How to open your fundraising page
A step-by-step guide
Step 1. Go to our website www.hmea.org. Click on the link hmea.org/incredable
Step 2. Go to the section that reads: “Be incredABLE! Participate in…” and click on the link to
register.
Step 3. Here you will begin the process of registering as an individual or as a team, or to join
a team that has already been established.
Step 4. Select “JOIN AS A
NEW PARTICIPANT”
Step 5. Complete
information (i.e. Team
Name, Team Fundraising
Goal, and Team Company)
Click Next Step
Step 6. Select the type of participation you and/or your team will be participating in. This year we’ve added a
“Virtual Walker or Runner”, which is simply for anyone who wishes to participate in raising funds for the event, but
who cannot physically be at the walk or run. The list of discount codes for staff and people supported at HMEA, as
well as major sponsors has been sent to the programs and businesses. Additional Gift would be if you are making a
donation to your individual or team page. Click “previous step” if you need to make a change or click “next step” to
move forward.
Step 7. Complete all the information “*” indicates required information (see next page for
continuation of the Registration page.
The information in this section pertains to the individual who will have access to the
Participant Center. This is where you will create your fundraising page, set your
goal(s) and communicate with families, friends etc.
Step 8. “The WAIVER” to participate in either the walk or the run MUST BE agreed to continue
the registration process. The NEXT STEP button will turn on when you check “I agree…”
Step 9. Your REGISTRATION SUMMARY page – If all the information is correct you can either Register another family
member or complete the registration process. If the information is incorrect, you can cancel the registration and
start again, or click the back arrow in your browser and correct the information from that point then move forward
through the sheets.
Step 10. This is where you will process any donations YOU make to your fundraising page or registration fees.
Complete the required information and click SUBMIT.
Step 11. This is your summary of registration. Now you will click either of the two ACCESS YOUR PARTICIPANT
CENTER buttons, which will take you to the page where you can create your fundraising page, upload or input your
email contacts, etc.
Step 12. This is where all the action begins…
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You can tab to Home, to Email, to Progress
Page, to your Personal Page to your Team
Page
The first order of business is to set-up your Personal
or Team page –Then add your email contacts of
family and friends, to invite to either join your team,
or to donate to your page, to your address book.
Then send them an email asking them to support
you and your team.
You can send different emails
You can send a personal Thank You to your donors
You can set a personal goal
In the right hand column you have several links,
most notably where you will add your offline
donations
Team Captains can write special notes of
encouragement to their team, etc.
Step 13. This page is where you will upload/enter your
Email contacts
This page shows your progress toward your goal
This is where you can ‘edit’ your personal fundraising page
message . You can also change or load photo(s)
This is where you can ‘edit’ your team fundraising page
message . You can also change or load photo(s).
Step 14. Now that you have created your team or individual fundraising page it should look similar to this, only with your
own story told. Now you can email it to family or friends or even to businesses you have a personal connection to and ask
them for their support