Happy Early Monday TEAM!!
I would like to start off this week's email by saying what a wonderful job you are all doing! I know that we are all proud of the FUNdraising and training that you are doing, and I feel confident in saying that all of you will not only MEET your goals but you will surpass them!
Here are some of your fellow teammates that have met their goals:
Lynn T. (5k series) $525.00
Laurie L. (GO full marathon) $2,865.00
Julie C. ( GO half marathon) $1,000.00
Erin H. (GO full marathon) $1,845.00
Janet J. (Boston half marathon) $10,491.00
It is truly impressive the amounts that these people have raised and that they are still continuing to raise money for LLS. I wanted you to hear one of their stories about "the magic" that they do while FUNdraising. I don't know if all of you have met Janet. She is a warm, motivated individual who has influenced me since joining TNT. I asked her to share what she does to raise that money and this is what she had to say,"My best advice for participants is to (1) start early with your fundraising, (2) send out letters and/or e-mails to people with whom you have a relationship of any kind (use the memory jogger included in the Fundraising 101 file for ideas), (3) don't be afraid to contact local businesses to ask for their support - the worst that can happen is that they will say "no". Also adding a link to your web page in your e-mail signature (after getting permission for any business e-mail address used) is a very easy way to provide the opportunity to visit your web page to anyone you may contact by e-mail. Also Personalizing the fundraising web page is a great opportunity to add your own touch to the fundraising request. Use photos of your honoree(s) and/or yourself/team during training, fundraising, etc. Quotes from a blood-cancer patient/survivor about how the LLS has impacted their life can be very powerful.
If you would like see Janet's examples of letters, cards etc. please check the attachments in the email sent to you today.
Now on to what you need to now for the upcoming FUNdraisers:
- Bead Drives: As I have said before this is an easy way to kick things off. We do have quite a few opportunities in the near future. This coming weekend there is the Taste of Soulard on Saturday and on Sunday there is the Pet Parade in Soulard. These events in the past have been successful and if you have never done a bead drive before these are good ones to start out with . They are on the calmer side of things and will be easier to get attention to sell those beads. The 9th of February is Mardi Gras and I planned on taking a group down for the parade. This I am sure will be a FUN and eventful time to sell those beads . If you do wish to be a part of bead drives and you haven't already notified one of us that you are interested , please RSVP by this Friday the 1st. ** If the weekends are not a good time for you please reach out to us and we can set up a weeknight bead drive at one of the Blues games! We are here to help you meet your goals and will do whatever we can do to make that happen.**
- McAlister's Nights: This week's McAlister's night is in support of Kristin H.'s FUNdraising at the Manchester location.So please make sure to come out and support your teammate. Please see the bottom of the email for other teammates that need your support at their events.
- California Pizza Kitchen: On February 10th at the California Pizza Kitchen in Chesterfield Mall they are hosting a Team In Training Day. 15% of the proceeds from each bill that presents a flyer will be donated to LLS. The mentors and I thought that this would be a fun time to have a meet and greet. I have not had the pleasure of meeting all of my mentees and would like the opportunity to do so. We can all meet and discuss FUNdraising and what brought you to TNT. Please feel free to bring your family and friends and those flyers too!!
- Continue to send out those letters and update your FUNdraising pages!! Update everyone on your progress and upload new pictures of you and your team training. This will help show people how much this means to you and they will be able to see the progress that you are making. I can't stress how easy this is!! If you need help with setting up your page or how to get started on those letters please let us know! We can point you in the right direction.
- BC Squared: This is our big event and we need to make sure it's a huge success!! The bands that we have are amazing!! Sh-Boom, James Lee, The B Sides Band and The Reeling Gilly are really excited about the chance to team up with TNT and we don't want to let them down.
- What we need from you is to sell those tickets. To get tickets from us we will need the cash, check or credit card info up front. We have a limited amount of tickets and want to make sure that everyone has a fair chance at selling them. The tickets are only $40 and that entitles you to beer or wine for the evening, snacks from Qdoba , door prizes and GREAT entertainment!! That sounds like a deal to me!!
- We also are still in need of items for the raffle. If you have items that have been donated please email Heather (address listed above) and let her know what it is that you have and she will make the arrangements for the pick up.
- Another fun thing that Sky is doing for us at the event is ,he is donating a projector to us for the evening to show the pictures of our honored teammates and the people that we have known with blood cancers. If you could start emailing us pictures of them along with what type of blood cancer, their diagnosis date and their remission date or when they lost their battle with cancer. This will play the entire evening and I think is a great way to honor all of our loved ones who are in remission or who have passed. Please have those in to us by no later than 15th of February.
- As for the sale of tickets, we will have the them at group training and you can purchase them at that time. When paying for the tickets we will except cash, check or credit cards. If you are paying with a check please make sure to leave the pay to the order of blank. I know that seems a little scary but this way it will be easier to divide the money up in the end. There is a cost that we will need to pay Sky for the event and this would make it easier to do so. If you are not comfortable leaving the check blank you can make it out to one of the mentors and then we will divide it accordingly.
- ** Reminder when a donor gives you a check it can take up to 3 weeks to be posted to your fundraising account and also to their accounts. This is a normal occurrence due to the amount of deposits they receive** If you are unable to make it to group training please feel free to mail the checks to either Andrea, Kristen, or Heather (see your email for addresses).
In closing, I would like to give a shout out to our Columbia teammates! I know that you guys have not been able to do a lot of the events up here with the rest of the TEAM, but just know you are not forgotten!! Keep up all the good work!! And another quick shout out to the new teammates! Welcome!! I am glad you chose to train and raise money for LLS. If you could please take the time to send us a quick email about yourself and your goals for the season.
Here are some save the dates for you all:
January 31, 2013- McAlister’s Deli Night for Teammate Kristen H- Manchester Location 4:00-9:00 *Bring Flyer
February 5, 2013- McAlister’s Deli Night for Teammate Laura W- Fenton Location 4:00-9:00 *Bring Flyer
February 9, 2013- Mardi GrasParade BeadDrive – Details, Meeting Place, Time, details to come
February 10, 2013- California Pizza Kitchen TeamNight 11:30 am-8:00 pm Chesterfield Mall
*Bring Flyer
February 23,2013- BC Squared Blood Cancer Benefit @ The Loft at Sky Lounge in Ballwin 7:00 p.m. -1:00a.m
As always......GO TEAM!!!!!!
Kristen
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