EVEN IF THERE’S NO “I” IN TEAM,
We’re Go Glad There’s You!
You’ve just taken the first step in making our common goals a reality. Thank you! We’re so grateful to have your leadership as we begin the 2015 Walk-N-Roll®.
The funds you raise will support our mission efforts, including services, education, and advocacy. Long after your Walk-N-Roll® is over, we hope you will feel —and see— the results of your efforts in your own community.
THE ROLL OF TEAM CAPTAIN
Team Captains make a meaningful impact by helping to raise much needed funds for the 177,00 adults, infants, and children living with Spina Bifida. The Spina Bifida Association is thrilled to welcome you as a Team Captain and is committed to helping you every step of the way.
Primary Responsibilities
• Set a team fundraising goal of at least $1,000. You can do it! And we’re here to help.
• Recruit at least nine friends, family members, and business associates to participate as members of your Walk-N-Roll® for Spina Bifida team.
• Register online and take advantage of easy-to-use online fundraising tools. Go to
www.sbevents.org/walknroll and select the location of the Walk-N-Roll® you are participating in. From there you can create your own team website, send emails to fundraise online, track all donations, and share your story. Ask each of your team members to join your team online.
• Encourage team members to set and surpass a fundraising goal. Every Walk-N-Roll participant is asked to set a minimum $100 goal, and each person raising $100 individually will receive an official 2015 Walk-N-Roll® t-shirt. Check out more individual fundraising prizes on the next page.
• Share fundraising advice, team progress, and event day information with your team members.
• Have fun building team spirit! Make a team shirt and banner to identify and encourage the team. Awards will be given for best team shirt, best team banner, largest team, and top fundraising team.
• Ask team members to submit pledges collected offline to you for submission to SBA. See the final pages of this guide for offline donation forms and instructions.
INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING PRIZES
New Rewards for Each Team Member’s Efforts!
Raise $100
Receive an Official 2015 Walk-N-Roll® T-shirt
Raise $250
Receive an Official 2015 Walk-N-Roll® T-shirt & Walk-N-Roll® License Plate Cover
Raise $500
Receive an Official 2015 Walk-N-Roll® T-shirt & a Walk-N-Roll® Tote Bag
Raise $1,000
Receive an Official 2015 Walk-N-Roll® T-shirt & a Walk-N-Roll® VIP Sweatshirt
Raise $2,500
Receive ALL of the prizes above
Raise $5,000
HOW TO RAISE $100
A Few Easy Ideas
• Personalize your own fundraising webpage with a photo and story about why you are participating. Send an email with a link to your webpage to at least 50 people.
• Give something up – a movie, manicure or dinner at an expensive restaurant – and contribute what you would have spent to Walk-N-Roll® for Spina Bifida.
• Host a fundraising party and ask attendees to pledge their support.
• Create a buddy system. Ask someone who can’t join you on walk day to help collect donations.
• Ask your company or any company to have a Dress Down Day that employees can participate in by making a donation.
• Hold a garage sale and ask team members to donate items to be sold.
• Take your fundraising letter and Walk-N-Roll® for Spina Bifida information everywhere you go.
• Ask one person every day to sponsor you.
• Ask your friends to contribute to your Walk-N-Roll® fundraising campaign instead of purchasing a gift for your upcomming birthday, anniversary or any occasion.
• Ask five to ten people to save their change for you for a month. Give them decorated buckets to keep the change in. Hold a “counting party” at the end of the month.
SO, WHO DO YOU ASK?
This is the Time to Ask Everyone You Have Supported to
Now Support You. Here’s a List of People to Consider:
• Friends• Family
• Co-workers
• Favorite local restaurant owner
• Any favorite local shop that you frequent often
Don’t be afraid to ask! Remember that people want to support you. Give them a chance to help by asking and reminding.
• Your doctor, dentist or lawyer
• Your teammates or gym buddies
• Your hairdresser or barber
• People at your place of worship
• Anyone you pay for providing a service
HOW DO YOU ASK?
Connect With Your Connections!
Are you on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or some other type of social media network? These can be valuable tools for recruiting team members, raising funds and thanking donors!
Download the Walk-N-Roll® logo from the website and post it to your social media page. Update your status frequently with info about how to join your team and make donations, plus updates on reaching your goal.
BUILD YOUR TEAM
Once Registered, Get the Word Out!
Once you have created your team’s website, team members can now register to join your team, create their individual fundraising webpage, and then send out emails inviting their own contacts to sign up and to donate.
The team and individual Web pages allow team leaders and members to track their fund raising success and team recruitment efforts online. Team leaders receive email notification when a new team member has registered. Team members receive email notifications when donations are made on their behalf.
Invite a company executive or department head to send an email encouraging employee
participation in Walk-N-Roll for Spina Bifida and listing the Team Co-Captains to contact for more information. Invite friends, family members, neighbors, and business associates to walk with you. Talk about the event and your team with everyone you meet. Promote the event and your team on social media, create a facebook event and ask all your friends to attend. Be sure to include contact information and link to your team’s website.
TIMELINE
3 Months Out
• Register your team online at sbevents.org/walknroll
• Personalize your team website and invite other to join via your fundraising portal
• Set team fundraising and recruitment goals
• Recruit team members via email, phone and social media
• Find your company’s gift-matching policy
• Begin asking for donations
2 Months Out
•Hold a team kick-off party•Continue recruiting team members
•Encourage each teammate to fundraise at least $100 •Host a team fundraising event (cook off, garage sale, etc...)
1 Month Out
•Email your team weekly fundraising tips
•Be sure each of your team members is registered and fundraising •Create and order team t-shirts to participate in the best t-shirt contest
1 Week Away
Walk-N-Roll
®
Day
•Meet your team at the assigned location and distribute team t-shirts • Check in and Turn in additional pledges
•Take a team picture at the start line and photo booth
•Enjoy the day and celebrate the difference that is being made with your team!
After the Event
•Collect and turn in all final donations
SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION Participant’s Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Team Name (if applicable): ______________________________________________________________ Walk City: _______________________________________________________________________________
YES! I will make a contribution to support the Spina Bifida Association
and the 166,000 Americans with Spina Bifida:
□ $500 □ $250 □ $100 □ $50 □ $25 □ Other __________________
Credit Card Number______________________________________________EXP________CVV________
Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Province: _____________________________________________________________________ Zip/Postal Code: _________________________________________________________________________ Country: ________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Support me as I participate!
Mail this form & your check or credit card donation to:
TRACKING FORM
FOR OFFLINE DONATIONS
Team Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Walker First Name: ____________________________ Walker Last Name __________________________ Walk City: __________________________________________________________________________________ Email Address: _____________________________________________________________________________ My company has a matching gift program: Y or N
Company: __________________________ Email Address: ______________________________________ Collect donations from supporters in an envelope before event. Please complete this form and mail checks and credit card donations to: 1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22209, or turn in form with collected donations when you check in at the walk. Cash donations must be turned in at the walk and cannot be accepted via mail.
NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP AMOUNT CASH DONATIONS:
TOTAL CASH
CREDIT CARD DONATIONS:
TOTAL CREDIT CARDS
CHECK DONATIONS:
TOTAL CHECKS
Total enclosed with this form: Matching gifts to be received:
TOTAL RAISED TO DATE:
Note: Additional supporters can be listed on a separate piece of paper and put into the envelope.
