It's exciting to be planning our FIFTH Bash and Dash, but what's more exciting is the fact that so many participants join our casue each year as loyal SFSF supporters. This Annual Birthday Bash and Dash is the major fundraiser for Smiles For Sophie Forever, and meeting our three-fold mission takes work, commitment, and a united effort. As our Foundation grows, so does the list of those who are seeking our help and financial assistance. So this year, we once again implre you to not only participate by registering for the event, but to participate fully by donating and by creating your own personalized fundraising page.
With a little calculating with "fives," we're hoping that our customary, 500 early registrants will attempt to raise at least $100, to bring our race profits to a total of $50,000! Think how many family grants we could give! Looks like FIVE is in again...that could be 50 additional families! Yes, the FIVES are in! Will you be? Do you have FIVE friends who would donate $20 to your efforts?... to our efforts to help families with children diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer, to support St. Jude, and to help fund pediatric brain cancer research? Details on creating a fundraising page will be emailed to all registrants. Please choose to be a fundraiser. It takes little effort, but lots of love!
A fundraising page will be created for all registrants**, however, it is your choice to use it to help us meet this year’s goal.
**If you register multiple members under one active.com account, you will get one customizable fundraising page per account.
As a BASH AND DASH FUNDRAISER* you will get:
- A customizable online fundraising page
- Dri-fit race logo shirt for raising $100**
- Entry into a drawing for 1 of 2 iPod Nano/Shuffles for raising more than $100**
*Fundraisers need not participate on race day
**Shirt and drawing for individual fundraisers (if part of a team, each individual on the team is eligible)
HERE’S HOW:
ONLINE OPTION:
Fundraise as a team:
Gather your co-workers, gather you family, gather your neighbors, gather your friends and create a team for the 5th Annual Birthday Bash and Dash!! Creating a team is a great way to have fun as a group for this event, and is also a great way to help raise money to meet the $50,000 goal for this year’s Birthday Bash and Dash!!
Here are the steps to create a team:
- Recruit your members
- Select a team captain
- Delegate captain to create the team via Hermes/Active (choose "Team Captains - Create Your Team" option on the main page) and register for the event
- Delegate captain to customize main team fundraising page (follow link in email from active.com after team captain registration is complete)
- Register as member of the team for the event via Hermes/Active (choose "Register Now" option)
- Create an active.com account if applicable - do not register as a guest
- Choose the team to join from the drop-down menu during registration
- Use the team's main fundraising page to solicit donations or
- OPTIONAL: Use your individual fundraising page, which will automatically be created when you register and will be linked to your team page.
So gather your team, register your members, create your fundraising page, and join us for a great cause: CONFRONTING PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER.
Fundraise as an individual:
If you don’t want to join a team, you can still fundraise as an individual. When you register for the event, an online fundraising page will automatically be created for you. Once your registration is complete, you will receive an email from active.com with instructions on how to customize your online fundraising page. Once you’ve had a chance to personalize your page (or use the generic page) email the webpage out to all your friends and family and help us reach the $50,000 goal!!
Fundraise without registering for the race:
If you'd like to help us reach our $50,000 goal for this year's event, but are unable to attend or don't want to register for the race, you can still help us by creating an online fundraising page. Simply go to the main fundraising page and click on "Become a Fundraiser." From here you can either create an individual fundraising page, create a team, or join a team. Once you click on one of those three options, you will be redirected to active.com where you will need to login or register with active. After you have logged in you will have the opportunity to customize your fundraising page that you can then email out to all your contacts.
MAIL-IN OPTION:
If you don’t want to register online, you may download, print and mail in the registration form. Once Hermes receives your registration form and enters your information into the Active system, you will receive an email from active.com with instructions on how to customize your fundraising page.
SOLICITING DONATIONS IN PERSON:
If you’d prefer to help us fundraise by soliciting your donations in person, you can download and print out the pledge form to track your donations. You do not have to register for the race nor attend the day's festivities to help us fundraise! All checks should be made out to Smiles For Sophie Forever. You can mail in your pledge form and donations to the address on the form. Please mail in your pledges as you receive them in order to be eligible for fundraising prizes.
THANK YOU!
It is through these individual fundraising pages that we were able to exceed our fundraising goal for our inaugural event, so please consider creating a page to help us meet our $50,000 goal for this year.
If you have any questions about creating a team, a personal fundraising page or any other questions related to fundraising for this year’s event, please contact Sarah at
sarah@smilesforsophieforever.org
DONATE NOW:
If you are unable to participate in this year's event but would like to help us reach our $50,000 goal, you can make a donation online through the active.com fundraising page set up for the 2012 event. We appreciate your continued support and could not do it without the generosity of so many!
Click here to donate to the 2012 SFSF Birthday Bash and Dash