Team for Life Fundraising Tools and Tips

Welcome to the Lazarex Cancer Foundation Team for Life Fundraising Center! Here you'll find all the tools and tips you'll need to successfully reach your fundraising goal. We'll start with three easy steps to success:

Step 1: Create your personal fundraising page on active.com (the link for this was sent via email from active when you registered for your event). Follow that link and customize your fundraising page.

Step 2: Let everyone know you're participating and raising money for Lazarex Cancer Foundation. This is the most effective way to raise money. You can send the form email provided by active.com on your personal fundraising page, or you can use the template we've provided here to send from your own email program. Feel free to personalize the letter. We've indicated where you might want to do that with square brackets [ ]. We have also provided a donation form with suggested giving levels that you can include with your note. Check out our tips for writing a successful letter.

Make donating easy by walking your supporters step-by-step through the donation procedure. Be sure to include your URL address for your personal fundraising webpage powered by Active.com so that people can easily donate online. You can also include a link in your email to your personal fundraising page as an additional way of letting folks know about your training and fundraising for Team for Life.

Step 3: Wait a few weeks for people to respond. Thank those that have donated. When you receive checks or cash, you will need to add the amounts onto your webpage to track your progress. To do this, you will go to the "customize your webpage" link from the original email sent to you by active.com or visit www.active.com/donations and log in to your Active.com account. Click on the "Track Offline Donations" tab, and enter the information. This will add the donor and amount to your totals. Then mail the checks to the Lazarex Cancer Foundation office at P.O. Box 741, Danville, CA 94526.

Some people are not comfortable using their credit cards online and will give you their credit card information on your sponsor sheet instead. You can also enter this information directly on your personal fundraising page.

Follow up with regular updates on your training to thank your supporters and inspire others to give.

We're here to help you be more successful at fundraising than you ever thought possible. If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Walls, Endurance Event Coordinator, at or 918.633.4283.