The Race With Grace (Sunday, April 26th)
Hello all,
There is a great event coming up in just three weeks that I am hopeful many of you can get behind... The Race with Grace! The Race With Grace event is designed to cheer her on as she faces incredible challenges every day and make sure she knows she is not alone. We also hope to raise funds to help with some of her family’s expenses, including an accessible van.
The Race With Grace is on Sunday April 26 at the San Marcos High School track. The fun filled day will include a fun run/walk/skip for individuals and teams. Teams of neighbors, friends or coworkers will enough participation to cover a collective 104 collective laps (104 laps = 26 miles) as symbolic support of Gracie’s own marathon to beat AFM! Along with live music, food and awesome prizes, there will be free haircuts by Arturo’s Barbers and Hair/Nail Art!
How Can YOU Help?
1. Join or Set Up a Team and Start Fundraising for Gracie.
- Go to https://crowdrise.com/RaceWithGrace to begin.
- Click the pink “REGISTER or Fundraise” box
- Click “REGISTER to ATTEND”
- Click “Next Step”
- Select “Join A TEAM” or “CREATE A TEAM” and then type in your Team Name. Upload a profile picture for your team and yourself.
- Note: You’ll be starting a fundraiser within the larger Race With Grace Fundraiser. Once you are registered with a team, give your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers a direct link to your team’s fundraising page via email and social media to raise funds.
2. Donate to a team member or the general fund.
Go to https://crowdrise.com/RaceWithGrace and click the purple DONATE box, or mail us a check (recommended for $300 +). Checks may be remitted to: SBFFA Charity Fund, PO Box 60638, SB CA 93160. Team captains can enter your check as an offline donation at Crowdrise in Manage Campaign section, then Donations Toolkit.
3. Sponsor the Event with Prizes or Services.
We welcome all levels of sponsorships and will provide name recognition in all media and event materials to those giving $750 or more in cash or prizes. See attached form for details or contact Mary Ann at (805) 729-2702 for more info.
Worth noting:
- When donating online, we recommend NOT giving the extra 10% suggested by Crowdrise. It goes directly to Crowdrise and we already pay them 5% to use their site.
- This event is co-sponsored by SB City Firefighters Association Charity Fund. All contributions are 501c3 tax deductible (Tax ID 76-0797274). 100% of funds raised will go directly to the Fishers.
- You may fundraise for the event even if you are unable to attend. Choose “Fundraise Only” after selecting the Register button.
- On the event registration page we asked number of people they are registering, i.e. a family unit, but only one tee shirt size is asked. Better to register each person attending individually (there is no cost to register) so we know your shirt size.
- Attendees raising $104 or more will get a free Race With Grace tee shirt!
Thank you for helping make this an awesome event!
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Comments (3)
I am going to be there with bells on!
Great event organized by the Santa Barbara Firefighters Association and Friends of Gracie. We hope you can grab your sports teams, family, friends, book clubs, church groups, and join us for a wonderful community event supporting the Fishers. It's easy to register and to form teams...all website based! There will be awesome music and food as well starting at 900a and lasting until 500p. Come out at any time, stay as long as you like and support the Fishers! Help us purchase a van for Gracie!
Hi Paul,, Thanks for all you have done to help the Fishers. Your help has been invaluable to them. I live in Colorado and want to make a donation by check. Can you tell me who to make the check out to? Thanks again. Joanne Leopold