Team Fundraising Guide - Scleroderma Foundation

2016
STEPPING OUT TO CURE SCLERODERMA
TEAM FUNDRAISING GUIDE
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation
Every step counts – educate, advocate, cure
Welcome to Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk
You’ll move. You’ll be moved. Joining the movement as a “Stepping Out to Cure
Scleroderma” team captain with thousands of people across the country is an
experience like no other. This team captain guide will help you keep your team
organized and motivated and provide some great tips for having fun while fundraising.
50 walks. One destination. A world free of scleroderma.
The Delaware Valley Chapter supports their walks with refreshments, team
photographs, awards, raffles, and prizes. All walks are held rain or shine.
SFDV Walks 2016
Race 4 Linda 5k and 1-mile fun walk
Hershey, PA
April 23, 2016
www.race4linda.com
Ventnor Walk in Ventnor City, NJ
May 14, 2016
Scleroderma.org/ventnorwalk
Shore Walk at Historic Allaire Village
Wall Township, NJ
June 11, 2016
Scleroderma.org/allairewalk
Susquehanna Valley Walk in York, PA
August 13, 2016
Scleroderma.org/yorkwalk
Teri's Run and Twilight Walk
Downingtown, PA
September 9, 2016
www.terisrun.org
Philadelphia Walk along Boathouse Row
October 2, 2016
Scleroderma.org/phillywalk
SFDV TEAM FUNDRAISING
Your Fundraising Matters
The National Scleroderma Foundation helps people affected by scleroderma by funding
cutting edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional
education and providing programs and services to assist people with scleroderma and
their families maintain the quality of life they so deserve.
Since its charter in 1988, the Delaware Valley Chapter has been in the forefront of
providing programs and services for people with scleroderma and those who care for
them. We serve clients and their families in eastern Pennsylvania, central and
southern New Jersey and the state of Delaware. Clients turn to us for educational
programs, news in the scleroderma community from the Pursuit, our newsletter and
connection to other clients via our network of support groups. Furthermore, we
campaign to bring awareness into the community and advocate for increased
scleroderma research funding at the NIH. Most important we support the research
grant program at the National Scleroderma Foundation with restricted research
donations.
The Delaware Valley Chapter appreciates the generosity of our donors and takes every
step possible to ensure that funds are used responsibly and effectively as we work to
achieve a world free of scleroderma.
With lower than average administrative and fundraising costs, the National
Scleroderma Foundation is committed to ensuring that the maximum amount of
money raised funds innovative research and provides direct services for local people
living with scleroderma. The Scleroderma Foundation rates 4 stars with Charity
Navigator, an independent organization evaluating the financial health and
transparency of more than 1000 nonprofit organizations.
The more successful we are at fundraising the more we are able to
contribute to our ultimate mission – funding research and finding a cure
for scleroderma.
FORMING A TEAM
As a part of the Scleroderma movement, you and your team are taking part in
creating a world free of Scleroderma. And we’re committed to you! Here are the steps
to form your team. Make copies and hand out when you recruit.
Forming a Team
1. Go to www.scleroderma.org/ventnorwalk,
www.scleroderma.org/allairewalk,
www.scleroderma.org/yorkwalk, or
www.scleroderma.org/phillywalk
2. Click on Start a Team
3. Complete Registration
4. Click Access Your Participant Center
5. Customize Your Fundraising Page
6. Share with all your contacts
7. Manage your page with your
1. Recruiting
Team members can be anybody – friends, family, co-workers or neighbors – and they
can all easily register as walkers online at www.scleroderma.org/ventnorwalk,
www.scleroderma.org/allairewalk, www.scleroderma.org/yorkwalk, or
www.scleroderma.org/phillywalk
2. Your Team’s Mission
Fundraising comes more naturally when you make it personal. If your team is walking
for someone with scleroderma, ask them if they would be willing to tell their story to
team members and on the team’s fundraising page.
3. Having fun!
Being a team captain is an opportunity to share a great experience with friends, family
members or co-workers – a community coming together for a common goal. With your
co-workers, you can create awareness within your workplace. A first step
toward eliciting corporate sponsorship for your team or the event. As a leader, it’s up
to you to motivate your teammates and remind them why they joined. The Stepping
Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk can be more than a fundraising event. It can be a
celebration of what we will achieve together!
T – Together E – Everyone A – Achieves M - More
KNOW YOUR NETWORKS WORKSHEET
PERSONAL
Write down your ideas of who to contact and how (reach out by phone,
e-mail, Facebook Boundless Fundraising, letter-writing, fundraising events)
Family - Go beyond your immediate family
• Who did you see at the last holiday party or reunion?
Your children’s activities
• Reach out to other parents you know through activities
Friends - Include friends from other periods of your life
• Grade school, high school, college, graduate programs
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Informal groups or clubs
• Book or knitting clubs, poker night
Distant Contacts
Review wedding or shower guest lists (put that guestbook to use!)
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Your holiday card list
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Sorority/fraternity sisters/brothers
Community - How are you involved in your community?
• Volunteer activities/organizations
• Civic organizations
Daily Activities - What does your average day or weekend look like?
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What businesses do you frequent?
