June 11, 2016
Dear Team Captain:
Thank you. You're one of our favorite people. And we mean that.
We’re thrilled to have you as part of the 11th annual Philadelphia campaign for The Dude Hates Cancer!
Thank you for registering a team and for helping us to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
What started as a tiny fundraiser amongst friends has now grown into its own self-sustaining movement - because of you. The Dude spread to Buffalo in 2012, to Los Angeles in 2014, to Cleveland in 2015 and we're hearing rumors that San Francisco is getting started! If you know an abider in another city that would be interested in organizing a Dude, let us know!
Philly’s 2015 campaign raised $60,000, bringing the grand total to over $600,000 dollars since TDHC’s inception. This year marks our 11th year and we hope to make it our best one ever. Our 2016 goal is to add another $75,000 to the tally. Your $300 registration fee has already moved us towards that, but we hope your team will continue to help raise additional money for the cause! Close to 80% of funds raised each year come from personal fundraising efforts by participants! And what makes the Dude great is that most of its donations are in small increments, from friends and family. No donation is too small. Every cent helps.
Fundraising is optional, of course, but if you do raise additional money for the cause, both you and your team will be eligible to win some pretty fantastic prizes:
• Fundraising Raffle – earn one raffle ticket for every $100 raised for chances to win awesome prizes on the day of the tournament in our annual Fundraising Raffle
• Achiever of the Month – prizes awarded to top fundraising individual each month
• Prizes for top 3 fundraising individuals and top 3 fundraising teams overall – announced on 9/24 We’ll provide you with all of the tools necessary, including personal fundraising websites, raffle tickets to sell for our Philly Restaurant Pass, and even a dedicated “Team Support Committee” to help with anything you may need. Details are enclosed in this Welcome Packet.
We’re sincerely thankful for your participation with us and for your efforts towards this very important cause.
Now, let’s go crush cancer, once again!
The Dude abides,
Tim Maxwell Mike Murphy
TDHC Founder & National Chair TDHC Philadelphia Chair
tim@thedudehatescancer.com mikem@thedudehatescancer.com
Team Support and Fundraising Ideas
The Dude Hates Cancer has been a success as a result of participants who get
involved and help spread awareness of the campaign and its goals. Did you know that 80% of the funds raised in previous campaigns is from personal fundraising efforts and raffle ticket sales? This means that while your $300 bowling registration fee helps towards our annual campaign goals, we would not be able to reach them without the participants who raise additional money for the cause.
Creating fundraising events can be fun and easy to do, and we’re here to help if you need it. The Team Support committee is available to help with your personal fundraisers, answer any questions you may have, keep you posted on important dates, and generally cheer you on!
Contact any one of us whenever you need to, and in the meantime, below are some fun ideas you can consider.
• Fundraising webpage: Personalize your page with a message and photo and share the link via email and social media channels. Friends & family can donate online and easily share the page with others. We can help with any questions.
• The Philly Restaurant Pass: Sell raffle tickets – who doesn’t like free, delicious meals? Not to mention, 24 of them! This amazing prize practically sells itself.
Not only is there a Grand Prize, and a 2nd place Brunch Prize, but the participant who sells the top winning ticket also wins a mini Restaurant Pass, too! Your team captain will receive 250 raffle tickets and raffle accounting forms as part of your team’s welcome package. Don’t worry – we have more if you run out.
• Host a fundraiser: Everyone loves a party! Past events thrown by participants include: happy hours, dinner parties, yard sales, dance/karaoke parties, quizzo, casino/game nights, golf/cornhole tournaments, eating contests, city tours, yoga sessions, bake sales, and many more. These events can raise several hundred dollars each! The Team Support committee can help you brainstorm ideas and organize your list of must-haves. Also, many of the restaurants/ bars on the Philly Restaurant Pass list would love to host an event – just mention The Dude.
• Fundraise at work: Did you know that many companies will match the
donations you receive up to a certain limit? Ask your manager/HR department!
You can also organize events at the office, for ex: “Wear Jeans to Work Day.”
• Bring in a Sponsor: For all you networking types, receive a soft credit of $500 toward your team’s fundraising for each secured campaign sponsor referred by the team. The sponsorship proposal can be downloaded on our website.
• Social media: Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram to stay in the know and let your online community know you’re fighting cancer with The Dude.
Fundraising sites like mydunktank.com offer free ways to extend your reach.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
Meet the Team Support
Committee
Jenny
@thedudehates cancer.com
Matt Clifford - mdclifford1
@yahoo.com
Emily.Fiore
@LLS.org
P RIZE I NCENTIVES FOR F UNDRAISING
The Dude Hates Cancer is a bowling tournament but also a fundraising competition! Raising additional funds for the cause is optional, of course, but participation makes you eligible to win some pretty fantastic prizes!
Achiever of the Month
Starting immediately after kickoff, the top fundraising individual during each monthly period will be rewarded with an awesome prize, as well as recognition as the TDHC “Achiever of the Month!”
