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BUILD A CORPORATE OR UNION TEAM
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TEAM
BUILDING SUGGESTIONS
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Recommended
Goals |
• Team walker target: 20% - 50%
of DC-area employee/member base
• $100 walker fundraising average
• Includes co-workers, family, friends,
and neighbors of employees
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Corporate or Union Team
Captains |
What is a Corporate or Union Team Captain?
Corporate and Union Team Captains are a big part of what makes the Walk to Cure Diabetes successful!
How can you become
one?
That’s easy. Just
follow these four steps to becoming a
2007 Walk To Cure Diabetes Corporate Team Captain:
1. Sign Up! AND Register
to Walk.
2. Recruit
Walkers! Attend the Team Captain's Kick-Off Luncheon. At the Kick-Off Luncheon, you
will receive information and materials
needed to start building your team
co-workers, family and friends. If you can't make it, please contact the chapter to send materials to you directly!
• Appoint
a Head Captain to lead the team building
effort and to serve as the liaison
with the JDRF office
• Recruit
multiple Team Captains by department
or floor
• Have
all Team Captains attend the Team Captains
Kick-off Luncheon
• Consider
holding an "All Team Captains
Meeting" to discuss goals/actions/progress
of team
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Recruit additional team captains through
an internal memo from CEO/President
to all depatment heads asking them
to serve as or identify team Captains
(Draft available)
• Recruit
additional walkers through an internal
memo from CEO/President to all employees
encouraging them to join the team and
promoting fundraising and incentive
prizes (Draft available)
• Schedule an internal kickoff (see below for details!)
3. Raise
Money!
JDRF will supply you with tips and
tools to help you raise the much-needed
funds to find a cure for diabetes.
You will also be provided with information
on how to keep track of and turn in
donations.
4. Walk! Come
to the walk site with
your entire team and celebrate your efforts that made the
2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes so successful. With your support,
we are now one step closer to finding a cure!
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Internal
Kick-Offs |
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10-15
minute presentations at management and/or
staff meetings
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JDRF
staff and/or volunteer discuss diabetes
and WALK TO CURE DIABETES participation
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Team
Captains discuss internal goals and incentives
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Screening
of the JDRF WALK video
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Internal
Incentives |
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Company
Team T-shirts
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Incentive
prizes that recognize: top individual fundraiser,
top fundraising Team Captains, top fundraising
department/team, raffle prize for walkers
raising over $100 (or over $500)
• Ideas
for incentive prizes include:
• Parking space for a week/month
• Group pizza party
• Sporting event/Concert tickets
• Half or full day off
• Special casual day
• Executive job swap/car
wash/other fun activity
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| Approach
Vendors to Participate |
Send a letter to vendors
to solicit them to either:
1. Walk on your
company’s team;
2. Support your
team through donations; or
3. Support your
team by donating incentive prizes for
your team’s top fundraisers
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TOP
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FUNDRAISING
IDEAS & HELP
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| Web Site Features |
When you register, a web page is already set up for you! All you have to do is put in the e-mail addresses of the people you want to invite to join your team or make a donation. If you've misplaced your username or password, contact the JDRF office. |
| Letter
Writing Campaigns |
Write letters to friends,
family, clients, venders, etc. Explain
your desire to collect as much money as
possible. Include your personal goal ($$$),
why you’re walking, the benefits of
donating, why you believe in JDRF, and
where to sendtheir contribution. Here are a few sample
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JDRF
Casual
Days |
Sell
Walk buttons for $5 in exchange for employee
participation in a Friday JDRF Casual
Day, Favorite Sports Team Day, Jeans
Day or Shorts Day.
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| JDRF
Wall of Fame or Intranet Page |
Put
up large, colorful "Look Who’s
Walking On Our Team" posters with
Polaroid photos recognizing those employees and members
who have signed up to walk. If your company or group has an intranet, post updates about the team on it! This will
get the attention of those who haven’t
signed up!
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| Wall of Sneakers |
Measure
each walker’s progress by posting
their name on a colored sneaker according
to the dollar amount reached (i.e., yellow-$25,
green-$50, red-$75, blue-$100). When all
walkers have a blue sneaker with their
name on the wall–you’ve reached
goal!
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| "Face of Diabetes" Wall |
People
participate in the Walk to Cure Diabetes
for many different reasons. Being able
to show the stories of those individuals
who are willing to be recognized in your
organization or company that Diabetes
affects is both an educational tool as
well as a fundraising tool. If appropriate,
place a picture of the individual or
family and a "story" of how
diabetes has affected them.
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JDRF
Captain Competitions
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Announce
a new competition each Friday at your
regular Team Captain’s meetings
between your departmental/floor captains.
For example, the Captain who recruits
the most walkers each will receive:
- Blue "Number
One" Ribbon to wear for the week
- A gift certificate
to their favorite restaurant
- Their photo
on a special recognition wall
- A gift certificate
for a new pair of sneakers, etc.
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