Ways to Earn Money to Participate in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk

The Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk is a great opportunity to raise money and awareness to help find a cure for breast cancer. Participating is a life changing experience and is well worth all the time and effort you have to invest to participate. There are so many different reasons that people participate, some walk for a loved one, some walk as survivors, and some walk for hope. Walking 60 miles in 3 days with thousands of people from all different walks of life really makes you realize how connected you really are to others. It costs $90 to register and in order to walk you have to earn at least $2,200 but many people earn thousands more. When you register they give you ideas on how to earn the money and even provide meetings with strategies. You can join a team to help motivate you or you can walk on your own. Joining a team helps because a lot of them fund-raise together to make sure each team member can walk and it allows for you to get to know other walkers. They do everything from practice walks to dinner parties to prepare for the big 3 days.

1. Find your sponsors -
First you need to make a list of possible sponsors. Family members and friends are a great start and once you explain what you will be doing more than likely they will want to help you and keep track of your progress. Other sponsors can include your neighbors, local businesses, grocery stores, gas stations, hospitals, and doctors' offices.

2. Let others in your community know
There are plenty of ways to increase the number of sponsors you can get by letting other members of your community know what you are doing. You would be surprised how many people there are that are willing to help. The 3 Day gives you a website to give others so that they can make donations online, this website is a great opportunity to earn sponsors because people feel more comfortable donating directly to the organization and it still benefits you. Some ways to let your community know are to make fliers, write the local paper, go door to door, host a bake sale, set up a donation booth outside of the mall or grocery store, make business cards with the website and give one to everyone you meet, wear your 3 day walk pins, use the Pizza Hut fund-raising kits, Otis Spunkmire fund-raising kits, put change collectors at local businesses, wear your team shirts, and sell spots on the back of your team shirts.

3. Other fun ways to earn the money
you can do anything from hosting a benefit party, doing a silent auction, having a garage sale and donating the profits, and even have a raffle where the winner gets half of the pot. The key is to be creative and not to give up. Ask every one you meet because the worst they can say is no, because you never really know what someone will say until you ask.

Good Luck and Keep Walking!