| TOGETHER FOR THE CURE. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Envision a world without breast cancer!
Join our mission to end breast cancer forever by participating in the
Friends for the Cure® fundraising program. You can raise funds by collecting
donations from your friends, family, classmates and co-workers.
 Susan
G. Komen for the Cure Received Distinguished 4-Star Rating from Charity
Navigator, America’s Largest Independent Evaluator of Charities. Charity
Navigator’s recent awarding of four out of a possible four stars
indicates that Susan G. Komen for the Cure excels, as compared to
other charities in America, in successfully managing organizational finances
in an efficient and effective manner.
The Power of 10: If you ask 10 people to donate $10 each in your
honor, you will raise $100. If each of the expected 19,000 Race participants
raised $100, we would have $1,900,000 to fight breast cancer in Tarrant
County!
For more information contact: info@komentarrant.org or call 817-735-8580.
Join the 2008 Pink Ribbon
Honor Roll!
Have fun eradicating breast cancer!
Become a member of the 2008 Pink Ribbon Honor Roll by raising enough
money to be among the top 50 participants! Last year, our Pink Ribbon
Honor Roll raised $161,855! Each year the Pink Ribbon Honor Roll members
are invited to attend a special lunch in their honor after the Friends
for the Cure® fundraising program closes.
2008 Pink Ribbon Honor Roll members will be announced when Friends for the Cure fundraising ends at noon on May 15th. The luncheon will be held on Thursday, May 22nd. Hope to see you there!
Look for 2007 Pink Ribbon Honor Roll members on Race Day. They will be wearing a Top 50 button!
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1 Joan Soria |
11 Carrie Hyman |
21 Carisa Winters |
31 Cynthia Roberts |
41 Molly Pranke |
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2 Jan Grant |
12 Jay Ward |
22 Rhonda Boswell |
32 Anita Rasmussen |
42 Sally Lunsford |
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3 Caren Lee |
13 Bonnie Soyster |
23 Sarah Cantrell |
33 Debbie Holt |
43 Michele Brooks |
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4 Stacy Wells |
14 Jan Joplin |
24 Brian Lixey |
34 Barbara Mitchell |
44 Beth Rivers |
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5 Jeanne Duke |
15 Joanne McClendon |
25 Emily Bintliff |
35 Sandi Kennedy |
45 Amy Kitzmiller |
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6 Amy Morrison |
16 Melanie Burrow |
26 Whit Smith |
36 Cherie Rodenburgh |
46 Kathy Abelanet |
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7 Jessica Davis |
17 Cindy Morrison |
27 Carson Wersal |
37 Whitney Johannessen |
47 Graham Baker |
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8 Kelly Klein |
18 Helen Hopkins |
28 Lisa McMillan |
38 Elizabeth Rowland |
48 Jill Taylor Gordon |
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9 Cheryl Beamesderfer |
19 Susan Boysen |
29 Heather Holland |
39 Kendra Murrill |
49 Nicole Hundley |
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10 John Black |
20 Susie Shields |
30 Marguerite Rose |
40 Lynn Sisk |
50 Cathey Wilson |
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Win Prizes!
All individual online participants and online fundraisers are eligible
for prizes based on the amount raised. An individual’s prize level will
be determined based on funds received by Komen Tarrant County by 12:00
noon May 15, 2008. Prizes will be awarded for the following:
Prizes will be given for the top fundraisers:
1st Prize
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- 5000 Model
- Most Popular, Now with Enhanced Comfort and Breathability
- European-style™ Pillowtop features a plush 11 inch mattress.
- Sleep Number Firmness Control™ System provides quick and whisper-quiet adjustments to your Sleep Number.
- 2 inch topper in our exclusive Intralux® Plus comfort material offers three different zones to more naturally support the curves of your body.
- Hypersoft™ quilting foam and generous polyester fiberfill enhance the softness of the Pillowtop.
- 3-D spacer-knit fabric creates air circulation for more comfortable sleep.
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| 2nd Prize |
| 3rd Prize |
| Top Survivor Fundraiser |
| Top In the Pink® Fundraiser |
| Top Sleep for the Cure Fundraiser |
| Top Fundraising Team |
In addition prizes will be given if you raise:
$5,000+
$3,000 - $4,999
$1,000 - $2,9999
$500 - $999
To be eligible for prizes, funds must be received no later than May
15, 2008 at 12:00 noon.
