You Have the Power to Save the Day
for Congenital Heart Defects!

Help Us Raise Money for Congenital Heart Defects, the Most Common Birth Defect Worldwide.

Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) affect nearly 1 in 100 children and leads to a lifetime of medical visits, emotional challenges, financial burden for families. Heart Heroes and our partner CHD organizations are focused on helping families cope with these challenges, while also bringing forth awareness that will help generate funding for more research.
We need your help to make this happen.

There are so many benefits to team fundraising for the Superhero Heart Run. And now, that includes awesome prizes for the top fundraisers. To get to that point, we have some tools, tips and ideas for you!

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How Do I Fundraise?

1. Sign-up to participate in your local Superhero Heart Run.  Find the next event in your area.  You can also sign up to be a Virtual Superhero at our “Virtually a Superhero” event (details coming soon!)

2. Log into your Classy.com account and click on “My Fundraisers”.  Select your team and edit, add a photo or brief blurb about why you’re “Saving the Day for CHD”, and you’re good to go!  Your donors will connect with you and your story, so let them know how their support will impact you.  You can thank donors and updates from your fundraising page, too!

3. Invite people to join your team, post updates, and start fundraising!  Ask friends and family to donate for CHD awareness.

4. Check out the Fundraising Toolkit below to find great online fundraising tools for your team or individual fundraising.

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Fundraising Toolkit

SAVE-THE-DATE CARD (blank)

FUNDRAISING EVENT POSTER (blank)

HEART HEROES, INC INFO SHEET

CHD FACT SHEET

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Sample Emails

[su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/INITIAL-SOLICITATION-EMAIL.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#efa92d” color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Initial Solicitation Email[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/FUNDRAISING-REMINDER-EMAIL.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#efa92d” color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Fundraising Reminder Email[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/POST-EVENT-THANK-YOU-EMAIL.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#efa92d” color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Post-Run Thank You Email[/su_button]

Sample Social Media Posts

[su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/SOCIAL-MEDIA-POST.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#e66237″ color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Register/ Join Team Posts[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/SOCIAL-MEDIA-POST-donation-ask.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#e66237″ color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Donation Ask Posts[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://www.superheroheartrun.com/wp-content/uploads/SOCIAL-MEDIA-POST-thank-you-posts.pdf” target=”blank” style=”glass” background=”#e66237″ color=”#ffffff” size=”7″ radius=”round” text_shadow=”0px 0px 0px #000000″]Thank You Posts[/su_button]

Fundraising Graphics

Team captains, you can use these graphics to send to your team members as they achieve their individual goals!

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Tips for Successful Fundraising

[one_half]★ Send an Email – Send out an email to your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc and ask for their support in your cause.

★ Engage Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn are great tools to reach potential contributors to your fundraising campaign.

Work Support – Hold a fundraising day to raise money for your team.  Post a flier in the break room & get a department team going!

School Support – Engage the support of your child’s school, PTA & other organizations.[/one_half][one_half]★ Create Your Own T-shirt Campaign – T-shirts are a great way to stand out at the Superhero Heart Run. Design your own & raise funds, too!

★ ASK, ASK, ASK – Download the official fundraising form to record any personal donations you receive.  Enter the donations online on your Classy fundraising page (don’t forget to bring them day-of!)

★ Check out our Fundraising Toolkit – Tons of great tips, tools and ideas to get you started!

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Fundraising Activities

Get creative!  Check out some of these great ideas to raise money towards your individual or team fundraising goals:

[one_half][su_spoiler title=”Lemonade Stand” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Hold a lemonade stand in your neighborhood or in a high-traffic area. Don’t set a price on the glass of lemonade. Tell your story on why you are fundraising and ask the customer how much the glass of lemonade is worth.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Silent Auction” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Collect items from local businesses like gift cards, experiences, tickets, golf course rounds, massages, hotels and other like items. Create silent auction sheets with item name and description, item $$ Value, a blank space for bidder name and starting bid. Make sure to follow up with a thank-you note to each winning bidder.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”T-Shirt Campaign” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]There are many online and local shirt companies that will design and sell a shirt specific to your team, then donate a percentage of the proceeds back to Heart Heroes, Inc for the run![/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Social Media” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat to your advantage in your fundraising efforts. Check out these examples:

Ask people to LIKE a post/picture/video. If it reaches the goal you set forth, then ‘X’ local business that you help promote will donate ‘X’ dollars to my fundraising

Ask people to RT a message on Twitter. Get local media personalities involved to help others gain access to your fundraising page.

Take a picture holding a sign telling everyone what your fundraising goal is and who the money will help.

