How to Fundraise

Fundraising is easy with online fundraising tools!  When you registered for the Race you automatically received your own fundraising website which can be personalized.  Start now by logging in, and encouraging everyone you know to visit your site, see what you are doing in the fight against breast cancer and make a donation on your behalf.

The Participant Center houses your personal fundraising website.  There, you will find e-mail templates to make sending e-mails to your friends and families as easy as can be!  From the Participant Center you are able to set up your personal webpage, send e-mails to friends, co-workers and connect with friends on Facebook. Be sure to check your participant center often for new donations and messages. Thanks for making an impact and we'll see you at the Race!

Please click here to download a mail-in fundraising form.

Fundraising Steps

1.Register for the Race, set a fundraising goal (we suggest $250). Jump start your fundraising goal by making a donation when you register, and get a Self Donor badge on your Personal Page.

2.Log in to your Participant Center and edit your personal page. If you are a team captain, edit your team page as well! Explain why you are fundraising, for example in honor of a relative who is a Survivor, or in memory of someone who has passed away from breast cancer. Or simply because you want to see some of these breast cancer statistics change, especially in YOUR hometown.

3.Next encourage everyone you know to visit your personal and/or team page, read about what you are doing in the fight against breast cancer and make a donation on your behalf.

4.Remember these key talking points:
 •Did you know that 75 percent net funds raised LOCALLY stays LOCALLY?  The Komen Central Texas Affiliate provides funding to LOCAL non-profit healthcare organizations for breast health services for the underserved men and women in Bell, Bosque, Coryell,  Falls, McLennan, and Milam Counties. The remaining 25 percent funds the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Grants Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research.
 •If every Race participant raised an average of $100 over the registration fee, the Komen Central Texas Affiliate would raise an additional $530,000.
 •Donations to the Komen Central Texas Affiliate are tax deductible to the full extent the law allows.
 •Many employers will match charitable donations! Be sure to check with your company's HR department for details.

Fundraising Incentives!
 

Check out the new fundraising prizes available this year! Rewards start at the $100 level and get better and better the more you raise! Rewards include Komen Race for the Cure merchandise, Cuisinart kitchen appliances, Coby camcorder and more.  There are more than 80 prizes from which to choose!.  Check out our helpful documents on fundraising below to get you started on raising funds!  Visit the Reward Program web pages to find an item you might want to earn.

 Products availability will depend on reward level.

Helpful Documents

The following documents (pdf's) contain ideas about different ways to raise money, and suggesstions on how to ask for donations.

101 Fundraising Ideas

Fundraising Activites

Fundraising Tips

Sample Fundraising Letter

Cash/Check Donations

Cash/checks can be mailed to our office, dropped off on Race day at registration tent, or turned in during walk-up registration. Regardless, a Race Donation Form must be included with any cash or check donations so we know whom to credit the donation.

Mailing Address:
Komen Central Texas Race for the Cure
P.O. BOX 8504
Waco, TX  76714

Mail-in fundraising forms must be received by 5pm Friday, September 28, 2012 for donations to be credited toward your fundraising goal.  Any forms received after that date will be counted as general Race donations. Forms should be mailed to:
Komen Central Texas Race for the Cure®
P.O. BOX 8504
Waco, TX 76714

Participants: Be sure to include your full name and complete contact information on the form so that we may inform you of additional donations received on your behalf. Also on the form - please be sure to list the full names and addresses of people who make donations on your behalf so that we may send them their tax-deductible receipt.

Every dollar makes an impact – thank you for everything you do!