Fundraising
Fitness-focused Silent Auctions and Raffles
Often the events surrounding a run/walk are just as much fun as the race itself. Whether it is a health fair, prize ceremony or after-party, these can keep your participants hanging around before and after the main event. This provides the perfect opportunity to raise even more funds for your charity. Silent auctions and raffles [...]
Certificates as Part of Your Prize Distribution
Recognition. For the most part, whether we admit it or not, we all seek it. Perhaps not in a loud and attention-getting way, but even the simplest thank you or good job is desired when we accomplish something significant.
When planning a race the prize ceremony is all about this recognition. Just how much attention you [...]
A Year Long Marathon
A marathon, or even a half marathon, is a race distance that many people may have no desire to accomplish. It takes a special kind of person to take an interest in and complete these types of advanced running events. However, the action, and even the dream or idea of, completing one always brings about [...]
Partnering with a More Visible Organization
When planning a race it can feel a bit intimidating to put oneself out there and seek partnerships with larger organizations. We may feel that they are likely to already be involved in charity efforts or that our event is much too small to spark their interest.
This topic came to mind last week when I [...]
Don’t Be Afraid to Focus on Fun
Many charity athletic events are for the serious runner or walker. Not to mention the fact that raising much needed funds for a charity is serious business as well. The problem is, focusing on the serious can cause the race coordinator (i.e., you) and the planning team more stress, and make you forget how fun planning [...]
Fitness Gifts on a Budget
For the exerciser with an athletic charity event coming up, donating to their cause is likely the best Christmas gift you could give. But if you are like me, there is still something special about giving loved ones and friends a tangible gift they can open. It’s for this reason that I’m always on the [...]
Spreading the Word About Your Fundraising Efforts
For many people the holiday season provides multiple occasions to spend time with family and friends. If you are currently training for a charity athletic event you likely have some fundraising goals in the back of your mind as well. All of this time you are spending with loved ones is an ideal opportunity to [...]
The Season for Thank You
The Thanksgiving holiday will be here in just a few days and with that comes a common theme – thankfulness. We should of course be grateful every day, but his time of year provides an especially good opportunity to show gratitude to those around us.
If you work with charity fundraising, specifically with race planning, there [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Planning a 5K Run or Walk Fundraiser
Over the past few years, I’ve come across multiple individuals with the desire to plan a run/walk event in their communities. They all have a one question in common when taking on such a task. Where in the world do I start? I know that feeling well because I experienced it the first time I [...]
Resource Fairs Entice Sponsors and Draw People to Your Event
If you’re planning a charity walk, run, or ride and you’re looking for ways to attract sponsors and participants, consider adding a resource fair to your event. When I was planning my first Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk, one of my committee members suggested this to me, and it proved to be a key factor in [...]
