THE GOAL: $600/TEAM ($50/runner) MINIMUM BY APRIL 15 TO ORU, 501(c)(3) ID 94-3333306.
Raise $3,600 ($300/runner) to receive lunch for the team at the finish.
Many runners, walkers and volunteers have raised more than $50 including top fundraisers, Sponge Bob No Chance, Lungest Mile, Know Us By The Trail of Drugs.
Contact ORU if you would like to run for a transplant candidate. Print Pledge Form (optional).

GETTING STARTED IS EASY UTILIZING THREE PROVEN FUNDRAISING TECHNIQUES
1. Solicit online donations by telling your team story and sending the link to contacts.
2. Send the sample email (below) to contacts soliciting donations online or by check.
3. Utilize Charitable Matching offered by companies to match the entry fee and/or donations.

SOLICITING FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COWORKERS WITH THE SAMPLE EMAIL (below):
1. furthers the message about the need for organ donors.
2. invites others to become runners, walkers, volunteers or organ donors!
3. recognizes participants for helping to save lives.
4. is entertaining if humorous and heartwarming team stories are included.

THE $600/TEAM MANDATORY FUNDRAISING FOR ORU IS DUE APRIL 15
so teams can be credited prior to the Start. Captains may view off-line fundraising totals on their Captain's page via the Online Entry as a returning user (requires User Name and Password). Online fundraising totals are viewable at Firstgiving.

SAMPLE EMAIL (may be copied and personalized)
Dear ...,
On (date), I will be running (or volunteering) 199 miles through 36 cities and across the Golden Gate Bridge on team (name) with 11 friends during the largest event in the world promoting organ donation. During The Relay, known as California's Longest Party, passing the baton to my next team member will symbolize the transfer of an organ from donor to recipient. The 2010 Relay is dedicated to seven-year-old Katie Grace Groebner who needs a new heart and lungs.

Please discuss your personal wishes regarding organ donation with your family. This will allow loved ones to make an informed decision if you become a potential organ donor.
Thanks in advance for your support of 100,000 Americans waiting for organ transplants.

PS Please run, walk, donate an organ(!), time (volunteers are needed even at 2 am, ouch!) or money online (include link to view team story and solicit online donations) or by check payable to Organs 'R' Us, 501 (c) (3) Tax ID 94-3333306, 570 El Camino Real, Suite 150-330, Redwood City, CA 94063. Please write (my team name) on the bottom of your check.

OTHER SUCCESS STORIES INCLUDE HOSTING
a fundraising dinner, auction, bake sale, clinic, dance, garage sale, lecture or raffle.