Any funds raised online as well as raffle sales turned in will count as long as it is during the month.
The earlier you get started fundraising, the more opportunities you will have to win.
Four opportunities to win:
1. Fundraising period: June 1st to 30th 2. Fundraising period: July 1st to 31st 3. Fundraising period: August 1st to 31st 4. Fundraising period: September 1st to 24th
Announcements for monthly prizes and monthly winners will be made on the website and on Facebook.
Top Fundraising Teams
The three teams who raise the most money overall will also receive prizes.
Examples of prizes from previous years include:
The Big Booze Prize – a collection of wine/liquors valued at $300
The Big Beer Prize – five cases of craft beers valued at $192
Bottles of Champagne – two bottles of Moet or Veuve Cliquot
Top Fundraising Individual
The individual who raises the most money overall in the fundraising competition deserves an amazing prize for his/her efforts! Winner will be announced at the tournament. Last year’s prize was generously donated by Herman Miller.
Herman Miller SAYL Chair – Frameless back, unprecedented freedom of movement, beautiful support, and extremely small environmental impact. Value: $624.
The Philly Restaurant Pass: Seller’s Incentive Prize
The Restaurant Pass is an amazing raffle prize we’ve assembled to help you fundraise (a collection of gift certificates to 24 of the city’s best restaurants), but there’s also a Seller’s Incentive to sweeten the pot. If you sell the winning raffle ticket, you win your own prize of 5 local restaurant gift certificates! The more tickets you sell, the better your chances to win.
Notes: The deadline for raising money for the competition is the beginning of your bowling session on September 24, 2016. Money raised after this time will not be included in your total, but will still be
welcomed. Matching donations will not count unless they're received by said deadline. The winning teams and individuals will be announced at the bowling tournament or the night of the event at the after party.
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THE RAFFLE TICKET WHERE EVERYONE WINS ( EXCEPT CANCER )!
The Philly Restaurant Pass raffle, part of The Dude Hates Cancer’s fundraising campaign, is the easiest raffle ticket to sell in town. After all, who doesn’t want to win 24 gift certificates good for
“Dinner for Two” to some of Philly’s best restaurants?
This year we are once again offering The Seller’s Incentive Prize. If you sell the winning Grand Prize raffle ticket, you too will win a prize: a mini Restaurant Pass of your own consisting of 5 gift certificates!
Of course, the money from all of the tickets you sell will also be added to the totals for you and your team in our fundraising competition, where you can win dozens of other great prizes!
Here’s a look at the prizes for this year’s raffle:
Note: The raffle drawing will be held at the bowling tournament at South Bowl on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Winner need not be present to win.
Tickets will be priced as follows:
1 ticket for $5 6 tickets for $20
Raffle tickets are supplied to you upon registration along with a selling flier and accounting form to keep track of your sales (enclosed in Welcome Packet). Sell raffles to your friends, family,
coworkers, and in your community to raise extra money for the cause. If you sell out of the tickets and would like more, just contact us (mikem@thedudehatescancer.com or emily.fiore@lls.org) to request more tickets. You may turn in any sales with ticket stubs and completed accounting sheets to us at the bowling tournament or at any time leading up to it.
For more details & the list of participating restaurants, visit: http://philly.thedudehatescancer.com
If you sell the winning raffle ticket, YOU WIN a
Restaurant Pass, too!
Grand Prize: The Philly Restaurant Pass (Value: ~$1,600) Gift certificates to 24 restaurants in the city, each worth $50 or more!
Second Prize: The Brunch Pass (Value: ~$230) Gift certificates to five of Philadelphia’s top brunch spots!
The Seller’s Incentive Prize (Value: ~$250) A mini-pass for the participant who sells the winning ticket!
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Team Name:
Raffle Ticket #s:
Ticket # Seller's Name Buyer's Name Set of 6 tickets
for $20
Bought 1 ticket for $5
1000-1005 Tim Example: John Smith $20
Subtotals:
March 18, 2016
Hello,
My name is [NAME], and I will be bowling in this year’s The Dude Hates Cancer to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
As part of my team fundraising, we are throwing a fundraiser to be held at [VENUE] located at
[ADDRESS] on [DATE]. We're having a raffle as part of the event, and we've been going around to area businesses to see if they would be willing to donate gift certificates or products to be used as a prize.
The raffle will be one of the key fundraising components for our event. We will have all donated items displayed for raffle and sell tickets for chances to win them. If you donate an item(s), we can name your company as a sponsor on our event page and promotional materials. [CUSTOMIZE]
Your contributions would help us reach our team’s fundraising goal to raise [GOAL]. Your support makes a difference. Every 10 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies of leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma. Every dollar raised brings us closer to a cure.
The Dude Hates Cancer is an annual Big-Lebowski themed charity bowling tournament started in 2006.
It is now a multi-city campaign that has raised over half a million dollars for LLS to fight blood cancers.
