Getting Started

Individual Participants
If you have not yet registered online, take a moment and Register Today.  Once you have registered, you can take advantage of easy-to-use fundraising tools and make your own personal website in the Participant Center. From there you can:

• Import email contact and send messages to friends and family to request support
• Monitor your fundraising progress
• Upload photos
• Send thank you messages to people who have contributed to your fundraising total

Start A Team
Gather family, friends, coworkers, club members, church groups or sports team members and rally them together to reach a collective fundraising goal. Register your team today. Use the Participant Center to monitor your teams progress and send messages to friend and family to let them appeal to them for support. The more people on your team, the more creative ideas you may have for fundraising! You can also keep each other motivated team members and continue your great work until you reach your team goal.

Fundraising Tools

Pledge sheets
Record offline donations from people who are pledging you.  Download as many as you need.  Make sure to bring your pledge sheets with you to the Walk and make copies for your records.
DOWNLOAD PLEDGE SHEET

Sample fundraising letter
Here's an example of a letter to send to friends, family and others who might donate to your efforts.  Or share your own story and reasons for walking.  No one can tell your story better than you!
DOWNLOAD SAMPLE FUNDRAISING LETTER

Looking for tips on how to secure donations?
We have suggestions and tips to remember to help you in your fundraising efforts.
DOWNLOAD FUNDRAISING TIPS

Check out more tips from our top fundraising walker Michael Bersch!

Have fundraising tips you'd like to share?  Email us at aidswalkwisconsin@arcw.org.

Create your own event to raise pledges.
Third party events are created and coordinated by volunteers just like you.  These independent events are a great way to raise donations and help you meet your fundraising goal.
DOWNLOAD THIRD PARTY EVENT IDEAS

We're always looking for more ideas to share.  If you've put on a successful event to raise pledges for the Walk, let us know.  Email aidswalkwisconsin@arcw.org.

Looking for thank you receipts?
Thank you receipts are a convenient way to give people who pledge you a record of their donation. Download as many sheets as you need. Each sheet has three receipt slips. Simply cut on the dotted line.
DOWNLOAD THANK YOU RECEIPT SHEETS   

Good luck fundraising!