Westside LA Team In Training - Winter 2009 Marathon & Half Marathon Team

Posts Tagged ‘fundraising’

Roller Skating For A Cause
Who: Brought to you by fellow TEAMer Paul
What: Roller Skating at Moonlight Roller Way
Date: Wednesday 11/4/2009
Time: 8:00pm – 10:30pm

Where: Moonlight Roller Way: 5110 San Fernando Rd, Glendale, CA 91204-1006
Cost: $15 – Includes skate rental and all night skating! Buy tickets on Sunday at practice!
Other: You are ENCOURAGED to wear a 70s style roller skating outfit. Also, a group of us are going, if you want to carpool, shoot me a message!

Download the flyer for details

Who: Brought to you by fellow TEAMer: Gage
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 6:30-8pm
Location: The Hill Street Center – 237 Hill Street. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (free parking behind the center)
Cost: $20

What: Come pick up some steals and help raise money to stomp out blood cancer!
Who: Lori’s mentor group
Date: 10/17/09
When: 7 am to 3 pm

Where: 4601 Marwood DR. LA CA 90065

This is a re-post from last season’s blog because I think this was a successful idea from some participants from the Summer season. Jeff Thieme from this season, along with others I know from other TNT chapters were some of the few who tried. It’s also a perfect time to tell you since many of you are looking to jump start your fundraising before recommitment.

I’m sure you’ve read from different fundraising blogs and top lists about this idea of selling a piece of yourself. A bit weird? Sure, but it’s a pretty good fundraiser if you’re up to the task. Last year, Kim Willingham of the Georgia chapter of Team In Training let people write their names on certain body parts on raceday for a minimum $100 donation.

What parts?

• Right Arm
• Left Arm
• Right leg
• Left leg
• Right Breast
• Left Breast
• Right cheek
• Left cheek
• Belly
• Back

See how she did it here

Did you know that there’s a search tool to find companies that offer matching gifts? Some of your friends and family may not realize that the company they work for does such a thing. Send them the following website

Matching Gifts

That website is amazing. Search a company name, you’ll get some search results, and if the company offers a match, it will tell you the proper procedures (most of the time) for that company.

One helpful tip is to research some of your contacts before you send them that e-mail (at this stage it should be your REMINDER e-mail, right?). If you have a LinkedIn account, you can easily find your contacts’ employers. If you plan to message some of your work contacts, go through your stack of business cards.

Your approach will be key though, because you don’t want them to think you are using them for their match, or don’t make them feel they are forced to donate now because their donation is potentially 2x greater. Take a friendly approach, reminding them that you’re fundraising for the Luekemia & Lymphoma Society and you noticed that their employer would give a matching donation. Add some of your personal touch to it. Ask them to fill out their employer’s matching gift form and send the payment to you. Also, you should only approach the people you personally know on LinkedIn. It will be difficult otherwise.

If you receive a donation from someone who works for a company that matches, please read the following:
Matching Gifts Procedure Page