Your Fundraiser Can Change Lives
Start a fundraiser for The Ehlers-Danlos Society and help fund research, education, support programs, and global awareness for people living with EDS and HSD.
Start a Fundraiser in Minutes
Step 1: Create your fundraising page
Set up your page in just a few minutes.
Step 2: Share your page
Send it to friends, family, and your community.
Step 3: Raise funds and make an impact
Every donation helps change lives.
Start a Fundraiser in Minutes
Step 1: Create your fundraising page
Set up your page in just a few minutes.
Step 2: Share your page
Send it to friends, family, and your community.
Step 3: Raise funds and make an impact
Every donation helps change lives.
Fundraiser Spotlight
Meet members of our community who are turning their stories, milestones, and passions into meaningful fundraising efforts that support people living with EDS and HSD.
How Hawt_sauwce Built Awareness Through Gaming and Community
When Twitch streamer Hawt_sauwce set out to support The Ehlers-Danlos Society during May Awareness Month 2026, she wanted to use her platform to make a difference. What followed was a month-long Donothon that brought together creators, viewers, and supporters from across the gaming community to raise awareness and funds for EDS.
What made the fundraiser especially impactful was its collaborative spirit. Fellow streamers, including AllieAinsling, Midnightf4lls, and others, joined the effort, helping introduce new audiences to EDS and creating opportunities for meaningful conversations about a condition that many people have never heard of.
A Chamber Trials event held on May 22 became a standout moment of the fundraiser, reaching viewers across multiple communities and demonstrating the power of creators working together for a common cause. The event was so successful that plans are already underway to make it an annual tradition.
Reflecting on the experience, Hawt_sauwce shared:
“This Donothon was the first ever Donothon I did and the success and support has been overwhelming, allowing me to not only bring awareness to a condition I myself live with but also allowed small creators to get their names out there and be part of a massive event they wouldn’t have had an invite to otherwise.”
Beyond raising funds and awareness, the fundraiser created opportunities for smaller creators to participate, collaborate, and reach new audiences. Together, the streamers were able to educate viewers about EDS while building connections with people living with the condition, caring for loved ones affected by it, or learning about it for the first time.
For Hawt_sauwce, the experience was a powerful reminder of what online communities can accomplish when they come together around a shared purpose.
“The fact that I can make a real difference through something I started doing as a way to connect with people during COVID, and continued doing when I was paralyzed is crazy to me.”
Her fundraiser demonstrates how livestreaming can be much more than entertainment. It can raise awareness, foster community, and create meaningful impact for people around the world.
Your Fundraiser Can Be Personal
Many of our most successful fundraisers start with a personal connection. You can honor a diagnosis date, support research for a specific EDS subtype, dedicate your fundraiser to someone you love, or set a meaningful challenge for yourself.
Honor a Diagnosis Anniversary
Turn the date that changed your life into a moment of awareness and hope. Invite friends and family to support research and education in honor of your journey.
Support Research That Matters to You
Fundraise for progress in areas that are important to you—from improving diagnosis to advancing research for specific types of EDS.
Dedicate Your Fundraiser
Create a fundraiser in honor of someone living with EDS or HSD, or in memory of someone whose story continues to inspire change.
Host a Virtual Fundraiser
Bring your community together online through livestreams, gaming, virtual challenges, or digital events that raise awareness while raising funds.
Celebrate a Milestone
Turn a birthday, diagnosis milestone, graduation, or personal goal into an opportunity to make a difference for the global EDS community.
We’re Here to Help You Fundraise
If you have an idea, a milestone, a community event, or want help setting up your page, our team is here to help.
