Dear #RaceforALS Team Captain:
On behalf of O.J. and Chanda Brigance, thank you SO MUCH for your commitment to the
Brigance Brigade, to the 5.7k Championship Event, and to supporting people living with ALS in
our community.
Below, please find details about the race (in easy-to-copy-and-paste format) and some
fundraising language for your letters, post cards, email messages, Facebook posts, or LinkedIn
posts.
Our goal is for you to be able to copy, paste, tweak, and send out the information below to your
networks. We also encourage you to share these templates with your teammates. We want to
make this team-building and fundraising process as easy for you as possible.
Here at the Brigance Brigade Foundation we know that All Things Are Possible Fighting ALS –
given our co-founder, O.J. Brigance and his 10 year battle with the disease – how could we not?
Happy team-building,
Amanda Mummert, Foundation Director
Kelly Brown, Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
[email protected]
Brigance Brigade Foundation 5.7k Championship Event Details:
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
What: #RaceforALS 5.7k Championship Run/Walk, proceeds from which benefit the Brigance
Brigade Foundation which equips, encourages, and empowers people living with ALS and their
families.
Events of the day include:
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Timed 5.7k run/race
1.57 mile walk
Kids’ fun run and Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield KidZone
98 Rock DJ Matt Davis
Celebration Village with food vendors, your favorite local mascots, run/walk dedication
station and more!
When: Sunday, April 30th at 9AM – just in time to kick off ALS Awareness Month! Runners and
walkers begin at 8am.
Where: Start line, Finish line at Canton Waterfront Park: 3001 Boston St, Baltimore, MD 21224. Free
parking generously sponsored by COPT available at Canton Crossing Waterfront Parking lot until
2pm (1400 – 1500 South Clinton Street)
How: Register to race/walk and fundraise online: www.brigancebrigade.org
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Sample social media posts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn).
To post these: log in, copy the message you like below, and paste as a status or update!
I just registered to #RaceforALS at the Brigance Brigade Foundation 5.7K Championship Event!
Join me! http://www.brigancebrigade.org/brigance-brigade-foundation-5.7k
This year the #RaceforALS goal is to raise $220,000 to battle #ALS. Support my team, [INSERT
TEAM NAME], today and help us CRUSH ALS with the Brigance Brigade! [INSERT FUNDRAISING
PAGE LINK]
Calling all friends and family – support my team, [INSERT TEAM NAME] reach its goal of $[INSERT
GOAL] today! And join us on Sunday, April 30th to #RaceforALS!
http://www.brigancebrigade.org/brigance-brigade-foundation-5.7k
Walking, shopping, bathing, writing by hand, cooking, swallowing, breathing, speaking. If you
can do ANY of these (or all of them), you are blessed with more functioning than most living with
late-stage #ALS. Support the Brigance Brigade Foundation and people battling ALS in our
community by donating to my #RaceforALS team. [INSERT FUNDRAISING PAGE LINK]
Every dollar counts! Can you donate your morning cup of coffee to support ALS families?
Support my #RaceforALS at the Brigance Brigade Foundation’s 5.7k Championship Event!
[INSERT FUNDRAISING PAGE LINK]
Have you read this inspiring article about Brigance Brigade Foundation co-founder, O.J.
Brigance? THIS is why we #RaceforALS on Sunday, April 30th. I challenge you to donate just $10
TODAY to help people who are battling ALS. [INSERT FUNDRAISING PAGE LINK]
I am doing the #RaceforALS in honor of [INSERT NAME HERE]. On Sunday, April 30 th we race for
those who battle #ALS. Join me. http://www.brigancebrigade.org/brigance-brigadefoundation-5.7k
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Sample email messages:
Message to encourage people to race/walk with your team OR make a donation to support
your fundraising goal:
Hi there!
On Sunday, April 30th my team [INSERT TEAM NAME] is attending the Brigance Brigade
Foundation 5.7k Championship Event at Canton Waterfront Park. Together, with O.J. and
Chanda Brigance, the Foundation’s sponsor partners, and many other participants, we have set
a goal to raise $220,000 while we #RaceforALS to equip, encourage, and empower people
living with ALS in our community.
But we cannot do all of that alone. We need YOUR help. Please join us!
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Register for the race and fundraise with my team! (Select “Click Here to Register to
#RaceforALS,” select your race option (5.7K or 1.57 Mile) and
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Not a racer? Contribute to my team! [INSERT YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE HERE]
Thank you in advance for your compassionate support of people living with ALS in our
community.
[YOUR NAME HERE]
Background Information
O.J. Brigance attended Rice University as a linebacker, and continued on to play with the NFL
four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. In 2000, he joined the Baltimore Ravens, helping them to
win the Super Bowl. After retiring from the NFL, Brigance re-joined the Ravens in the front office,
today continuing to serve as Senior Advisor to Player Development. In 2007, Brigance was
diagnosed with ALS and in 2008, he and his wife, Chanda, established the Brigance Brigade
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Foundation, which supports those with ALS and their families through the provision of medical
equipment, resource guidance, and support services.
This year, O.J. and Chanda mark the ten year anniversary since O.J. was first diagnosed with
ALS. The Brigance Brigade Foundation is dedicating our efforts in 2017 to honoring his decade of
strength and advocacy in the ALS community.
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and is a progressive,
degenerative neuromuscular disorder that robs its victims of the ability to walk, talk, breathe,
and swallow. There is no known cause or cure.
