Step 1: Get Organized
Step 3: Raise Funds
Develop a campaign plan, secure
CEO-top management support, recruit
co-captains, secure incentives
(parking spot, extra vacation day), set
goal (20% of employees raising
money at $200 per walker); finalize
March for Babies day activities
(company picnic or team tent).
Encourage each walker to reach a
goal of $200 by contacting family and
friends; promote friendly competition
between departments; track and
celebrate results; use online reports to
highlight top fundraisers.
Step 2: Kick-Off Your
Campaign
Join us for one of the country’s most
beautiful and picturesque March for
Babies events starting in Hugh
Taylor Birch State Park on Sunrise
Boulevard and continuing down
scenic A1A and Fort Lauderdale’s
world-famous beaches.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Registration
8:30 a.m.
Walk Begins
Sign up!
www.marchforbabies.org
Visit us!
www.marchofdimes.com/florida
Call us!
March of Dimes Broward Division
954-772-2290.
Recruit a team ambassador to help
inspire your team; organize a
company kick-off rally with CEO, team
ambassador or March of Dimes
representative; ask CEO to sign a
company-wide e-mail or memo
encourage fundraising; use voicemail,
e-mail, memos and bulletin boards to
encourage sign-ups; update your
company’s online team page.
Signing up, managing your team and
monitoring your team’s progress is easy
to do. At marchforbabies.org, you’ll find
everything you need to help your team
succeed. In a case study of walkers
raising funds online versus wraparound
focused fundraising (canisters, raffles,
bake sales, cutouts, etc.), the online
focus raised $12,500 (50 walkers @
$250 online average) and the wraparound raised $3,065. Raising online is
the best strategy. E-mail your family,
friends and colleagues and get them
involved with you today.
Step 4: Organize Final Stretch
Send last minute reminders to team;
arrange to submit cash and check
donations on Bank Day to local March
of Dimes office; obtain company signsbanners to promote the team at the
event.
Step 5: Share Your
Appreciation
Send thank-you notes to everyone;
share photos; praise the team in your
newsletter and local newspapers.
American General Life
Bank of America
Baxter Latin America
Broward College
Broward Health
Cigna-Cigna Dental
City County Credit Union
Citibank-Citi-Financial
DHL
Farmers Insurance
FedEx
H&R Block Broward
Hilton Marina Fort Lauderdale
Kmart
Macy’s
Nova Southeastern University
Plantation General Hospital
Publix (April 9)
Simplex-Grinnell
The Crexent Business Centers
Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company
Watson Pharmaceutical
Wiltman, Weinberg & Reese
Broward Launches Family Council for 2011 March for Babies
Family teams are at the heart of the March of
Dimes’ mission so it’s no surprise family teams
are also front and center at March for Babies.
This year, the Broward Division once again
formed a Family Team Council to plan and lead
its family team activities during its largest
fundraiser of the year.
“Go online! I really took advantage
of the tools at marchforbabies.org.
I used the dashboard to invite team
members, ask for donations and
send thank you notes. And I used
the Facebook application to reach
out to even more people!”
The average family team walker
raises $300. Here are some great
examples to accomplish this.
Start with your own $25 donation
Ask four friends for $25
$100
Ask two family members for $20
Ask a grandparent for $25
Ask four co-workers for $10
Ask three neighbors for $10
Ask your doctor for $25
Ask a local merchant for $15
Total raised
$25
$40
$25
$40
$30
$25
$15
Preemie Princess
Sheeran Family
Spider’s Hope
CS Moms
Marchin for Monkey
To Remember Evelyn
The Fab Five Less One!
It’s All About the Babies 2
Team Jade
Team Jayden
“Each of these families stepping forward
have a heart-warming connection to the
March of Dimes,” explained Frank P. Nask,
CEO, Broward Health and 2011 March for
Babies Chair. “Most have been with us for
several years and wanted to continue to support and lead our local efforts
for stronger and healthier babies. I applaud and thank them for taking on
this important role and I invite others to join them.”