Challenge your friends with a video or picture to help your fundraising efforts or participate themselves. Engage them first with your story and a hashtag.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Blog” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Start a blog, telling your story and why you are raising money for the Superhero Heart Run. If you engage with any of these fundraising ideas or other fundraising ideas that you create on your own, tell everyone about them. The more people that know about your efforts and your goal, the more people you will get to help you out. Share your blogs on social media to friends, family and local media personalities.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”School Newspapers” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Talk to the editor of your school newsletter or newspaper. Ask them to feature your story or fundraising goal in the next issue.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Email” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Use email to help meet your fundraising goal by reaching out to ALL of your family members, friends, teammates, choir or band mates, teachers, co-workers, community leaders or business owners. You can send emails from your active.com account and link to your fundraising website.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Bake or Arts & Crafts Sale” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Do you love baking, painting or crafting (or do your kids)? Produce your great (and tasty!) works of art to sell in your school or at a local community event? Try not setting a price; tell your story and see how much each item is worth to your customer.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Garage Sale” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Hold a neighborhood garage sale with all proceeds going to your fundraising goal. Get neighbors and family to donate items to help make your garage sale the biggest garage sale of the Get the word out on social media, newspaper and TV.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Sports Tournament” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Host a basketball, football, volleyball – maybe even a Dodge Ball! – tournament as a fundraiser after school or on the weekend. Every participant pays $10 to play. Make it fun! Create a theme or ask everyone wear superhero costumes to participate. [/su_spoiler][/one_half][one_half][su_spoiler title=”Silly Bands/ Buttons/ Pins” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]This is a great fundraiser to involve your Heart Hero and siblings. Do you love making Silly Bands or fun buttons? Make unique one-of-a-kind creations to help meet your fundraising goals. Ask a local art or party store to help you with this project. TIP: Red & blue are the colors for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Backyard Barbecue” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Ask a local meat market or grocery store to donate items for a backyard barbeque fundraiser. Charge admission to your backyard event with all proceeds going to help meet your fundraising goals.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Percentage of Sales Events” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Contact a local business to set up an event where a percentage of the sales from that business day will go towards your fundraising goals. Many businesses already have these “Give Back” programs in place to help you. All you need to do is ASK! Think ice cream shops, family restaurants, coffee shops, local businesses, etc.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Car Wash” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Ask a local bank, fast food restaurant, or strip mall to do a car wash in their parking lot. Pick a good weather day and get your friends and family to help out by bringing the supplies.  Create signs and usher dirty cars into your car wash. TIP: Host a car wash where they have been done before. They may be able to assist you more in your efforts- maybe even match your efforts.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”School PTAs and Groups” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Ask your school PTA director if you can tell your story in front of an upcoming meeting. Recruit the group or PTA to help host a fundraising event and join your team![/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Banned Word Jar” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Create a banned word jar in your house. If someone in your house says the banned word of the week, they have to donate $$ into the jar. This is a simple and easy way to help you reach your fundraising goal. TIP: Your family members can pay more to remove a word from the banned word list to help you generate more![/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Game, Movie or Reading Marathon” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Great rainy day fundraising activity! Read books, play games (video or board) or watch movies for 24 hours straight (or set your own goal). Document your experience on social media and have fun! Get your family and friends to donate $1, $5, $10 or $20 for every hour you participate in this activity. Go for it![/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Bowl-A-Thon” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Many local bowling alleys host bowling events to raise money for charity. Check with your local bowling alley to see if you could do a bowl-a-thon. Charge admission with proceeds going to help meet your fundraising goal.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Local Sports Teams” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Many local sports teams have fundraising programs for groups or teams to sell game tickets or programs. A portion of the proceeds from every sale goes towards your fundraising efforts! Contact your local professional sports team community department with your story and your fundraising goals. All you have to do is ask![/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Neighborhood Door-To-Door” style=”simple” icon=”chevron”]Kids, tell your story and hand the person a donation form that you can fill out to record the donation. (Parents, please accompany your kids during this fundraising activity.)[/su_spoiler][/one_half]

Brainstorm! Is there a special skill, talent, or interest that you have that could help you fundraise? If you do, create a fundraising activity around it. Let us know all the SUPER ways you’re helping to “Save the Day for Congenital Heart Defects“!!  Good luck and we’ll see you at the run, superheroes!

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Superhero Heart Run Branding

★ When sending emails or customizing your fundraising page, please note that “Superhero Heart Run” is written as three words. “Superhero” is one word.  Of course, use our logo as needed (please do not edit or change).  Download logo- JPG // Download logo- PNG

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Fundraising Guidelines

★ The top fundraising team and individual at an event will receive a prize for their fundraising efforts.

★ Fundraising contributions must be posted through the fundraising campaign link in order to be credited to a team or individual.

★ Cash or check contributions must be clearly marked to indicate the individual/team to credit the donation to.

★ Prizes are distributed the day of the event.