1. St. Jude Washington to Peoria Run
February 19th
Five Points Washington

2. 2016 Run

4. Introductions Run Coordinators Committee members Participants
Dominic Lang
Jack Stone
Committee members
Kate Lang – Runner Coordinator
Heather Williamson – Volunteer/ Fundraiser Coordinator
Erinn Reising – Fundraiser Coordinator
Brett Brown – Vehicle / Route Coordinator
Brandon Pauli – Treasurer
Participants
First year runner or how long have you been with the run?

5. Mission
The purpose of this running event is to help support children and their families by raising donations to pay for expenses, to fund research and the care of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

6. History 10th year for the Washington Run $1.38 million raised to date
$265,000 raised in 2016
St. Jude Runs
1982
35 years
Total = $41 million
2016 = $5.06 million

8. Getting Started Fundraising minimum How to sign up?
$1000
How to sign up?
Find city and select register
How to raise money?
Letter writing – stationery provided
Online fundraising – peoriaruns.stjude.org
Neighborhood collection
Employer matching programs

9. Corporate Matching Gifts
Fundraising
Corporate Matching Gifts
Letters – USPS mail
Return address
Be sure to include your address on the return envelope!
Return envelop with your return address (stamp – optional but helpful)

10. Fundraising Ideas Dress down day per week or month at work
Corporate matching gifts – your employer or donator’s employees
Donation cups at work with permission
Garage Sales
Car washes
Etc.

11. Matching Gift Companies
 Advanced Technical Services  AIG  Alliant Energy  American Eagles Outfitters  Aon  Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund  Bank of America  Baxter  BNSF Railway  Boeing  BP  C. R. Bard
 GEICO
 Grainger
 IBM
 Illinois Mutual
 Ingredion
 Illinois Tool Works
 JP Morgan Chase
 Lincoln Financial Group
 Macy’s
 McKesson
 McMaster-Carr Supply Company
 Microsoft
 Monsanto
 Morgan Stanley
 NRG Energy
 Pfizer
 Progressive
 RLI
 Starcom MediaVest Group
 State Farm
 TRUiST
 Unilever
 Union Pacific Corporation
 Wal-Mart
 Wells Fargo
 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Received matching gifts from those in bold

12. Money Procedures What to do with donations? How to make a deposit?
Turn cash/checks in to Dominic/Jack or any committee member
Donations given through the online fundraising site will automatically be credited towards your fundraising.
How to make a deposit?
Once the donations are turned in, the run coordinators will make the deposits and each runner will be credited.
Jack, Dominic, and Brandon record all donations of $250 or more so there is no need to record that

13. Run Format How does the run work? Relay-style
Run is divided into 20 legs (1 to 2.4 miles)
Can run as many or few as you want
Most legs are at 11:00 – 11:30 pace
Two legs are fast legs at 8:30 pace
Caravan Order
Police Escort
Runners
Chase Vehicle
Fast as the slowest runner!

14. Day of Expectations Departure time Arrival time at Civic Center
Transportation
Food/drink
Route
Run segments

15. Event Overview Date – Saturday, August 5th
Where – Five Points Washington South Lot
Time -8:00 Volunteers arrive
-8:30 Runners arrive
-10:00 Approximate start time
-4:30 Approximate Peoria Civic Center lot arrival

16. Event Overview Transportation
Parking available at Washington High School west lot
Transportation home from Civic Center will be available. More info on this at the mandatory meetings
Food and Drink
Water and Gatorade is supplied
Subway sandwiches will be available for each runner
Bananas and Chex mix will be inside each vehicle

17. Event Overview
Route
Final run route will be sent out before the run and will be available at
Available on website under Route Tab
Run Route Description

18. Different parking lot at finish

19. Safety
Must wear reflective safety vest!
No personal music players

20. Telethon Runner’s Parade Dinner – family and kids are welcome!
Donated by Kroger and Avanti’s
Options limited – i.e. vegetarian, fat free, etc.
Check presentation
Time is given 2 weeks before run day
Usually between 9:15-10:30

21. Run Merchandise

22. St Jude Runner Signs

23. Washington Events February 25th Trivia Night
March 25th Bowling for the Kids
April 23rd Smoke Out for St. Jude
May 13th Star Wars under the Stars
May 26th Washington St Jude Golf Outing
11:00 Lunch with 12:00 start
Must sign up as $80 per person
June 24th Clays for Kids
July 29th Ice Cream Shack of Sunnyland Fundraiser
August 26th Kid’s Color Run at Oak Ridge Park

24. 2016 Golf Outing

25. St. Jude Events Uplifted Concert St Jude Drive Send-Off
Saturday, April 1st
Crossroads Church
7:00 PM
St Jude Drive Send-Off
Thursday, May 18th
Uftring Chevy Washington
6:30 AM

26. Future Meetings Informational Meeting Run Safety Meeting March 19th
3:00 PM
Five Points
Run Safety Meeting
Mandatory for all runners/volunteers
Thursday, August 3rd
6:00 PM
Five Points

27. Sponsors

28. Contact Information
Run Coordinator
Dominic Lang
Jack Stone
Runner Coordinator
Kate Lang
Volunteer/Fundraising Coordinator
Heather Williamson
Vehicle/Route Coordinator
Brett Brown
Fundraising Coordinator
Erinn Reising
Accounting
Brandon Pauli

29. Questions