How You Can Help — Collecting Pledges
You can easily collect donations for the Baltimore Women's Classic online! Create your own fundraising page and gain support from family and friends. Start a team and have others join you in your fundraising goals! People can provide secure online donations to Baltimore Women's Classic through your site, and you can continue to raise funds through cash or checks that you submit on race day.
For a paper version, download a pledge sheet and start collecting pledges today! Send completed pledge sheet and checks to the address below.
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Thank you for your commitment to BWC. The money you raise in pledges will help many in our mission to improve women's health. Below are some tips to help you get started!
- Plan to get a large donation on the first line of your form. People are influenced by what others give!
- If possible, sponsor yourself for an amount. This shows your dedication.
- Use email, clubs, computer networks, office associates and family members to support your cause.
- Ask at least 2-3 people every day to sponsor you…after all; some will not be able to help this time.
- Call your friends out of town; this may be a good excuse to touch base with an old friend.
- Put a run message on your answering machine at home and on your personal email account.
- Host a party or a brunch and ask people to make pledges while having fun.
- Challenge a friend who is also running and enjoy the friendly competition.
- Check your work and/or school regulations and put up a notice on the bulleting board.
- Ask people who work at for-profit companies to see if their business offers matching gifts (remember to get their forms). This can help you increase your pledges even more quickly.
- Don’t forget to ask for pledges from shops and stores where WOMEN spend money every day. They should be glad to have a satisfied customer remain happy!
- Ask vendors who supply resources to your business. They wish to keep you happy.
- Checks are the preferred form of payment, but make sure you get accurate name info for cash.
- Your pledge form serves as the basis for mailing thank you notes and receipts for all pledge gifts.
- Pledge donors receive no goods or services, so should be able to deduct 100% of their contributions.
Bring your printed pledge forms with cash and checks to our race day pledge table. Or you can mail your pledge sheet and checks, made payable to Baltimore Women's Classic 5K to:
Baltimore Women's Classic 5K
PO Box 751
Cockeysville MD 21030