How to Get Started
Lead your team to a successful and spirited
Get Your Jersey On Day!
The TGen Foundation invites you to Get Your Jersey On in support of concussion
research at TGen. Register your workplace, organization, school or community
group and organize your own Get Your Jersey On Day.
It is as easy as cheering for your team! With a minimum $10 donation to TGen,
participants earn the right to wear their favorite team's apparel to work or
school, which is sure to make your day more exciting!
Your fundraising will support a collaborative project with TGen, the ASU football
team, Barrow Neurological Institute and A.T. Still to tackle concussions head on
and help protect the health of student athletes by replacing subjective
concussion examinations players currently undergo on the sidelines after a
serious hit with a definitive genomics-based test.
WELCOME!
Get all of the resources you need and register online for Get Your Jersey On.
www.helptgen.org/GetYourJerseyOn
Get Your Jersey On is an easy and fun way for everyone to tackle concussions
head on through an innovative research collaboration with TGen, the ASU
football program, Riddell, Barrow Neurological Institute, and A.T. Still.
Select a Get Your Jersey On Day and publicize it to your colleagues and friends.
On your selected day, encourage everyone to pay a minimum $10 donation to
the TGen Foundation, earning them the opportunity to support their favorite
sports team by wearing team apparel to work or school. Every $10 donation,
combined with contributions from participants across the country, will make a
difference.
Now that you’re ready to Get Your Jersey On, let’s get started!
SELECT YOUR DAY
Select a day when everyone is comfortable dressing casually and will
participate in any other activities you decide to create to enhance your Get
Your Jersey On Day experience. Some recommended days are the start of the
NFL or college football season, before a major rivalry game, or before the Super
Bowl.
PROMOTE
Download the poster and customize it to include the date of your Get Your
Jersey On Day and your contact information. Hang posters in visible locations
such as break rooms, hallways, restroom doors, and near the main entrance. The
TGen Foundation will also post your logo on our website to recognize you for
your participation.
Download Center Support: Get Your Jersey On Poster
Personalize the sample e-mails to remind your colleagues and encourage them
to participate in Get Your Jersey On. Use the Get Your Jersey On logo in
company e-mails and publications.
Download Center Support: Sample E-mails
Download Center Support: Get Your Jersey On Logos
Advocate and Challenge
Increase your efforts by encouraging your friends and family members to enroll
their own companies or schools. Challenge your employees to help sign up
additional companies with friendly internal competition. Contact companies
with whom you do to join in. Challenge their efforts to top your own!
COLLECT
Encourage participants to turn in their donation the week of Get Your Jersey On.
The TGen Foundation will send an acknowledgement letter to each individual
who contributes via credit card or check, provided the name and address of
the participant is included. You can easily keep track of donations by creating
donation collection envelopes for your team “captains.”
EDUCATE
Why support concussion research, and why support TGen? Find those answers
and much more on the TGen Concussion Project fact sheet. Educate yourself to
answer questions and motivate others. Distribute copies to each employee so
that everyone knows that concussions can affect us all, research will help us
create more precise testing for concussions, and that TGen is leading the way in
this cutting-edge research.
Download Center Support: TGen Concussion Project Fact Sheet
WEAR
On your designated Get Your Jersey On Day, be a leader and show your
support by wearing your favorite team apparel. It’s as simple as wearing a team
jersey, pin, tie, or simply the team colors.
DONATIONS
Collect donations from participants. Checks should be made payable to the
TGen Foundation. Credit cards are also accepted. Please ask each participant
who wishes to pay by credit card to complete and sign the Credit Card Form.
Donations are tax deductible. The TGen Foundation Tax ID Number is 331092191.
Your company may match participants’ donations. Please check with your
Human Resources director to complete the appropriate documentation. Please
remind them to earmark the donation for Get Your Jersey On with check made
payable to the TGen Foundation.
Download Center Support: Corporate Match Instructions
Download and complete the Group Donation Form. Complete the information
on the donation form and mail with donations to:
TGen Foundation
Get Your Jersey On
445 N. 5th Street, Suite 120
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Download Center Support: Group Donation Form
Download Center Support: Credit Card Form
SHARE
We all have a reason to team up to tackle concussions. Tell us why your office is
participating in Get Your Jersey On. Share your ideas, pictures and stories with us
by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. All photos, letters and stories
become the property of the TGen Foundation and may be used in future Get
Your Jersey On promotional materials.
WRAP UP
Send an e-mail thanking those who participated in Get Your Jersey On and
share the results of your event. Download an e-mail template or compose your
own. Thank your boss/company for allowing everyone to participate. Make sure
everyone knows if your company has generously chosen to match their
contributions.
CONTACT
We are grateful for your participation and advocacy for our Get Your Jersey On
campaign. Please contact us at any time with questions.
Dean Ballard
TGen Foundation
445 N. 5th Street, Suite 120
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: (602) 343-8543
Email: [email protected]
www.helptgen.org/GetYourJerseyOn