Race for the Cure Fundraisers 

Are You Up for the Challenge?

We challenge anyone who is registered for the Race, including Sleep In participants, to join us in the 2010 Richmond Race for the Cure Donation Challenge! Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to raise the highest total donations online the week of April 19.

Deadline: The clock will begin promptly Monday morning at 9am on April 19 and end Monday morning at 9am on April 26.

Prize: The winner will receive a spotlight on our website, on Facebook and on Twitter, (as well as bragging rights) and the choice of a Komen watch or Komen t-shirt through the www.shopkomen.com site.

Registering for the Race is just your first step!
Collecting donations to support your Race for the Cure participation is what drives our community's progress in the fight against breast cancer. 75% of the funds you raise stay here in our local community to fund education, screening and treatment programs for uninsured and underinsured women throughout central Virginia. The other 25% funds vital research at the national level.

Fundraising IS easy! That’s what thousands of your fellow participants - people just like you - have discovered while fundraising for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®! Every dollar counts. Every dollar makes an impact on finding the cures for breast cancer. What are you waiting for? Start now!

We make it easier than ever to fundraise, your friends and family can visit our Race for the Cure page and click the Find a Participant to Support button to search for your name and donate through our secure online server. You can send e-mails through your Race Center!

Go the extra mile and help defeat breast cancer by collecting donations from family, friends and co-workers! If every participant asks just 10 people for $10, we could raise an over $1 million for local and national breast cancer programs. Below are tips on how to start fundraising today.

Write it! Writing a fundraising letter has never been easier!

• Get started: Use one of these sample fundraising letters
• Customize it: Include a sentence or two about your personal connection to the cause
• Remember: Ask EVERYONE! Every dollar counts!

E-mail it! Use your personal Race Center to send an email directing your friends and family to your personal Race fundraising webpage - this is the fastest & easiest way to reach your fundraising goal!

• Get started: Log-in to your Race Center using…
• Your Username
• Your Password
• Customize it:
• On the main page you can update (increase!) your fundraising goal
• Click on the “Personal Page” tab and upload your own photo & story and even create a custom URL for your page. 
• Click on the “Email” tab and choose "Contacts" on the right to upload names & emails from your address book!
• Send it:
• Click "Compose" and write your own email or choose one of our pre-written emails to customize.

Collect it! Whether you hold a bake sale, organize a fundraisier at work, or collect donations from neighbors, track what you've raised by downloading a pledge form and mailing it in along with your donations! If you collect checks, you can mail them to our office:

Richmond Race for the Cure
4905 Radford Ave.
Suite 209
Richmond, VA 23230

Make sure you include a pledge form or your name in the memo field of the checks. Acknowledgements will be sent to every donor and donations will be added to your online fundraising goal.

Don't forget about corporate matching gifts! Corporate matching gifts are encouraged. Ask your Human Resource Department for guidelines and forms. Matching gift forms can be mailed to our office at the address above or faxed to 804-358-7830.

Check out these other fundraising tools:

Fundraising Tips
10 Steps to Raise $500
Fundraising Sources
"Fun" Raising Activities
Tips for a Successful Fundraising Campaign