Prizes will include items and/or gift cards from Select Comfort - The
Sleep Number® Store, Ridgmar Mall, Haltom's Jewelers, Kroger, New Balance
DFW and Cantina Laredo! Complete prize list coming soon!
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Find Out How to Participate
Race Participants
My Race Center (your personal webpage)
Directions for Offline Donations
Race Participants
Register online and a personal
web page will be automatically created for you. You can walk, run or Sleep
In for the Cure and raise funds individually, or pool your funds together
with teammates when you form a team. Prizes are awarded for the top team
and top individual fundraising that exceeds $500.
My Race Center (your personal webpage)
Your personal web page can be customized by uploading personal photos
and writing text about why you participate in the Race or Friends for
the Cure®. You can send emails from your webpage to friends, family members,
and co-workers asking them to support you by making an online donation.
Log
in here to start fundraising online today! Every time you are on our
website simply click the Member Login at the top of any page. You will
then see the link for My Race Center at the top of every page.
Online donations are the easiest method to raise money. There is no bookkeeping
required, no funds to keep up with or wait time to see donations online.
Download personal business
cards that you can use to promote your fundraising efforts.
Directions for Offline Donations
1. Offline donations (checks and/or money orders, please do not mail
cash) should be turned in with an official Friends for the Cure® form.
If the form is not attached, please be sure a note is attached indicating
that the funds are being made in honor of you to ensure correct posting.
Friends for the Cure® Form
• Use ONLY for funds that are not collected online.
• Download an off-line pledge form here.
• Print legibly and list each donation separately on the form.
• Make checks payable to Komen Tarrant County Race for the Cure®.
• Multiple pages may be used!
• Mail it to:
Tarrant County Race for the Cure
PO Box 101568
Fort Worth, TX 76185.
Please do not mail cash.
Take your pledge form everywhere you go. Many people will be grateful
for the opportunity to contribute to the cause.
2. The form and donations must be received at the Komen Tarrant County
office NO LATER THAN May 15, 2008 at 12:00 noon in order to be counted
toward prizes and Pink Ribbon Honor Roll membership.
3. Offline donations will be posted online for registered participants and may take up to 10 days
to be posted. Registered participants may post the donations online and they will be confirmed
when received.
Donations received after the deadline will not be posted online nor will
they be counted toward your fundraising total for prize eligibility. However,
the donations are very much appreciated, as they will help us Eradicate
Breast Cancer as a Life Threatening Disease!
Encourage your donors to make their donations online! It's fast, easy
and safe!
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Fundraising Tips
Now learn how you can help with the vision: A World Without Breast Cancer.
Ways to make your fundraising fun and easy!
- Use the web page created for you when you register / sign up online
to be a fundraiser OR modify it to include more personal information about
your effort!
- Use the email created for you to send to friends, family members and
co-workers asking them to sponsor you in your effort.
- Modify the email to make it more personal!
- Remember people wait to be asked and statistics
show 65% say yes!
- Don’t forget to tell them about the 4 out
of 4 Star Rating Charity Navigator has recently given to Komen!
- Ask for a specific amount so they will not
have to think about it.
- Send thank you emails to people donating on your behalf. Use the email
provided in your Race Center or a personal message.
- Send updates to your email list telling them how you are doing. Suggest
they still have time to make a donation on your behalf if they have not
already done so.
- Don’t have their email address? Print “business” cards that can be
downloaded from the link above and hand them out asking your contacts
to participate in your fundraising effort.
- Should anyone be reluctant to donate online, carry the Friends for
the Cure fundraising form with you and suggest they give you a check made
out to Komen Tarrant County for the Cure®,
- Bake cookies and sell them at work – tell your co-workers your purpose!
- Have a garage sale and use the proceeds as a donation. Have a sign
that tells your customers what you are doing!
- Ask your employer to sponsor your effort.
- Form a team and ask your teammates to help with the fundraising effort.
For more information contact
info@komentarrant.org or call 817-989-CURE.
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