Monday, October 14, 2013

The 2013 Challenge Walk is Over…Now What?

by Marian Rezel

Celebrate and share pictures
  • Send your supporters a thank you card. Include how much $$ the walk raised or how much $$ you or your team raised. Include a photo from the event. Supporters really appreciate this and are more likely to support you next year. 

Members of Marian's team at the
Challenge Walk MS 2013 finish line.

Plan for next year
  • On our way home from Door County to Milwaukee in Car #1, two of my daughters brainstormed ideas for a rest-stop for next year. Meanwhile in Car #2, my other daughter and I talked about what went best and what we could improve on for next year.   
  • Plan fund-raising ideas for next year. I am back at my sewing machine, filling orders for hand-made purses and aprons. I’m hoping to actually get ahead this year and open an Etsy shop on-line. We are also finishing the final hand knit hat orders for Tadpoles in Delafield, Wis. The lovely shop owners have been supporting our mission for the past three years; stop in if you are in the Delafield area.
  • We are also planning a major fund-raising event in the Milwaukee area, more to come on that as soon as it develops. 


Keep connected
  • Read the blog, go ahead and post a comment or two, too (or is it tu-tu?). We love hearing back from you.
  • Create a Facebook group for your team. It’s an easy way to share thoughts and ideas and plan fundraising.
  • Participate in another MS event. My girls and I participate in Walk MS each spring and sponsored a rest stop at the Bike MS: Best Dam Bike Ride last summer (awesome, going to do that again).  Don’t forget the MS Snowmobile Tour January 23-25, 2014.  

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