where to credit your donation.

All donations will be automatically anonymous unless you decide to make them public. Once you find a Panda Nation member whose page you would like to make a gift to, choose an amount and click on the donate button. You will be asked to fill out a form with your billing address and credit card information. Once your payment is processed, you’ll see a page appear that says Donor Roll. Here you can choose to make your gift public. You can also choose to show or hide the donation amount.
Please note the person who you donate to will be notified that you gave a donation, but your name won't appear in any public recognitions of your gift if you choose to stay anonymous.

The funds you raise through your Panda Nation page go toward supporting WWF’s global conservation efforts, including protecting endangered species, preserving threatened habitats, and addressing global threats such as deforestation. Thanks to the donations made through your Panda Nation page, WWF is also working to empower people to conserve resources, while improving their livelihoods.

All of the funds raised through Panda Nation support our global conservation efforts—we are not able to direct the donations toward a specific species. The donations received through your fundraising page will allow us to help protect species around the world as well as reduce threats that many habitats face to allow species and communities to thrive.

If you’ve forgotten your username and/or password, go to the log in page and click on the link that reads, “Forgot username or password.” If you’ve forgotten your password, you’ll need to enter the email you registered with to receive password reset instructions. If you forgot the email you used, you’ll need to enter your first name and last name to look up your account.

If you wish to deactivate your Panda Nation page, you must email WWF at [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of your Panda Nation page as well as the page creator’s name and email address.

Please visit our partnerships page to learn more about ways to collaborate with WWF and contact us with any questions.