Pillar 3 · Local Partners
Your whole town can have your back.
Turn local pizza shops, hardware stores, and diners into supporters who collect donations for you — and we put them in front of the community for doing it.
Why a business says yes
Lead with the win-win, not a charity ask.
The hook isn't “please help the firefighters.” It's free advertising + community goodwill. The business is getting promoted to the whole town as a firefighter supporter — that's a marketing channel they'd otherwise pay for.
They're not doing the department a favor. They're entering an exchange: the firehouse gets a donation point inside their store, the business gets featured to everyone who visits the station's page.
Free local advertising
Their name and logo go on your department's page and in the Supporters Wall. The whole community sees who backs the local firefighters.
Community goodwill
Standing behind the people who protect the town is great for reputation. Customers notice, neighbors notice, the local paper notices.
Zero cost, zero hardware
No POS integration. No training. No monthly fee. They just set out a card or a window sign and customers do the rest on their own phones.
How it works for the business
Three steps. They set it out, customers do the rest, you tell the town.
- 1
Sign + cards on display
A chief drops off the Partner Kit — they set it out at the register or in the window. Five-minute install, no training.
- 2
Customers scan and give
Anyone who wants to chip in scans the QR code on their phone and donates in under a minute. Goes straight to the fire department.
- 3
Business gets featured
Their logo joins your station's public Supporters Wall. The town sees them as a firefighter supporter — that's the advertising they signed up for.
The Partner Kit
Auto-generated and co-branded for every partner. Print free at the station, order from Gelato, or same-day pickup at Staples.
Pitch one-pager
8.5" × 11"
What the chief leaves with the business owner. Explains the win-win in 60 seconds.
Display sign / window poster
8.5" × 11"
"We support [Lakeview VFD] — scan to donate." Prints on any office printer for free.
QR cards
3.5" × 2"
Co-branded business-card-sized for the register, table tents, or drop into every to-go bag.
The two 8.5×11 pieces print free on any office printer — no special stock required.
Where the cards live
Anywhere foot traffic happens.
- At the register or counter
- Dropped in every to-go bag
- Window posters facing the street
- Co-branded campaigns: “Tony's Pizza × Lakeview VFD”
Already running fundraisers?
Local Partners works alongside your online fundraisers and in-person Donate Anywhere flow. Same payments, same dashboard — three ways the community can give.