You are the winner of this week's Family Teams incentive! Great job raising over $250 for March for Babies 2012; your $50 Wal-Mart gift card is waiting for you here at the office. It was tough competition this week. Family Teams are doing an amazing job, so there is no doubt that we can reach our goal of $150,000!
Keep up the great work and check in next week for more tips on fundraising, news on upcoming incentives, and information about walk day!
March for Babies is 44 days away and Family Teams are doing great this year!
Here are some fun ways to fundraise to help your team reach it's goal: Butterfly Garden: Sell a butterfly in dedication to a child for $25/butterfly.Butterflies will be displayed at the walk and donors can take them home! Learn more here: www.marchforbabies.org/team/austinbutterflygarden Blue Jeans for Babies - Co-workers pay a designated amount to wear jeans to work. March of Dimes can provide stickers for this event! Coin Boxes - Ask local companies or stores to display a picture of your team or your story next to a March of Dimes coin bank. Profit Dinners - Ask a restaurant to help you host a profit share night. You ask your friends and family to attend and get part of the profits for every person that says they are with March of Dimes. Matching Gifts - See if your company or a local business will match your funds!
and as always, get the word out through email!
Also, this week's fundraising incentive is a $50 Wal-Mart gift card! All teams who have raised $250 or more by next Thursday will be entered into a drawing for the $50 Wal-Mart gift card.
Congratulations to love the small babies for winning the $45 Macy's gift card for having paid walkers on their team! We had a lot of teams in the running this week so keep up the good work, Family Teams!
We have a lot of exciting incentives coming up this March for Babies season, so get ready and keep fundraising! The next incentive will be announced in the next Family Teams email.
It's March now which means it's time to really start preparing for March for Babies 2012!
Team Captain packets are ready and in the mail! Be sure to check in a few days to make sure you've received yours. The Team Captain Guide gives you information about March of Dimes and walk day, and includes tips for fundraising.
For additonal tips on fundraising, check out this video:
If you have any questions about fundraising or need materials, contact the office. We're here to help you guys reach your goals!
Exciting news: Last year's top corporate team, HEB, has a tear pad campaign and it is in full effect! Stop by your local HEB to contribute or to thank them for supporting the March of Dimes.
If you didn't see it in the email, for this week our family teams incentive is every team with 10 registered walkers who have money tied to their names by the end of today (3/8) will be entered into a drawing for a $45 Macy's gift card. Winners will be announced here tomorrow!
Can you believe March for Babies 2012 is only 58 days away? Just incase you didn't catch it, this year the walk is not on Mothers Day weekend, but the weekend before, on May 5th!
