Fundraising
Deadlines and Goal Dates:
- March 1, 2012: By this day, we ask that all members of Team Hostelling International have raised a minimum of $500 for us to finalize their LA Marathon registration (this can be charged to a credit card to continue in the program)*
- March 17, 2012: We ask that all members of Team Hostelling International participating in Club 26.2 have reached $750 in total fundraising by Marathon Day.
The funds raised help us to offer our educational and community outreach programs to Los Angeles area youth and adults. Charity marathon teams have proved to be a great source of fundraising for charities around the world, and many require minimums 2-3 times higher than what we are asking. We believe that $500-$750 is a reasonable fundraising goal that will not put too much pressure on our athletes, while helping to grow our team.
HI-USA is committed to providing the members of Team Hostelling International with all they need to reach their fundraising goals, making raising money for HI-USA easy:
- All team members receive their own personalized webpage to direct and streamline donations
- We provide team members with drafts of letters/emails to send to friends, family, co-workers, etc.
- We provide fundraising support and updates
- The 15 highest fundraisers receive a free bed at HI-Santa Monica (next to the finish line) for the night before the race
*We require each athlete to have a credit card on file with us in the slim chance that the first fundraising deadline is not met. In that rare case, we charge the difference between what has been raised by that athlete and their committed fundraising minimum to cover our costs. We never want to see this happen, so we do our best to help all of our athletes achieve their goals
Cultural Kitchen is one of the many programs offered by HI-USA
