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Celebrate Spring!
Yes, it’s finally here! The arrival of spring is a time of celebration and new beginnings. There’s no better time to begin a commitment to fight women’s cancers as part of the EIF REVLON Run/Walk For Women. Remember, the $30 event registration fee is only available until April 18th*, so the sooner you sign up, the better. You can register right on our website and, while you’re at it, why not spread your spring fever and give the gift of registration by purchasing a registration code for a friend, relative or colleague?
* The Run/Walk registration fee increases to $35 beginning April 19, 2010.
Online Fundraising — The Easiest Way to Raise Funds
Creating your very own personal Fundraising Page at revlonrunwalk.org is one of the easiest ways you can solicit donations.
Setting Up Your Fundraising Page is Simple:
- On the revlonrunwalk.org/ny, click on sign in on the right side of the page, under the Donate and Register buttons.
- In the dropdown, choose fundraising page. Then click on the last item Create Your Fundraising Page.
- Once you login, click on Edit Fundraising Site.
- Sample text for your page has been provided, but feel free to edit if you would like. When you’re ready, click on Submit. Then you’ll see your Fundraising Page as it will appear to your prospective donors.
Now Upload Your Email Addresses
- Located under your name at the top of your Fundraising Page, click on Message Center and then Upload Email Addresses.
- Carefully follow the directions for uploading your address book by selecting the Format that your Addresses are in. If you need Help, just click on the ‘?’ located in the upper right corner of this page.
- Once you have chosen your Address File, click on Upload Addresses.
Send Your Emails
After preparing your Fundraising Page and uploading your email addresses, it’s time to send your emails. Recipients will be guided back to your personal Fundraising Page and can make a donation with the click of a button. They can also monitor your progress leading up to the Run/Walk. Your Fundraising Page will keep track of all donations you raise online. (Please allow timefor offline donations to appear on your Fundraising Page.)
Fundraising Awards
Next up among our fabulous fundraising awards is a beautiful, embroidered Run/Walk gym bag for those walkers and runners raising between $400 and $749. Start fundraising now and it will be yours before you know it! Find out all about this year’s Fundraising Awards and how you can earn them.
Current Top Individual and Team Fundraisers
Spring also means full speed ahead on fundraising, and those that top this week’s list have clearly got the fever, soaring right on up to — and beyond — their goals! The top fundraisers and teams as of March 22, 2010 are:
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Individual Fundraisers
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| 1. Gina Costa-Goldfarb | $4,498.00 |
| 2. Lisa Pilla | $2,720.00 |
| 3. Jordana Edelstein | $2,651.00 |
| 4. Barb Schultz | $2,620.00 |
| 5. Donna Petit | $2,575.00 |
| 6. Kathy Ioannou | $2,571.00 |
| 7. Jami Lieberman | $2,402.00 |
| 8. Keith Boran | $2,225.00 |
| 9. Cara Lewis | $2,195.00 |
| 10. Joe Furnari | $2,188.00 |
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Team Fundraisers
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| 1. Ovarian Cancer National Alliance | $6,585.00 |
| 2. The Brandy Manhattanites | $5,993.00 |
| 3. Morgan Stanley Strides Of Hope | $5,102.00 |
| 4. Mo-Show | $4,175.00 |
| 5. Jersey | $4,175.00 |
| 6. Cara Cozy | $3,870.00 |
| 7. tEaMPOWER | $3,811.00 |
| 8. We’re Half Way There | $3,733.00 |
| 9. Jan Is Awesome | $3,453.00 |
| 10. Friends For Life | $3,440.00 |
The largest team to date is the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance with 99 members!
A Special Challenge — Expires April 15th
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From now until April 15th only, receive a limited edition EIF REVLON Run/Walk Discover your Womentum baseball cap if you raise $100 or more within 30 days from the date you register. You can make a donation yourself or by raising the funds from friends and family — or a combination of the two. Whichever
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way you choose, get started today and you’ll soon be wearing your new cap with pride for starting your fundraising early!
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* To qualify, you must register for the Run/Walk and have a minimum of $100 posted on your Fundraising Page by April 15th. Registration fees do not count towards fundraising goals.
Teamwork — Spring Team Building
With spring comes many opportunities to bring people together, and that also means more opportunities to recruit people to your team! These are also great reasons to gather your current team members for group fundraising and team building. A group walk or run is a natural — take your team for a stroll or sprint to view the budding flowers and leaves. Ask each team member to bring a friend, and it’s likely they’ll have so much fun they’ll want to join you on the spot! You can also bring the team and their families and friends together for a spring flowers planting, a great activity to focus everyone on one accomplishment — teambuilding! And, if your flowers are ready before the event, you can all wear one to show your togetherness!
Recruit team members from among your office buddies by encouraging them to get out for a walk with you during lunchtime — or even for a moving outdoor meeting (simultaneous walking and talking can spur creativity)! Everyone will be more refreshed when back in the office, and since they’re walking anyway, they might as well join the team! Remember you’ll need at least 15 people to make it an official team, but the more the merrier!
Important Team Deadlines: All teams must be activated by Friday, April 9th and must have at least 15 members by Friday, April 16th at 5:00PM. For more team information, visit our team page or call the Teams Department at (212) 379-3199.
She’s Got Womentum
Womentum: an inspirational force gained over a distance of 5K applied to the eradication of cancers in women. Each and every participant in the EIF REVLON Run/Walk is a living, breathing, walking and running example of Womentum, and each one has a story.
Dana F. Hogan-Brown uses her Womentum to battle the disease that took her beloved mother:
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“After having lost my mom — a beautiful mom — to this dreadful disease in the year 2000, my sister and I and our dedicated teammates comprising "Sisters For LIFE" have marched proudly in the EIF REVLON Run/Walk For Women in New York. We watched for years as mom battled cancer progressively in her ovaries, colon, liver, lymph nodes, and
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ultimately her brain. Immediately upon receipt of her initial diagnosis she put on her ARMOR and ATTACKED it head-on for her family, and for herself. Mom was committed to living life to the fullest extent she could, and during that time won many small battles against what we've dubbed the "C-demon." Finally, cancer moved to her brain, she conceded to her enemy and left this world. We miss our mom's warmth, beauty and compassion tremendously. So-much-so that we faithfully march in mom's warrior-line manner fighting this disease head-on so that NO ONE has to lose their mom, sister, aunt, friend, and so on.”
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Share your story of Womentum by sending it with a photo to info@revlonrunwalk.com (Remember: men can have Womentum too!)
How You’re Helping
The funds raised by walkers and runners in the EIF REVLON Run/Walk For Women are spread far and wide, benefitting national and New York area organizations engaged in research and supporting cancer patients and their families. For a complete listing, visit our beneficiary page. This week’s featured beneficiary is the Albert Einstein Cancer Center.
The Psychosocial Oncology Program of the Montefiore-Einstein Cancer Center is one of the primary organizations to offer free counseling, education, and mind-body therapies to cancer patients and caregivers in the Bronx. Through EIF REVLON Run/Walk support, the “Bronx Oncology Living Daily” Outreach Program will focus efforts on reaching out to the most underserved and socially isolated cancer patients in the Bronx with accessible and portable psychosocial support and care to meet their needs. (www.aecom.yu.edu/cancer/outreach)
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