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The Children's Tumor Foundation NF Walk is a unique way to engage family, friends and your local community in raising funds and awareness for a great cause. Every step makes a difference in the fight for a cure!
2010 UPCOMING EVENTS
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Boston, MA
Sat. June 26, 2010
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Green Bay, WI
Sun. July 18, 2010
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Salt Lake , UT
Sat. Aug. 7, 2010
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Milwaukee, WI
Sat. Sept. 11, 2010
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Denver, CO
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Staten Island, NY
Sat. Sept. 25, 2010
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New York City, NY
Sat. Oct. 2, 2010
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Des Moines, IA
Sat. Oct. 2, 2010
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Oxford, AL
Sat. Oct. 2, 2010
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St. Louis, MO
Sat. Oct. 2, 2010
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San Diego, CA
Sat. Nov. 6, 2010
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What is the NF Walk?
NF Walk is a national program in which communities rally around individuals and families affected by NF. NF Walks are non-competitive, relaxed, celebratory events designed to champion the individuals who every day live with the challenges of NF. If you are unable to walk, you are welcome to come along and enjoy the day’s event and activities!
In 2009, the NF Walk program had its strongest year yet nearly doubling funds raised in 2008. The program is growing in popularity, coupled with its minimal costs, make the NF Walk an ideal fundraising tool to advance research. |
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NF Walks are organized at parks, schools or tracks in local communities with anywhere from 30-300 individuals. Foundation staff work with volunteers to coordinate the Walk, provide T-shirts and wristbands, and assist in online fundraising needs.
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Our goal for 2010-2011 is to host 50 WALKS nationally with at least 5,000 PEOPLE and raise $500,000 all for ONE CAUSE. To reach our goal, we need your help!
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Take your first step today!
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email to JOIN or HOST an NF Walk at a school, park, track or any location where walks are held in your community today. This is a great way to meet new friends, exercise, support a great cause and give hope to those living with the disorder.
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Plan your event: Answer who, what, where, when, why. The goal is to identify a walk location, date and time for the event.
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Come up with event ideas: There are all kinds of walks that include a variety of activities. Search the internet and your local community for ideas or ask a Children’s Tumor Foundation staff member.
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Set a fundraising goal: Work with a Children’s Tumor Foundation staff to help determine your fundraising goal.
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Fundraise: Utilize the online fundraising tool provided by the Children’s Tumor Foundation to set up registration and donations for your walk. Participants are encouraged to raise funds through contributions made to a personalized webpage and donations sent by mail.
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Walk for a cure for NF!
Starting a Team for the NF Walk
Interested in raising even more money for NF research? Start an NF Walk team with your family, friends, classmates, or colleagues.
Forming a Walk team makes it even easier for your acquaintances to join you in your fight to cure NF. Recruiting teammates expands the network of individuals from whom your team can gather donations and encourages more people to get involved. More importantly, walking with friends is a fun way to spread awareness of NF and the work of the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
Other reasons to form a team:
Businesses and schools benefit by supporting teamwork in their institutions. Setting a team goal and striving to achieve that goal fosters a collaborative work environment that transcends into the workplace or classroom. Teaming up for the Walk also provides workers and students with an opportunity to participate in community service and to spend time together outside of their working environment. Walking as a team requires no corporate donation, yet demonstrates an organization’s commitment to local public service.
Groups of friends and families can also benefit from forming a team. Walking together is a fun way for friends, communities, and relatives to get exercise and enjoy the outdoors. Your team will be proud of not only the donations you will raise by combining your efforts, but also for having engaged in a day of healthy activity with loved ones.
Starting a Walk team will better enable you to help fund research for a cure for NF and spread awareness of the disease. Expand your impact and start signing-up teammates today.
When organizing your walk-a-thon you can be creative and flexible; most walks are free and participants are encouraged to raise money through donations. Registered walkers who raise over $100 will receive a free T-shirt.
We encourage you to mobilize teams of friends, families, co-workers and corporate sponsors to host walks in cities across the country for NF. Every step makes a difference!
Where does the money go?
Funds raised through the NF Walk program support the Children’s Tumor Foundation, a non-profit organization that funds world-class research into NF therapies to treat and eventually cure NF.
Donations
If you are in a position to help us underwrite the cost of walk events in support of the children and adults who suffer from NF or would like to support us, please make a donation online at www.ctf.org/donate. Your support is sincerely appreciated.
Contact Us
Please visit our upcoming events page to sign up for future NF WALKS,
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or call us on 800-323-7938 and we would be delighted to assist you with planning your event. Make sure to utilize the resources provided on the website where you will find guides and forms that can help you with planning your event.
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How You Can Help 
