TeamWalk

This session was co-chaired by Kathi Geisler and Jim Campbell. Over the years Kathi has chaired several TeamWalk events. Jim is a first-time chair of the 2009 New England TeamWalk.

Over two dozen people attended the breakout session. Kathi emphasized the social aspect of the TeamWalk event noting that similar to successful Connections, which she has also chaired in various locations, there had to be something interesting to draw the SPF members to the event.  Jim emphasized the fund raising aspect of the event noting that TeamWalks are SPF’s main source of revenue. Jim noted that the success of the fund raising depended on the SPF community members in the region reaching out to friends, relatives and businesses personally to solicit donations ahead of the event. He suggested that his wife Thurza, a leading SPF TeamWalk fund raiser, has found a personalized solicitation letter to be the most effective way to approach people. Both Kathi and Jim referred to the soon to be published TeamWalk resource book as a good way for those new to the process to organize and implement a successful TeamWalk. 

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