Long Lost Blog

I'm so sorry for not writing for such a long time. Things have been pretty hectic but everything is slowly coming together. I have made all the phone calls for sponsors, and will be making some more on Friday as follow ups. We have received some amazing "yes's" and your goody bags will have some exciting things!


We have also decided on prizes and we are really excited to get our top finishers in each age bracket something personalized and special for them!


Ginny is out of town, so Diane and I are holding down the fort. I will be delivering the banner to Mac Fire Department today, so look for that banner over Third Street relatively soon! 


Our sponsors have been finalized. YAY! So a huge thank you to:

Master Carpenter:

John Andrew Physical Therapy

Ability Fitness

Journeyman:

McMinnville Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine

Dental Images

Excell Fitness

Bella Casa Realty Group

Apprentice:

McMinnville Eye Clinic

Movietime Video

First Federal Savings and Loan

Cindy's Body Shop

Columbia Bank

Willamette Valley Medical Center

Fitzpatrick & McKenzie, PC

Mac Prescription

McMinnville Cross Fit

Be on the lookout for brochures and posters as they will be going out to around town in the next couple of weeks. Also be prepared for our yard signs!

Last but not least, our bibs have come in! WHOO! They look good! I'm getting really excited for this run. I hope you are too :)))))))).

The Busy-ness Begins!

As of yesterday, Becky started her new job at a winery and we no longer have her. Today's meeting was beneficial, however, and we got through a lot of confusion and some more delegating. Run, Walk, Ride will definitely go off without a hitch!

I'm starting to get a little bit more organized, and am working on a binder to help me make sure that I have everything going on that I need! My "To-Do Lists" however keep getting longer, but it's time to prioritize. I know I have been saying this for a while now, but I WILL CALL ALL OUR POTENTIAL VENDORS BY FRIDAY!! Harvest Fresh and Betty Lou's, be ready for some phone calls today!

I also mentioned that we will be doing staggered awards ceremonies. I'm looking into different prizes for each age bracket, and there are a lot of them! I am looking to get quotes regarding medals or some ribbons to display for all to see that YOU are a winner :). The age brackets include:

1-15

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

36-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60+

We will also be finalizing our sponsors this week. We have some more and we are almost to our budgeted goal of $7,000. Next week, I will offer a list of our official sponsors for you to look at!

Keep registering online! There is still time to be considered as "pre-registered" and receive a free t-shirt and race day goody bag! :)

Transfer of Power

Becky has transferred the RWR email account to my name. If you have any questions regarding RWR, please address them to me. 

We have great news----We will be doing a staggered awards ceremony this year! Per your requests, we will award our top finishers in each age bracket a nice prize (still TBD). We will award you in front of all! So, when the 5K race finishes, we will do the 5K awards ceremony; when the 10K race finishes, we will do the 10K awards ceremony, etc...

It is almost April, so the workload is beginning to pick up. I have a lot of calls to make, and a lot of advertising to do. Don't forget to pre-register online! Once I hit 200, it will be cut off...no if's, and's, or but's.

Big Changes

Today, I received some very "earth shattering" news....Becky has resigned from Habitat. Now, a lot of the responsibility has fallen on me to plan RWR. I have become the new contact person for all of the people involved. It's time for me to step up into this new role.

In our internship class last night, our advisor, Jeff, talked about how this was a great opportunity for me. It would allow me to experience more of a supervisory role, and it would be something great to put on my resume. Right now, it doesn't feel like an internship anymore...it feels like a new job. I knew that I should have went part time this semester.

Today, I am picking up the yard signs and will be delivering our banner for them to fix the dates. I also have decided that since I have more responsibilities, I need to set aside time every day to RWR. Time to contact vendors!

Don't forget to register online! You are only eligible for the pre-registration goodies if you register online!!

Faith Relations Committee

On March 13th, I met with Susan Chambers who is the Chairperson for the Faith Relations Committee; they are in charge of the Apostle Builds with Mac Habitat. There are 6 churches in the area, and we are hoping to have each church create a team for this year's event. Susan will be the main contact for all the captains of church teams. We also decided that the only responsibility for those captains is to be the contact person.

