Please freeze (your butt off) with us on February 25^th!

On February 25^th, 2012, Mission Services of London is hosting the Coldest Night of the Year, a 5 & 10km walk in support of MSL’s work with the hungry, homeless and hurting in London.

 February is a challenging month for the people we serve, and it’s also one of the quietest months for financial support. So, we are looking for some toque-wearing, cold-loving friends to join us on February 25^th!

• Our goal?$36,000! (Say it with us, “Thirty-six-thousand doooollaaars…”)
• How will we do it? We are looking for 30 Team Captains who can recruit 6-9 friends to join their team, walk with them on February 25^th and raise a minimum of $2000 as a team. (Note: the average walker raises $250)
• The bonus for you? Besides getting this warm, tingly feeling in your heart for being so nice, you’ll also get one of our famous “Coldest Night of the Year” toques!

How To START a Team for MSL

 Step 1: Go to www.coldestnightoftheyear.org and select start a team from the yellow navigation tabs on left side of the page.

Step 2: Select the city you are walking in and click next.

Step 3: Agree to the waiver form and click next

Step 4: Select create a team from the three yellow buttons. You can name your team (something fun!), write a short blurb to describe it and then – this is really important…

Step 5: Choose your charity – at the very bottom of page click on the drop down menu bar and click on London – Mission Services of London. That will connect all your team’s fundraising activity to us. Yeah!

Once you’ve completed registering, you will see your team and your name in the master list of supporting teams on our partner page located at www.coldestnightoftheyear.org/partners (Note: it may not show up instantly – we upload couple times a day).

 

How to JOIN a TEAM and walk for MSL

Step 1: Go to www.coldestnightoftheyear.org and select register to walk from the yellow navigation tabs on left side of home page.

Step 2: Select the city you are walking in and click next.

Step 3: Agree to the waiver form and click next.

Step 4: Select join a team or register as an individual:

If you had a friend ask you to walk on their team, click join a team where you can search for your friend or team by name. If you can’t find them, no worries, you can join them later after you register

If you are walking as individual, no problem – but feel free to join our Mission Services of London Team – where all the fun-loving individual walkers go.

Step 5: Start asking! Use the online fundraising system. Email your friends personal requests for support. It’s a proven fact: walkers who post a picture, explain why they are walking and email their friends raise 10X more on average than those who don’t.

START AND FINISH POINT: Trinity Lutheran Church at 746, Colborne Street

CHECK IN: 4:00 ~ 6:00 p.m.

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact Carol Ristine at The Mission Store 519.438.3056 or by email at cristine@missionservices.ca.

See you there!

Siskinds New Year Charity Challenge!

With much effort put forth to be a final contender in the Siskinds LLP New Year Charity Challenge we were not successful. We were not chosen by the law firm as a charity to move into the top ten for the chance to win $5000.00. Thank you to everyone who helped with the ideas right down to the submission and the votes!

We will get it next time!

 

 

 WINTER MADNESS SALE AT THE MISSION STORE!

On Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, The Mission Store held a very successful Winter Madness Sale. We would like to thank everyone for their support and to the volunteers who came out to help make this event a success.

 

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