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Welcome to the Silicon Valley Walk!
If you haven't yet registered for the 2009 Walk, do so today!
Walk Team News
- Draeger's Market will begin selling paper sneakers at their markets around the Bay Area beginning September 4 through October 25. Stop by Draeger's and support the Walk!
Click here for their locations | Click here for info on selling paper sneakers
- Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and the Oakland Raiders have teamed up to offer an awesome deal for JDRF supporters. Buy tickets to a Raiders game of your choice and, with this promotion, you will get a food voucher good for a hot dog, a bag of chips, and a soda and you will sit with other KFC & JDRF family, friends, and supporters. The best part is that $12 of each package will be donated to JDRF! Download the details>
- Discover the Walker & Bowes Glass Pumpkin Patch® one of the world's most breathtaking sites. Experience and purchase an endless array of one-of-a-kind glass art pieces. For a truly awe-inspiring gift to turn your special occasion into a spectacular one. Exclusively at the Stanford Shopping Center on September 24th - 27th. Proceeds will benefit JDRF.
*Promote your team's fundraiser here! Send your details.
Walk, or RUN!
NEW THIS YEAR! If a 2 mile Walk isn't really your thing but you still want to raise money for diabetes research than the 5K Run is for you! The process is the same whether you run or walk: register and create a personal fundraising page at http://walk.jdrf.org. But on Walk Day, you and other participants will run the course while everyone else is enjoying the Walk. The Run will start at 10:50am, ten minutes before the Walk.
Contact (415) 597-6307 for more information.
Letter to Walkers
Walk day is almost here! This year's Walk to Cure Diabetes is this Sunday, October 11th at Baylands Park, 999 E. Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Map.
Everyone is doing a fantastic job with fundraising. Every day, our tally grows dollar by dollar, inching us closer to our goal of $400,000. But we still have a LONG way to go!
It's never too late to sign up for the walk and support JDRF. Go to walk.jdrf.org to register as a walker and create a personalized online fundraising page.
The easiest way in the world to raise money is to send a personal note to everyone you know. Whether you choose to use email or regular mail to send your letter, you can include a link to your online fundraising page.
Your fundraising page will remain active for a couple of months after walk day. If you haven't met your goal by Sunday, please don't give up. A great way to pull in a few extra bucks is to send a brief thank you note to folks. Let them know how much fun you had on walk day -- and remind them that it's never too late to support you and JDRF in our quest for a cure.
Remind people to ask employers for matching funds. It's an easy way for donors to double their donations. Go to matchinggifts.com/jdrf for info about matching funds, including a search to find companies that provide matching funds.
Remind folks that all donations are 100 percent tax deductible.
Lace up your sneakers. Let's get ready to walk and find a cure for diabetes!
Respectfully yours,
Susan Mohr
Silicon Valley Walk Chair
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Greater Bay Area Chapter Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International 49 Stevenson Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 tel: (415) 977-0360 fax: (415) 977-0355 |