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When you register for Heidi’s Walk for Hope, you’ll unlock the ability to create your own personalized fundraising page to share with your family and friends.

Once your registration is complete, you’ll be provided with a template message you can copy or customize to inspire your networks to support your participation in Heidi’s Walk for Hope. You can include photos, fun videos and your inspiration to join the event and support FTP’s vital programs and services.

We’ve compiled our top THREE tips below to get you started on your virtual fundraising journey:

Set a fundraising and fitness goal

1. While we are unlike other fundraising events that require a minimum fundraising target to participate, we encourage all participants to set a personal fundraising goal for themselves. Though we suggest starting with $100 (that’s only 4 donations of $25), you can increase your goal at any time!
   
   Pro tip: plan to fundraise a specific amount per kilometre—$25 per kilometre from your collective network will have you passing $125 in no time!
   
   
2. Support YOURSELF first
   One of the most important donations you can make, is one to your own Heidi’s Walk for Hope fundraising page. Demonstrate your commitment to the cause through your personal page before you ask family and friends. Why not challenge your network to match your personal gift? Individual gifts add up, and you’ll be exceeding your goal before you know it!
   
   
3. Make the ask
   We understand it can feel challenging and uncomfortable to ask for money.  Think of Heidi’s Walk for Hope as an opportunity to educate people in your network about the work that Family Transition Place (FTP) does, and the ongoing need for community awareness and support.
   
   Did you know violence against women is highly prevalent, and it tends to increase during every type of emergency? Intimate partner violence remains the most common form of violence globally. Shockingly, 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by any perpetrator in their lifetime.**
   **World Health Organization, “COVID-19 and violence against women”, March 26, 2020
   
   The demand for FTP’s services and support has remained consistent and we continue to support the families in our community that need us—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 
   
   Email your family, friends and colleagues. Post on your social media accounts. Share your fundraising page. You’ll be reaching your fundraising goal before you know it!