Pedaling for Progress

Providing Clean Water in Africa
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·      Be goal oriented.  Set a goal (be ambitious) and let everyone know what it is; they will want to help you get there.

·      Know the cause and spread the passion.  People respond when you show passion for the cause.

·      Don’t be bashful. Tell everyone you know about what you are trying to accomplish; consider putting a “signature” on your e-mails letting people know what you are up to, maybe with a link to the Tour de H2O website (www.tourdeh2o.org).

·      Provide information.  Feel free to hand-out or e-mail this flyer to people so that they can quickly learn a bit more about the cause.

·      Network, network, network. Use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to help spread the word.

·      Double your money. Check with your HR department at work to see if they have a matching gift program where all donations by their employees are matched by the company.

·      Make it easy. Encourage people to make their donations directly on-line by going to http://www.tourdeh2o.org/Donate.aspx (make sure they put in your name when asked who they are supporting with their donation).

·      Remind people this is good for their taxes.  These donations go directly to Global Partners for Development and are entirely tax deductible. 

     

 

·      Go small.  Ask lots of people for small donations.  $5 donations add-up.

·      Go big.  Ask a few people for large donations.  Target your wealthy friends and relatives and hope they make big donations.

·      Go one drop at a time.  Put a change bucket near the coffee machine at work and ask co-workers to drop in their pocket change.   

·      Pack it.  Pack your lunch for a week instead of eating out and donate the money you save.

·      Feed ‘em.  Make a plate of cookies and put them by the coffee machine at work with a cup and request for donations.

·      Feed ‘em again.  Order pizza for your friends or co-workers and suggest that instead of going out to lunch, they donate $10 and share the pizza with you.

·      Clean it out.  Have a garage sale and donate the proceeds.  This accomplishes two things: you get your closets and basement cleaned-out AND you help achieve your goal.