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Message to encourage people to donate to your fundraising efforts:
Hello!
My #RaceforALS team, [INSERT TEAM NAME], has raised $[INSERT AMOUNT RAISED] so far, to
support the Brigance Brigade battle against ALS. If you have made a contribution – thank you! If
you have not yet contributed, please do so. Every dollar counts.
Contribute to my team here: [INSERT FUNDRAISING PAGE LINK]
Thank you in advance for your support of people living with ALS!
[YOUR NAME HERE]
Background Information
O.J. Brigance attended Rice University as a linebacker, and continued on to play with the NFL
four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. In 2000, he joined the Baltimore Ravens, helping them to
win the Super Bowl. After retiring from the NFL, Brigance re-joined the Ravens in the front office,
today continuing to serve as Senior Advisor to Player Development. In 2007, Brigance was
diagnosed with ALS and in 2008, he and his wife, Chanda, established the Brigance Brigade
Foundation, which supports those with ALS and their families through the provision of medical
equipment, resource guidance, and support services.
This year, O.J. and Chanda mark the ten year anniversary since O.J. was first diagnosed with
ALS. The Brigance Brigade Foundation is dedicating our efforts in 2017 to honoring his decade of
strength and advocacy in the ALS community.
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and is a progressive,
degenerative neuromuscular disorder that robs its victims of the ability to walk, talk, breathe,
and swallow. There is no known cause or cure.
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Message to encourage people to donate to your team:
Hi there,
ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive, degenerative disorder. What does that mean?
Here are a few insights:
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Over a period of months or years, ALS causes increasing muscle weakness, inability to
control movement, and problems with speaking, swallowing, and breathing.
The first sign of ALS is usually slight weakness in one leg, one hand, the face, or the
tongue.
Other problems may include increasing clumsiness and difficulty performing tasks that
require precise movements of the fingers and hands. Frequent muscle twitching may
occur.
The weakness slowly spreads to the arms and legs over a period of months or years.
Those who so choose often require a wheelchair, breathing machine, communication
device that recognizes eye movement, and feeding tube.
On Sunday, April 30th, my #RaceforALS team will be participating in the Brigance Brigade
Foundation’s 5.7k Championship Event to battle ALS.
Please help us to reach our goal of $[INSERT FUNDRAISING GOAL] by making a donation of $5,
$10, or $25. We owe it to people living with ALS everywhere.
Thank you in advance for your help,
[YOUR NAME]
Background Information
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
O.J. Brigance attended Rice University as a linebacker, and continued on to play with the NFL
four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. In 2000, he joined the Baltimore Ravens, helping them to
win the Super Bowl. After retiring from the NFL, Brigance re-joined the Ravens in the front office,
today continuing to serve as Senior Advisor to Player Development. In 2007, Brigance was
diagnosed with ALS and in 2008, he and his wife, Chanda, established the Brigance Brigade
Foundation, which supports those with ALS and their families through the provision of medical
equipment, resource guidance, and support services.
This year, O.J. and Chanda mark the ten year anniversary since O.J. was first diagnosed with
ALS. The Brigance Brigade Foundation is dedicating our efforts in 2017 to honoring his decade of
strength and advocacy in the ALS community.
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and is a progressive,
degenerative neuromuscular disorder that robs its victims of the ability to walk, talk, breathe,
and swallow. There is no known cause or cure.
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
Sample letter:
Message to ask people to join your team OR donate:
Hi there!
On Sunday, April 30th, my team [INSERT TEAM NAME] is attending the Brigance Brigade
Foundation 5.7k Championship Event at Canton Waterfront Park. Together, with O.J. and
Chanda Brigance, the Foundation’s sponsor partners, and many other participants, we have set
a goal to raise $220,000 while we race for ALS to equip, encourage, and empower people living
with ALS in our community.
But we cannot do all of that alone. We need YOUR help. Please join us!
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Register for the race or walk with my team! See information about the race and the link
to register here: www.brigancebrigade.org or call the Brigance Brigade Foundation
office for more information: 410-878-2030
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Contribute to my fundraising efforts! [INSERT FUNDRAISING PAGE HERE] or call me to give
your pledge of support: [INSERT YOUR PHONE NUMBER HERE]
Thank you in advance for your compassionate support of people living with ALS in our
community.
[YOUR NAME HERE]
Background Information
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade
O.J. Brigance attended Rice University as a linebacker, and continued on to play with the NFL
four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. In 2000, he joined the Baltimore Ravens, helping them to
win the Super Bowl. After retiring from the NFL, Brigance re-joined the Ravens in the front office,
today continuing to serve as Senior Advisor to Player Development. In 2007, Brigance was
diagnosed with ALS and in 2008, he and his wife, Chanda, established the Brigance Brigade
Foundation, which supports those with ALS and their families through the provision of medical
equipment, resource guidance, and support services.
This year, O.J. and Chanda mark the ten year anniversary since O.J. was first diagnosed with
ALS. The Brigance Brigade Foundation is dedicating our efforts in 2017 to honoring his decade of
strength and advocacy in the ALS community.
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and is a progressive,
degenerative neuromuscular disorder that robs its victims of the ability to walk, talk, breathe,
and swallow. There is no known cause or cure.
www.brigancebrigade.org
Facebook.com/BriganceBrigade
@BriganceBrigade