Current 2011 Family Team Council members include Lois Beck (Hollywood),
Amanda Brady (Hollywood), Mary Kate Corbyons (Pembroke Pines), Susie
Elmore - 2011 Broward County Ambassador Family (Plantation), Evette
Guralnick (Coral Springs), Bobbi Hayes, Janel and Shai Habosha
(Pembroke Pines), Colleen & Susan Rossano (Davie), Noelia Tryon (Davie)
and Sandy Woodward (Hollywood).
If you would like to join the 2011 Family Team Council or need assistance
with your Family Team, please contact Liz Ramon, March for Babies Family
Team Specialist at 954-324-7266.
$300
The money you raise in March for
Babies funds important research and
programs like the 39-Week Toolkit
Initiative. Together we’re making a
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Supported by the March of Dimes’ Family Team
Specialist, the 12-member Council is comprised of area families who wanted
to take a leadership role in mentoring and
coaching new and returning family teams
and in organizing family team logistics and
activities for March for Babies walk day.
Denim 4 Dimes
Flip for Babies
Friday, April 8, 2011
6:00 p.m.
Bokampers Sports Bar & Grill
1280 S. Pine Island Road,
Plantation, FL 33334
Contact: Susie Elmore
954-895-8302
Saturday, April 16, 2011
2 - 4 p.m.
$10 donation
The Little Gym of Pembroke Pines
17771 SW 2 Street, Pembroke Pines
Contact: Janel Habosha
954-336-1351
All Day Dining to Benefit
March of Dimes
Fundraiser Night
Monday, April 11, 2011
11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Chili’s
13610 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines
Contact: Janel Habosha
954-336-1351
Saturday, April 16, 2011
5:00 p.m.
Live Band, Raffles, Prizes, Dinner,
Drinks & More!
Mickey Burns Irish Pub
1921 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Contact: Holly Reeves
[email protected]
As a token of appreciation,
March of Dimes offers the
following incentives
for your donations.
Submit your funds to the office
anytime or on BANK DAY,
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Raise $200, receive a March for
Babies T-shirt
Raise $350, receive a $15 Gift Card
and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $500, receive a $25 Gift Card
and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $1,000, receive a $50 Gift
Card and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $2,500, receive a $125 Gift
Card and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $5,000, receive a $250 Gift
Card and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $10,000, receive a $500 Gift
Card and March for Babies T-shirt
Raise $20,000, receive a $600 Gift
Card and March for Babies T-shirt
Online fundraising is optional, but the average
participant raises more money online with less
effort because donors can pay online by credit
card or by PayPal.
Be sure to use offline fundraising in combination
with online as some people prefer being
approached in person.
Choice of Kmart or Macy’s Gift Card
While much of the focus in pregnancy occurs after conception, a woman
having a healthy lifestyle and making good choices for her own body
before conception is also very important to a healthy birth outcome.
The Center for Diseases Control emphasizes preconception care to
reduce risk factors for poor pregnancy outcomes and has identified the
interconception period - the time between the end of one pregnancy and
the conception of the next - as being a very important part of the
preconception care framework.
March of Dimes is supporting projects that provide interconception
care
for
high-risk
women
in
Florida.
Women with a previous
poor birth outcome are
contacted while their
babies are still in
neonatal intensive care
units, and supported for
12 months postpartum.
Services
include
education, counseling
and support to assist
women
in
making
positive
lifestyle
changes that have the
potential to enhance
their own health status
a nd
f ut ur e
bi r t h
outcomes.
Every woman can
take steps to increase
her chances of having a healthy baby. Taking a multi-vitamin with 400 mcg
of folic acid every day prior to conception can reduce the risk of having a
baby with a defect of the brain or spine. Additional steps include eating
well and maintaining a healthy body weight, avoiding alcohol, and quitting
smoking. These are interventions we have come to call preconception
care. The take home message for women is, “Be as healthy as you can be
before pregnancy.”
For more information visit marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/getready.