Below you can learn more about rewards for teams, team fundraising, donations, team web pages, and how to 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

Back by popular demand, Team Fundraising enables teams to activate a shared Team Fundraising account online, which provides a place for donors to make one donation to the team that will be split evenly among all team members.

To activate a Team Fundraising account, each Team Captain must contact their local Avon Walk Teams Coordinator to provide approval. Team Fundraising accounts will only be activated once the Team Captain has agreed to adhere to the Team Fundraising Account Terms & Conditions, found in the Team Resources section above.

Once a Team Fundraising account is active, an additional Donate Now button will appear on your Team Web page, and all donations received through this button will be shared evenly among Team members. Additionally, each team member will also retain their individual fundraising Web page and donors are able to donate to a specific Team Member too.

Important Note! The Team Fundraising Account applies to online donations only.

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 US 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. This same process applies for splitting any Matching Gift donations.

If your team is ready to activate your 2012 Team Fundraising account, please e-mail your Team Coordinator or call your local office!

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

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