The Walk-a-thon is a 2 mile walk, through Fall River, MA to promote ASD awareness and raise much needed funding for Community Autism Resources. All money raised will go to support the unique and vital services CAR provides to people with Autism and their families.
Prizes will be awarded after the Walk to the top 3 individuals/families/teams that raise the most money
SPONSORED BY:
Date: Saturday, September 20th, 2008 (raindate September 27th)
Location: Bristol Community College
Sponsorship Information: call 508 - 379 - 0371 x16, check out our Sponsorship Information.
Registrations: Are available in .pdf format, complete walk brochures will be mailed by July.
Family Fun activities are held before, during and after the walk. These activities are perfect for families whose members are unable to participate in the two mile walk. Children's Activities Include:
- The Bubble Creation Station
- Face Painting & Temporary Tattoos
- Sensory Treasure Hunt
- Bounce House
- Carnival Style Games which are great for the whole family!
- Cool prizes for the kids!!
Click here to download a choice board of children's activities (.pdf)
Click here to download a visual schedule (.pdf)
For the grown ups:
Please remember that all money raised through this walk stays in our region!! This important funding will go towards providing FREE SERVICES to children & adults with ASD and their families who live in the Community Autism Resources Region!
Simple Ways for you family or team to reach their fundraising goals
- Make sure all of your team members sign up by filling out a Hearts & Hands Walk for Autism registration form.
- Create a personal Team fundraising page at First Giving.com it’s fast and easy to do!
- E-mail everyone the link to your firstgiving page and ask them to support your team. In addition, there are widgets at First Giving which an be placed on blogs, personal webpages, websites, and social networking sites.
- Make sure to share your reasons for participating in the Hearts & Hands Walk with others. Sharing your story and why you feel supporting the walk is more powerful than just asking for a donation!
- Ask your son or daughter’s teachers, aides, therapists, and caregivers to join your team or to make a donation.
- Ask if your company offers matching gifts.
- Hold a yard sale or bake sale with friends, family and neighbors with all money raised going towards your team.
- See if you can have a "dress down day" at work and have co-workers donate $5 to dress down.
- Or ask if you can hold a “Weekend Fun Money” 50/50 raffle. Get Co-workers to buy raffle tickets with the winner getting 50 percent of the proceeds for weekend spending money and the other 50 percent goes towards your team.
I am sure you and your team members can come up with other great ideas for fundraising. And as always if you have any questions contact Jan Randall at 508-379-0371 ext 16
MORE INFORMATION IS TO COME, SO CHECK BACK THIS PAGE OFTEN.
You can download a .pdf of the current walk poster here. |
