Information and Registration packets will be sent home with students on September 21. Four forms inside the clasp envelope are:
- Information/Instruction form (double sided)
- Registration ‘Sneaker’
- Pledge slips – 6 small sneakers per page
- Pledge Tracking Form
The information form outlines details about the event, instructions for parents and students, information on challenges/prizes and a timeline. The fundraising format is to have students gather cash/check pledges in return for focusing on their health by completing a walk around Armatage Park on October 27th. The pledge money they collect will go 100% to programs and services at Armatage School. Our goal for the event is $16,000 – the same amount achieved through merchandise sales by Armatage students last year.
Please return the Registration sneaker by October 4th if your child plans to gather ANY pledges for the event. We want to provide a Walk Day T-shirt to every child who turns in pledge money and need an early count for ordering. PLUS – the first class that returns all of its Registration sneakers will win a prize for each child in that class.
The 25$ pledge slips will help us to track pledge amounts prior to turning in money on October 22. They will also be used as raffle chances to win a prize each week of the fundraiser, so – the more money each child raises, the more slips you turn in and the greater the chances of winning individual prize and class prizes. If you did not receive a Registration packet or are missing any of the forms, please contact Dawn Lemke or Tina Erazmus. Additional packets and forms will be available in the main office.
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I have now gone through all the printed and on-line material and nowhere does it say what the Fun Walk is!! I can't tell if it's a walk of a particular distance, a particular length of time, or do you walk 'til you drop!
If we are expecting kids to collect pledges, it is imperative that they (and the donors) know what it is they are collecting pledges for. Please immediately remedy this lack of communication.
We'll have two walking paths for the kids - once around the perimeter of Armatage Park for the older kids (it's about a mile) and a half size route for the younger ones. We also hope to have other health related activities and booths there for them to
explore. So the goal is to walk, on that day, the route best suited to
their age. Not a long walk but one that almost everyone can accomplish.
I hope this helps - let me know if you have any other questions. I will get a positn gon eth blog to share this info wiht otehr swho may have the same question. I'm excited to get this off the ground - and start learning what to change so next year's event can be
even better!
Thanks so much! Dawn Lemke
I think that there should be the option to go around more than once for more pledges. I also think there should be an option to run if that can gain more pledges. It's nice to have full participation by walking once, but it is also nice to physically challenge those who would feel more accomplishment that way as well as make financial challenges.
Those ideas sound like great ways for kids to 'sell' their physical fitness in order to increase pledges!
Prizes may be awarded to children who put in extra “steps,” but pledges are earned for overall participation.
If an accomplishment-based sponsorship arrangement is preferred (that is, pledge per mile, step, or minute, running vs walking), that is perfectly acceptable. The idea is to set the children up for success and to enjoy their day of fitness and family and community togetherness.
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