Home Team Members
| Christian Boxdorfer
Shawna Harris Colbert
Molly Harris
Germaine Jones
Katie Night
Marie Noellsch
Bruce Reed
Aaron Vance
Tim Vance
Karen Wolpert
If you do not see your name on this list, it's because you have not registered yet. Click here to register.
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Home Team Logo Water Bottle
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Every runner who raises at least $100 will receive this awesome Coalition logo water bottle.
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Free Training Program Schedules
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Post-Run
Stretching Tips
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 | GO! St. Louis provided this post-run stretching video. Just click the photo to watch.
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Runner Spotlight
|  This year Christian Boxdorfer (13) will run the Go! St. Louis half-marathon to benefit the Coalition. His hope is to beat his last run time of 2 hr. 9 min.
"I was going to run anyway, and why not for a great cause like the Coalition's. To help the Coalition find families for children in foster care is a pretty special way for me to give back." When asked whether he's always been a young philanthropist, Christian said that he also volunteers at a soup kitchen twice a year and is a member of the Boy Scouts. In the Scouts, he collects canned goods and cleans parks and picnic areas.
Christian started running this past summer and trains every week by running both short and long distances. "I like to mix it up so that I get in better shape," said Christian. He runs several 2-3 mile runs during the week, and 10 miles on the weekend.
"We were really excited that he was so self motivated to do this. He started running and training on his own," said Christian's mom, Rachel.
We are excited, too! Welcome to the "Home Team," Christian!
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Using ActiveWorks
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After you registered at gostlouis.org as a charity participant, you should have received a confirmation email from GO! St. Louis with subject line: "Registration confirmation for GO! St.Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend." If you scroll to the end of the email, you will see: Thank you for raising funds for "The Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis."
- Click "Sign In" (located at the end of confirmation email)
- Click "Manage my fundraising campaign"
- Click "Customize your website"
- For more ideas see the Fundraising tips below
*Please Note: Donors will receive an immediate, official thank you email from ActiveWorks and a follow-up tax receipt from ActiveWorks once the donation has been processed. The Coalition will also send a thank you after the race.
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Fundraising Tips
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- Use social media and email. Sample messages can be found below.
- Use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other sites to reach everyone you know!
- Feel free to post announcements on the Go! St. Louis Facebook page and the Coalition's Facebook page.
- Start a Facebook group with a link to your fundraising page. Invite all your "Facebook friends" and ask five "real friends" to invite everyone they know to your group as well.
- Send an email to your friends and family with a link to your fundraising page.
- Motivate through a success story.
- Personalize your individual ActiveWorks page with photos, personal messages, videos, and more.
- Send your friends a link to some of the Coalition's recent success stories. When people understand the cause you're supporting, they will want to support it, too!
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Sample Messages
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 Sample Facebook post:
Please help me reach my fundraising goal for @GOfitnessSTL and give to kids in foster care! I'm running GO! St. Louis for @fosteradopt. To help, visit [insert your ActiveWorks page link here].
Sample email message:
Dear Friends and Family,
I am running the Go! St. Louis [enter your event here; e.g., Marathon, Half-Marathon, Marathon Relay, 5K] to benefit the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. This is a cause that is close to my heart because [enter your reason here; e.g., they are creating and implementing groundbreaking adoption programs that get children out of foster care and into forever families as quickly as possible, OR I believe every child deserves A Place to Call Home, OR any personal reason]. Their programs have been featured in the New York Times and TIME Magazine and truly provide solutions in the world of child welfare!
My fundraising goal is $[enter your goal here], and you can easily help me reach it by clicking on the following link and making a donation of any amount: [enter your fundraising page link here]. I hope to reach my goal by March 1st. I truly appreciate your support as I run for the Coalition's Home Team!
Thank you so much.
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