• Market, dry cleaners, pharmacy, gym, salon and doctors
PROFESSIONAL
Write down your ideas of who to contact and how (reach
out by phone, e-mail, Facebook, Boundless Fundraising, letter-writing, fundraising events)
Co-Workers - n Ask outside your department or direct contacts
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Former co-workers from previous jobs or positions
Clients, partners, vendors –
Who do you regularly interact with?
n
Where does your business regularly spend money?
• Reciprocated support
Professional Groups
Think of different organizations whose meetings you
attend regularly
n
Do you pay membership dues anywhere?
• Industry groups, professional development, social
networking organizations
Recruitment Checklist
o I have modified my email signature and my social network to let others know I am
walking and recruiting team members.
o I have encouraged every team member to recruit at least one new team member to
join our team.
o I have selected a co-captain and a team committee to assist me in organizing and
motivating my team.
o I have set my team recruitment goal (if I am a returning team captain, my goal is at
least 25% higher than my previous year’s team size).
o I have publicized my team through posters, newsletters and word of mouth.
o If I have a corporate team, I have secured support from my company’s top
executives. See next page for corporate sponsorship opportunities
You will make a difference!
How Can You Raise $100 in Just 10 days???
Easy – Just ask 10 people for $10
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Put in your own $10
Ask a significant other or roommate for $10
Ask your mom or dad for $10
Ask your boss for $10
Ask a co-worker for $10
Ask a friend for $10
Ask your neighbor for $10
Ask a relative for $10
Ask another co-worker for $10
E-mail a friend and ask for $10
Team Fundraising Incentives
To thank those who become top fundraisers
we offer the following prizes
All team captains or single donors not affiliated with
a team raising over $500 will receive a pair of
Scleroderma Spirit Socks
Those Team captains raising:
$1000 to $2000 will receive a scleroderma tote bag
$2000 to $3000 will receive a scleroderma beach bag
$3000 to $4000 will receive a long-sleeved Scleroderma hoodie
$4000 Plus will receive a $100 Amazon or Best Buy Gift Certificate
The team captain who raises the most money will have their story written up in the
Pursuit, the chapter newsletter.
As always we award a plaque to the team with the most walkers and a plaque to the team having
raised the most money the year before.
The National Scleroderma Foundation would not be able to fund research, provide services, host
programs or educate health-care professionals and the public if it weren’t for the fundraising efforts of
Walk scleroderma supporters. We’d like to show our appreciation to the Stepping Out to Cure
Scleroderma 2015 Walk teams who made the largest marks against scleroderma.
Top Ventnor Walk Teams in 2015
Jaffari $2,621
Lankford $1,760
Arlene $1,171
Ventnor Walk Teams with the Most Walkers in 2015
Lankford
Nonna's Famiglia
Crowne
Top Allaire Walk Teams in 2015
Dunn $6,811
Grandma Doris' Kids $3,414
Team Joy $2,205
Allaire Walk Teams with the Most Walkers in 2015
Grandma Doris' Kids
Snow White
Team Joy & Team Joan (tie)
Top York Walk Teams in 2015
Kay's Krew
$9,157
Deb's Crusaders
$3,223
Summer's Strength $2,225
York Walk Teams with the Most Walkers in 2015
Deb's Crusaders
Summer's Strength
Pappy Bob's Sock Pack
Top Philadelphia Walk Teams in 2015
To be determined
Philadelphia Walk Teams with the Most Walkers in 2015
Team Joey
Team Bhagat
Team Rosie
Thank you for leading a Team in our “Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk”. As captain, your
leadership and dedication will create a world free of scleroderma. It’s awesome to take on the role of
captain and inspire others to join you. From all the families touched by scleroderma that we are
working to support, thank you.
Scleroderma Walk Staff
SPONSORS
Do you know someone who might be interested in sponsoring our walk? Our
sponsors help underwrite the costs associated with the Walk itself. Our
sponsorship levels are as follows:
Scleroderma Foundation
Delaware Valley Chapter
2016 Sponsorship Opportunities
“Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma” Walks
Platinum
$5,000
(all 4
walks)
Premier
$3,000
Diamond
$2,000
Gold
$1,000
Silver
$750
Bronze
$500
Copper
$250
SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS
Company logo on all walk
t-shirts
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Recognition in the SFDV
newsletter
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x
x
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Company logo on signs
along walk path
10 signs
10 signs
7 signs
4 signs
3 signs
2 signs
50 t-shirts
50 t-shirts
20 t-shirts
x
x
full page
full page
quarterpage
business
card
T-shirts for company
employees
Plaque of appreciation
Ad in the SFDV newsletter
half-page
Certificate of appreciation
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Please complete and return to:
Scleroderma Foundation Delaware Valley Chapter
385 Kings Highway North
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Phone: 856-779-7225
Email: DVchapter@scleroderma.org • Website: www.sfdv.org
Facebook.com/SFDelVal • Twitter@SFDV1
Company Name: __________________________________ Contact: __________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________ Phone: _____________________________
Sponsorship Level: _____________________________
Please check the desired event for sponsorship and make checks payable to SFDV.
Ventnor City, NJ Walk ___
Historic Allaire Village, NJ Shore Walk ___
York, PA Walk ___
Philadelphia, PA Walk ___
SF Delaware Valley Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization - EIN
232532453
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