So you’ve registered for the Walk to Cure Diabetes.  You made your self-donation at registration, and you’ve updated your personal page on the Walk Website to tell your story.  But what now?  How do you start fundraising?

The easiest and most effective thing you can do is send emails from your participant center!

When you are logged in to your participant center, you can easily upload your contacts from your personal email, from a spreadsheet, or add contacts individually.

Once your contacts are uploaded, all you have to do is pick a template (I recommend the “Ask for Support – Share My Video” template – don’t worry, the video is already included!), customize the template to share your story, and click send!

Using your Participant Center will boost your fundraising!

• On average, you can expect to raise $444 using your participant center to send emails compared to $65 using your own email.
• Online donations average $70, versus $25 for offline donations
• For every 5 emails you send, you can expect one donation. And, it takes 3 email reminders before a donation is made.

So use your participant and use it often.  People do want to support you, they just need a friendly reminder (and there’s a template for reminders, too)!