Choose how a charity event records your mailing preference
At registration, look for a postal fundraising choice that is separate from the ticket and receipt. If there is one, you can usually keep your entry confirmation and gift receipt and decline printed appeals in the same form. If there is none, ask the charity before or right after you submit.
A registration checklist
- Read what the registration page says the mailing address is for: tickets, a gift receipt, or both.
- Find any box or sentence about future appeals or newsletters, and check whether it mentions paper mail, email or both.
- If you are making a gift, ask whether the receipt can be sent by email and whether the address is still kept if you choose that.
- If the form has no postal choice, write to the charity and ask for no printed fundraising appeals while keeping your event entry and receipt.
- Note what you selected and the date you registered.
Whose form you are filling in
A venue or ticketing company may run the registration for the charity. In that case its own mailing choices may differ from the charity's. Check the name on the form and the policy it links to, and ask the right organization about each choice.
Do not assume the charity shares addresses with other groups or offers separate settings for each type of mail. If the form and policy are silent, ask.
Registration worksheet
Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.
Check the first mailing that arrives
When the first piece arrives after the event, compare the sender and the name on the label with what you registered. If it is an appeal you declined, reply through the contact details on the charity's own website and mention your registration date and the choice you made.
Official source
Keep personal records with the organization that handles them
Junk Mail Magic is for ordinary unwanted advertising. Use the official contact route in this guide for records, account changes or someone else’s correspondence.
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