Registration Sponsorship Proposal Strides of Hope

What is Strides of Hope? A marathon training program organized by Asha for Education-Austin chapter in collaboration with Rogue Training Systems to: –Encourage people to take up running to get fit –Get runners together as a team, fostering stronger community relations –Raise awareness and funds for educational projects of Asha

What is Asha for Education? Asha is a non-profit 501c(3) organization with – zero administrative overheads – no religious or political affiliations – ranked 1 in non-profits by Charity Navigator –over 40 chapters in the US that support over 300 educational projects in India. and is composed entirely of unpaid volunteers. Mission statement: To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children.

Strides of Hope – The Training Program The program is designed to train (primarily first time) runners to successfully complete a full or half marathon in Austin. Coach Steve Sisson, Director, Rogue Training Systems, is coordinating the training program The group runs every week at various locations in Austin Asha & RunTex provide logistical support during the group runs

Strides of Hope – Fundraising Each (team Asha) runner gets a dedicated webpage on the Strides of Hope website. The runners use the webpage to put up their motivation behind running a marathon, their fundraising and running progress and other personal reflections They forward this webpage to their family, friends and coworkers and raise funds towards the cause In the last two years team asha has had 32 runners who have raised over $80,000. All proceeds will go directly towards educational projects

Sponsorship requested from Motive Sponsorship to cover the race registration of the Motive Half-Marathon for Team Asha runners.

Sponsor Benefits Prominent mention on the Strides of Hope website Logo on Tech-Tees that the group runs with each year.

Why sponsor Team Asha? Helps Austin get fit Publicity is not just during a single event but spans over a period of months Online fundraising allows donors to view Motive’s contribution to the effort Helps Asha for Education raise over $50,000 for underprivileged children Shows global leadership as being a company that thinks globally and acts locally