Last year, Susan wrote a letter to the churches to talk about RWR and to create teams. That did not work. So this year, I am creating a half page brochure that will be put into their newsletters. It has a space for their captain's name and contact information and the team name! We are hoping the churches will be more involved this year. I mean, after all, they are churches. By their very being, they are supposed to support the community...

T-SHIRT DESIGN!

Ron has done a great job transforming our poster image into a t-shirt design containing 5 colors :). The image has been sent to John in the hopes of getting an estimate on cost and a mock up done. I don't know what the back will look like just yet, but hopefully that will be done soon. It will have all of our sponsors: Master Carpenter, Journeyman, and Apprentice. Here's the design!

What do you think?

Team Captain!

How does Run, Walk, Ride get the participants it gets?? Because of the wonderful community members and businesses that decide to create teams (under a TEAM CAPTAIN).

I have recently created a flyer on how to become a team captain and what it means to be a team captain. I will be distributing them to local businesses around the city.

The flyer that will be around McMinnville advertising the job of a team captain.

I will also begin to create an insert that churches in our community can place in their newsletters for April and May (or just May--hopefully April too). We really want our churches to get involved. I will be meeting with Susan Chambers tomorrow to discuss fully what it is that we can do to get our churches more involved!

Weekly Meeting

Since I've started school, I haven't had the opportunity to attend all the meetings that occur, particularly the meetings about our website. If you don't already know, we've created a new website and it can now be found at: http://rwr.machabitat.org (If you are familiar with our original website, just don't type "www"). What's cool about this new website is that you can see your team, such as who has and has not registered, and the amount of money your team raised AND we are attempting to put a store on it! That way, you can order shirts or hoodies and pick them up on Race Day, and you don't have to worry about carrying around your wallet! (Although, I do recommend it as we will have vendors at the event selling their merchandise).

Today, we had a meeting with John, our T-Shirt helper/seller. We picked out the colors that we want--Carolina Blue hoodies and Ice Grey shirts. We are also looking at the prices for tanks and dry fit since we have received so many requests for them! See the colors below...Next on my list is to talk to Ron (our design guy) about tweaking our poster just a little to save on screen prints for the colors. Each color requires a screen print so the less colors, the cheaper it will be!

Carolina Blue for the Hoodies

Ice Grey for the T-Shirts

 soon to come...dry fit and tanks?? 

New yard signs have been officially ordered!

I am also starting a flyer on what it means to be a TEAM CAPTAIN and what you can do to become one. Think about it....

What is Run, Walk, Ride for Habitat?

Now that I described what I have done in the past month for my internship and what I am currently doing, I should probably describe what this event is.

Run, Walk, Ride for Habitat is the biggest fundraising event for the McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity. The funds that are raised help provide money for different builds in the area. We are currently hoping to raise about $35,000 through sponsorship, registrations, and donations. We ask the schools, churches, and community businesses for help in that department, and they have competitions amongst themselves to see who can raise the most money. The winning school/church/business will get a trophy.

This is a great opportunity to get some exercise in and to spend the day with your family. You can create your own individual team. We have a 5K run or walk, a 10K run or walk, and a 27 mile bike course. It's a great way to keep your New Year's Resolution going halfway through the year. It's a great way to keep you honest. And, it's for a great cause.

Visit our website: http://rwr.machabitat.org.

After a month...

In January, I started my internship with the McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity, helping them plan their 11th Annual Run, Walk, or Ride for Habitat event. The event will take place on June 16, 2012.

In the first month of my internship, I started working on gathering sponsors for the event. I redid their sponsorship packet to make it fit on two pages and researched new companies to send sponsorship packets too. We want to have sponsors from not only McMinnville, but Amity, Sheridan, Willamina, Carlton, Yamhill and Lafayette since the McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity builds in those areas.

I have participated in many meetings and have helped perfect the design of their new website with their volunteer, Serina. We had a lunch date at Thai Country that was phenomenal. I have also been put in charge of getting new yard signs for the event. I am now just waiting for the okay that the new site has been ported over.

I am now starting to take over the registration aspect of the event. I am receiving pre-registrations and starting the binder and Excel spreadsheet to be used on registration day. I am also started to prepare a brochure on how to become a Team Captain and create a team to race on the day of the event.

So far, it hasn't been super busy, but I know it will pick up very soon. Next Tuesday, we are meeting to discuss t-shirt and hoody options!