Boston Teams Information
In the links above, you'll find complete details for teams or those interested in being part of a team. Below, you'll find information on:
- Rewards for Teams
- Team Fundraising
- Donations to Walkers or Teams
- Team web pages
- No need to walk alone — join an existing Team!
The Rewards of Teamwork
Team Captains (and Team Captains-to-be), take note! We all know the benefits of starting a team — camaraderie, support, a built-in community to help you get the most out of your Avon Walk experience.
Team Fundraising Update
We anticipate having Team Fundraising functionality available in late February 2012, which will enable teams to activate a shared Team Fundraising account online. The goal for a Team Fundraising Account is to help our teams more easily meet their fundraising goals, by providing a place for donors to make one donation to the team that will be split evenly among all team members.
Once our Team Fundraising functionality is available, we’ll be in touch with all Team Captains with further details, so you can determine if you’d like your team to take part in Team Fundraising. Additionally, as an all-new perk in 2012, Team Captains will have access to Team Fundraising resources through their Participant Center.
Reminder! If your team is planning to collect large check donations to be split among your teammates, please send one check, accompanied with one donation coupon from each team member, to the U.S. bank account mailing address (printed on the each donation coupon form). Be sure to fully complete each donation coupon with the donor’s name, and the donation amount to be allocated to each team member.
If your Team is ready to go for 2012, we encourage you to take your next steps with fundraising! Consider hosting a team fundraising event, where you can reach out to your collective community of friends, family and co-workers to solicit support for your Team. Looking for additional team fundraising ideas? E-mail us (see the "Contact the Team Coordinator" link at the top of this page) or give us a call!
Information on Donations to Walkers on Teams
EACH Walker on a Team must have a minimum of $1,800 in her/his account in order to walk. (Crew members have no fundraising requirement, but are often great fundraisers!)
General donations cannot be submitted for a Team. Each donation must be credited to one of the Team member’s individual accounts.
For online donations, Team Captains or other members can ask donors to give to a certain team member. For example:
“Thanks for your support of Team Avon Crusade! One of our team members, Alice Avon, needs another $300 to meet her minimum. Please click Alice's name below to donate to Alice’s account.”
For offline donations, Team Captains or other members can distribute donations amongst the team before they are submitted to the bank. A single check can be split up among walkers on a team only if the check is accompanied by a coupon for each Walker receiving part of the donation. This cannot be done after the check is sent in. For example:
“Team Avon Crusade raised over $600 at their weekend car wash! Because Alice Avon and Chrissy Crusader each needed $300 to meet their minimums, the Team Captain split the proceeds between the two of them. To do this, one check was submitted with one of Alice’s coupons and one of Chrissy’s coupons, each filled out for $300.”
Once donations are submitted for posting to an individual Walker’s account, they cannot be transferred to another Walker’s account.
If you have questions on Team fundraising, please contact your Walker Coordinator, Crew Coordinator, or Local Event Office.
Note: Each team member who is a Walker must have a minimum of $1,800 in donations in her/his account by Event Eve.
Team web page
Each team receives a team webpage in addition to the individual participant pages. The team webpage will tell your team’s story, list team members, and even post a photo of team! The team page will link to each member’s personal webpage and donors can then give to any team member. Your team fundraising status can also be displayed. Your Team Captain can set up your team webpage right here on our website.
We’ve provided templates that you can use to help recruit team members; you can use it as is, edit it or change it completely. You can create one e-mail and send it to as many people in your address book as you want with just one click. Your e-mail will have a link back to your Team’s Home Page, where prospective members can find out all about the team and click to join.
Team Up for the Avon Walk!
Attention, solo Walkers (or any Walkers looking for a group experience): we’ve got a team for you! The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer community is a warm and welcoming place where no one need walk alone.
Thanks to some extraordinary Walkers, each Walk city now has open teams accepting new members. Teams are often a diverse gathering of people who may not have even met each other before, but everyone shares a common goal - to end breast cancer. What else could you need?!
Every Avon Walk city has a complete list of Open Teams that welcome all and provide different opportunities for team members to connect, whether it’s through training walks, monthly get-togethers, or e-mail updates.
For a complete list of Open Teams in your city, contact your Teams Coordinator:
Houston - Teams Coordinator
Washington, DC - Teams Coordinator
Boston - Teams Coordinator
Chicago - Teams Coordinator
Rocky Mountains - Teams Coordinator
San Francisco - Teams Coordinator
Santa Barbara - Teams Coordinator
New York - Teams Coordinator
Charlotte - Teams Coordinator