Forms to download: Team Captain Toolkit Registration Form Pledge Tracking Form  Other Links: Login to your Race Center Teams List Pledge Prizes

Fundraising

If every participant in the 2008 Puget Sound Race for the Cure raises a minimum of $150 in pledges, we will raise over $2.2 million!  Please help the Puget Sound Race for the Cure raise over $2 million this year!

Where Your Money Goes	Matching Gifts/Company Matching Funds	Ways to Raise
Fundraise Online & Fundraising Emails	Pledge Prizes	Pink Loves Green
Fundraise by Mail-In/Paper Pledge Form	Fundraising Tips	Remember

Your participation in the 2008 Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure® is the first step towards a world without breast cancer!  Now is time to start raising pledge dollars. 

Fundraise online by accessing your Race Center or download the Pledge Tracking Form and send it to friends, family and coworkers.  We encourage runners and walkers to collect pledges.  In fact, we challenge each participant to raise at least $150 which is the approximate cost of a life-saving mammogram for an underserved woman. 
   
Where Your Money Goes

By raising pledges in addition to your participation in the Race, you will have a positive impact on more than 4,000 Western Washington women and men diagnosed with breast cancer this year alone.  Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage from the causes, to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.

Approximately 75% of the Puget Sound Race for the Cure's net income remains in the local community to fund educational outreach, screening and treatment programs for underserved women and men.  The remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.

To learn more about how the Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's funds are used, please visit our Komen Grants page to read about our Affiliate Grants.
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Fundraise Online & Fundraising Emails

When you register for the Race, a personal webpage is automatically created for you!  Your Race Center allows you to create a personalized website for setting goals, and emails to request pledges.  Register now for your own page if you participated in the 2007 Race please login here.

To make a donation to a specific Team click here 

To make a general donation to the Race, not to a particular participant or team, click here

- A personalized confirmation email will be sent to the donor as well as to the participant.

- If you registered by mail, you can still fundraise online.

- If you’ve provided us with your email address an email will be sent to you with your login, password, and instructions on how to set up your page. 
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Fundraising by Mail-In/Paper Pledge Form

Use the pledge sheet in the Race entry form or paper pledge form. List donations on the pledge form and fill in the total amount.

If you are collecting donations, please have friends and family give cash and check donations directly to YOU, with your name indicated in the memo field of checks (DO NOT mail credit card numbers).  Make checks payable to: Puget Sound Race for the Cure.

Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure
1900 N. Northlake Way, Suite 135
Seattle, WA 98103

Individual Race participants will receive credit on their online fundraising "thermometer" once donations have been received and entered in the Race office.   Please allow approximately 7 days for processing by the Komen Puget Sound office.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND INDIVIDUAL PLEDGE CHECKS DIRECTLY TO THE KOMEN PUGET SOUND/RACE OFFICE.  THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRACK AND CREDIT TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTICIPANTS CORRECTLY.  PLEASE GIVE YOUR PLEDGE DONATIONS TO THE PARTICIPANT YOU ARE SUPPORTING SO THEY CAN TURN THEM IN WITH A COMPLETED PLEDGE TRACKING FORM.  THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
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Matching Gifts/Company Matching Funds

Did you know that many companies will match the contribution you make?  Matching funds from participating companies are a great way to multiply the impact of your pledge raising efforts!  Visit our Companies page to see a list of participating companies.  Your donation will go twice as far!

If you are employed by one of the companies on this list, visit your HR department and complete the matching gift form.  If the company you work for is not on the list, it might have a matching gift program that we are not aware of.  Please ask your HR department about a matching gift program.  This simple step may double your contribution.

Matching fund requests should be made through your company's matching gift program.  Gift verification paperwork may be sent to:

 Puget Sound Race for the Cure
 1900 N Northlake Way, Ste 135
 Seattle, WA 98103

In order for gifts to credit Race totals, please ensure matching gifts are clearly labeled Puget Sound Race for the Cure Matching gift funds that are received after the Race (postmarked by June 30, 2008) will be added to individual pledge totals.  We will continue to verify and receive matching gifts after June 30.  Matching Gifts verified after June 30 will be counted as general Race donations and not credited to any individual participant or team.    

To be eligible for fundraising prizes, all donations (including corporate matching funds) must be turned in by June 30, 2008. You may opt out of your pledge prize at any time by emailing race2008@pskomen.org
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Pledge Prizes

In addition to the satisfaction of helping us create a world without breast cancer; you can earn great pledge prizes!

To be eligible for fundraising prizes, all donations must be turned in to the Komen Puget Sound office postmarked no later than June 30, 2008. Please visit our Pledge Prize page to learn more.

You may opt out of receiving a pledge prize at any time by emailing race2008@pskomen.org
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Fundraising Tips

Fundraise online by accessing your Race Center or downloading the Pledge Tracking Form and send it to friends, family and coworkers.

Tips to help you with your Fundraising:
- Start asking for pledges early as soon as your personal website is ready! 

- Set a goal and tell people what it is.  Let everyone know that you’re training for the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure and need their donations to help create a world without breast cancer. 

- Research your company’s matching gift program. You can double your money! 

- Learn about Komen Puget Sound and where the money goes by visiting our Komen Grants page.

- Remember to thank every individual who helps you reach your goal. Let them know they are making a difference. 

- Provide updates - let people know how much you have raised and how close you are to reaching your goal.
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Ways to Raise

Fundraising is easier than you think. Here are a few people who might donate to you:

Yourself	@ $25	= $25
Two Family Members	@ $25	= $50
Five Friends	@ $20	= $100
Five Co-Workers	@ $20	= $100
A Neighbor	@ $25	= $25
Book Club or Athletic Team Member	@ $25	= $25
Hairdresser, Dry Cleaner, Or Doctor	@ $25	= $25
		$350

Remember to thank each supporter for helping you!
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Go Paperless-  Pink Loves Green

-Set up your Race Center and send emails to friends, family, and co-workers, asking them to support you in the breast cancer movement.

-Change your voicemail and answering machine messages to announce that you are participating in the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure on June 21, 2008.  Announce that you’re accepting donations via your website and remind people to ask you for more details!

-Sell items on an internet auction site and let bidders know that the item's selling price is being donated to your fundraising efforts for the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure.

-Add the link to your Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure Race Center to your email signature and ask people for donations, even asking for a specific amount such as $150 (the cost of a mammogram for an underserved woman in our community).

-Send out reminder emails to potential donors who did not donate the first time.  Include an update on your fundraising.

-Learn more about the Pink Loves Green program now!
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Remember

-Every pledge you collect makes a difference!

-Be creative and have fun!

-Set a goal & GO FOR IT!  The skies the limit!  You’ll be surprised how generous people are so be bold, and ask for donations!

Reminder: Susan G. Komen for the Cure sends an acknowledgement to contributions of $250.00 and over.
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