Hi, I’m Morgan, im 16 and me and my friends are participating in the Susan G komen 3 day walk for the cure this November supporting breast cancer. i have never been involved in this before and i understand you have to earn $2,300 for the cause. if you have been a part of this can you please tell me how you raised the money so i can get some ideas. Does a majority of the money earned come from sponsers for how much you walk? also, if you havn’t participated in this and have any ideas on how i can raise money please leave your ideas, thanks =)
I would suggest you create table cards and ask local restaurants if it is OK to place them on the tables around the restaurants. Asking local businesses to be your sponsor can also be very effective depending on your communities attitudes and culture of giving. If you work for a rather large business or if another business is willing, sometimes they will make matching donations up to a certain point of whatever you raise. A local grain elevator matched up to 500 dollars for my mother when she walked so as long as she raised 500 dollars elsewhere, they matched for a total of 1000 dollars. Don’t be afraid to start a car wash, pet care, baby sitting, or things like that and mention that you are doing it for this cause. People tend to be more generous for simple things like that when you mention your cause.
Barely any money came with the condition my mother had to walk X amount of miles. Everything was pretty much straight up donations and sponsors with no condition about the money or how far you walk.
You should be given a web site that you can direct people to in order to make their donations. You can also take donations directly and then post them to your site.
Start as soon as you can no matter what you try.
Hope this helps, and good luck raising the money. I have been away the three summers my mother walked this event, but through pictures and her stories of the events, it is a wonderful and reward experience.
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2010 May 05 1I would suggest you create table cards and ask local restaurants if it is OK to place them on the tables around the restaurants. Asking local businesses to be your sponsor can also be very effective depending on your communities attitudes and culture of giving. If you work for a rather large business or if another business is willing, sometimes they will make matching donations up to a certain point of whatever you raise. A local grain elevator matched up to 500 dollars for my mother when she walked so as long as she raised 500 dollars elsewhere, they matched for a total of 1000 dollars. Don’t be afraid to start a car wash, pet care, baby sitting, or things like that and mention that you are doing it for this cause. People tend to be more generous for simple things like that when you mention your cause.
Barely any money came with the condition my mother had to walk X amount of miles. Everything was pretty much straight up donations and sponsors with no condition about the money or how far you walk.
You should be given a web site that you can direct people to in order to make their donations. You can also take donations directly and then post them to your site.
Start as soon as you can no matter what you try.
Hope this helps, and good luck raising the money. I have been away the three summers my mother walked this event, but through pictures and her stories of the events, it is a wonderful and reward experience.
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