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Family Teams
Looking for a great way to
spend time with family and
friends, have fun, and
support a wonderful cause?
Form a Family Walk Team!!!
Family Teams are the largest
and fastest growing aspect
of the Walk to Cure
Diabetes, and play a vital
role in the success of the
Walk to Cure Diabetes
program. Forming a family
walk team is easy and fun.
Just create a team name, set
fundraising goals, and even
make personalized t-shirts
to show your team spirit on
Walk Day. Not only will you
gain support from family and
friends, JDRF staff and
veteran family teams are
here to help you every step
of the way.
For more information about
forming a Family Walk Team
please contact JDRF’s
Outreach Manager, Stephanie
Williams, at
swilliams@jdrf.org or
210-822-5336.
For fresh ideas and
fundraising tips on forming
or improving your Family
Walk Team visit
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=102452
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YouTube is
Your Friend |
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A recent search of YouTube
of “JDRF Walks” shows 333
videos listed, most of which
are terrific fundraising
letters from Family Teams.
Walk Central provides a
template and script for
families to create their own
versions with still photos,
and includes a link to free
video editing software for
those who don’t have it. The
video letter writing
campaign has proven to be a
VERY lucrative endeavor,
bringing in thousands of
dollars from total
strangers.
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The JDRF letter-writing
campaign is responsible for
tens of millions of dollars
for research every year.
With online donations
through Walk Central, the
number is growing at an even
faster rate! But many JDRF
families have taken their
fight even further and
created moving and inspiring
videos! Posted on YouTube
and other online video
sites, they are bringing in
an entire new source of
donations and spreading the
word about type 1 diabetes,
and the importance of a
cure.
Jennifer Gelick tells a
little bit about her team’s
success with the video
letter:
“Since we put Olivia's video
up on YouTube, not only have
donations really started
coming in, but we have
gotten donations from people
we don't even know-lots of
them over $100. We even have
new Walkers we don't know,
joining our team! The video
is makes it very easy to
expand your "ask" because
people can forward it to
their friends and the video
makes the ask by evoking
emotion. I have seen
terrific emails from people
forwarding the link on our
behalf to their entire
address book. We got one
large donation in the name
of another woman who has
type 1 from HER friend who
saw the video and was
inspired. If the average
letter raises $1000, just
imagine what the average
video can raise!"
(Team Olivia had over 80
Walkers come to Walk Day and
their total so far is over
$32,000. The online
total--so far--is $26,500!)
Below are links to a few
great examples of the video
fundraising letter. A search
of “JDRF” on YouTube will
yield many more. They are
each as unique and
inspirational as the type 1
individuals themselves. Get
inspired, and get out the
camera! Whether your Walk is
just around the corner, or
almost a year away, this is
a project that family and
friends will love
participating in!
Team Olivia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRI3YslZii4
Little& Loud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrrZiDiez0
Chrisosaurus Rex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxtz2Kebxps
Beep’s Brigade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qft7G7yHW0 |
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