For more information about the charity, please visit www.thedudehatescancer.com and www.LLS.org.
Thank you so much for your consideration.
Best regards, [FULL NAME]
[CONTACT INFO]
TDHC AT A GLANCE
WHAT: The Dude Hates Cancer® (TDHC) is an annual campaign to commemorate and bring hope to those touched by blood cancer. Since it began in 2006, TDHC has to 3 cities and raised over $600,000
WHEN: June 2016 (Kickoff Event) through several events all summer, building to
Saturday, Sept 24, 2016 (Bowling Tournament
WHERE: Join us at fundraising events throughout the summer or at our grand finale bowling tournament at
Lanes at 19 East Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia WHO: Our 2016 Philly campaign will host
participants, plus family and friends HOW: Up to 32 teams (6 to 10 bowlers ea
each other to be the Highest Scoring
Fundraising Team. No bowling experience necessary.
Each team raises money in the community donated prizes for their efforts.
OUR GOAL FOR 201
Our target fundraising goal for the 2016 Philadelphia campaign is
$75,000 for LLS.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT TDHC
2016 marks the 11th annual campaign in Philadelphia
A majority of our participants fall between the ages of 21 to 40 years old.
The campaign draws its name from the lead character in the Coen Brothers bowling-centric movie, “The Big Lebowski.”
The Dude was played by Oscar-winning actor, Jeff Bridges, who regularly donates items for auction to TDHC.
Prizes are donated to TDHC from over 100 local and regional restaurants, shops, and business annually.
TDHC’s dedicated organizing committees in each city are made up entirely of volunteers.
The Dude Hates Cancer® (TDHC) is an annual campaign to commemorate and bring hope to those touched by blood cancer. Since it began in 2006, TDHC has spread
,000 for LLS.
(Kickoff Event) through several lead-up (Bowling Tournament) Join us at fundraising events throughout the summer or at our grand finale bowling tournament at South Bowl
, Philadelphia.
campaign will host over 300 , plus family and friends.
teams (6 to 10 bowlers each) compete against Highest Scoring Team and Highest . No bowling experience necessary.
Each team raises money in the community and wins
THROUGH THE YEARS
2006 (Philadelphia)
Inaugural event. 8 teams, 60 bowlers. $1,400 raised.
2007 (Philadelphia)
Sponsors enlisted. Number of teams double.
$3,700 raised.
2008 (Philadelphia)
Halloween weekend. Jeff Bridges donates.
$5,100 raised.
2009 (Philadelphia) First organizing committee
raised. Earns official LLS campaign status.
2010 (Philadelphia)
Restaurant Pass raffle is born. 250 participants enlisted. $61,000 raised.
2011 (Philadelphia)
350 participants bowled through Hurricane Irene! $83,000 raised.
2012
$84,000+ raised in Philly.
Buffalo is born, raises $30,000+
2013
$60,000+ raised in Philly.
$51,000+ raised in Buffalo.
2014
$50,000+ raised in Philly.
$44,000+ raised in Buffalo.
Los Angeles is born
2015
$60,000+ raised in Philly.
$3,200+ raised in Buffalo at a brewing event.
$8,700+ raised in Los Angeles.
Cleveland is born, raises $5,000+!
2016
Philly 11th annual. Goal: $75,000!
OUR GOAL FOR 2016
Our target fundraising goal for the Philadelphia campaign is
annual campaign in Philadelphia
A majority of our participants fall between the ages of 21 to 40 The campaign draws its name from the lead character in the
centric movie, “The Big Lebowski.”
winning actor, Jeff Bridges, who regularly donates items for auction to TDHC.
Prizes are donated to TDHC from over 100 local and regional restaurants, shops, and business annually.
TDHC’s dedicated organizing committees in each city are
TDHC 2010 Honorary Hero and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivor Jordyn McKannan (Right) with her mother.
THROUGH THE YEARS
(Philadelphia)
Inaugural event. 8 teams, 60 bowlers. $1,400 (Philadelphia)
Sponsors enlisted. Number of teams double.
(Philadelphia)
Halloween weekend. Jeff Bridges donates.
(Philadelphia)
First organizing committee formed. $27,000 arns official LLS campaign status.
(Philadelphia)
Restaurant Pass raffle is born. 250 participants enlisted. $61,000 raised.
(Philadelphia)
350 participants bowled through Hurricane ,000 raised.
aised in Philly.
Buffalo is born, raises $30,000+!
$60,000+ raised in Philly.
,000+ raised in Buffalo.
0,000+ raised in Philly.
,000+ raised in Buffalo.
Los Angeles is born, raises $11,000+!
0,000+ raised in Philly.
in Buffalo at a brewing event.
00+ raised in Los Angeles.
Cleveland is born, raises $5,000+!
Philly 11th annual. Goal: $75,000!
TDHC 2010 Honorary Hero and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivor Jordyn McKannan (Right) with her mother.
