Fundraising Tips 

With The FOXTEL Lap aiming to generate in excess of $800,000 for the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in 2009, every dollar raised will be crucial to helping ensure that children lead happier, healthier lives.

There are many ways to get sponsors for your team to help meet this target and support life saving child research. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Place the FOXTEL Lap logo on your company internet & intranet with a link to your team sponsorship page for work colleagues and clients to easily click through and sponsor your team (the logo can be downloaded from your participant toolkit on your personal home page). 
• Create a FOXTEL Lap addition to your email signature using the logo in the participants toolkit. Customise the signature with your details, run time and a personal message hyperlinking the logo through to your sponsorship page.
• Forward the sponsorship email and web link to every contact in your address book. You can also download sample letters from your participant toolkit for assistance.
• Download the manual sponsorship form from your toolkit so you can collect donations and sponsorship from friends and family who don't have access to the internet. Remember to return your form along with the cash donations to your team captain so they can issue tax receipts to your sponsors.
• Challenge your team mates or runners from other companies to a Lap Off! Ask your sponsors to make an extra donation if you win the challenge by completing the most laps.
• Challenge a team from an industry competitor to run more laps or raise more money and seek a donation from your CEO if your team wins.
• Estimate the number of laps you will run so that sponsors can calculate their approximate donation. Then set yourself a harder challenge and ask sponsors to donate extra if you achieve it.
• Ask your team leader, direct report, CEO or Foundation to match your fundraising dollar for dollar. Download our sample letter from your toolkit for assistance.
• Get training! The more laps you run, the more funds you'll be able to raise. See Get Training for more details.

The fundraising deadline for The FOXTEL Lap 2009 is Friday 4th December.