Elite Chaser Tips
It takes less than a minute for your family and friends to join your team.
- Ask you parents and in-laws to join
- Ask your siblings to join
- Ask your best friend to join
- Make a post on your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages to ask your friends to join your team. Include a link to your personal AutismOklahoma Walk page
- Send personal messages telling why this is a day Just For You!
- Use the invite a friend e-message at the bottom of the piecewalk team page
- Ask your hairstylist or barber
- Ask your doctor and your child’s doctor
- Ask your PT, OT, ST
- Ask your small group at church or your synagogue to join your team
- Ask your workgroup to join in the fun
- Ask your child’s club to get involved
- Ask your favorite restaurant to donate a percentage of proceeds for a night or a week
- Office Ideas – See if employees can make a donation in exchange for wearing jeans on a certain day, getting an extra hour off for lunch or leaving an hour early. Ask if you can host a baby photo contest and charge people for their ballots to match the picture with your co-worker. Hold a drawing to have your boss wash your car, shave their mustache or kiss a pig (we’ll even help you find a pig!)
- Neighborhood ideas – Lemonade, hot chocolate or hot dog stand. Garage sale, bake sale or progressive dinner. Host a used book, DVD sale. Handmade Valentine’s, Easter, Mother’s Day cards.
- Game night, Bunco night, Bingo night or Poker night
- Chili Cook-Off
- Birthday idea – In lieu of gifts, ask everyone to donate to your team
- Cake or cupcake decorating party
You Can Raise $500 in a Week
Day 1:
Sponsor yourself for $25 then ask two family members to sponsor you for $25 and now you’ve got $75
Day 2:
Ask five friends to contribute $20 and you’ve raised $175
Day 3:
Ask 5 co-workers to contribute $10 and now you’re at $225
Day 4:
Ask 5 people from your church or temple to contribute $10 to get to $275
Day 5:
Ask your boss for a company contribution of $100 and now you’ve hit $375
Day 6:
Ask five local merchants to sponsor you for $20 and you’re so close at $475
Day 7:
Ask 2 local businesses you frequent to contribute $25 and you’ve topped $500!!
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- 3M Company
AEP Corporate Giving Program
AT&T
Aegis Foundation
Aetna Foundation
Alliance Data
Allied Corporation
Allstate Foundation
American Fidelity Corporation
Ameriprise Financial Services
Apache Corporation
Astellas Pharmacy Technologies
Atlantic Richfield Corporation (ARCO)
BP America Foundation
BP Fabric of America Fund
Baker Hughes Bank of America/Merrill/Lynch
Bank of Oklahoma
Beatrice Company
Bemis Company
Boeing Company
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
CA Matching Gift Program
CNG (Consolidated Natural Gas)
CarMax
Celanese Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Cimarex Energy
Citibank
Coca-Cola Company
Conoco-Phillips
Continental Bank Foundation
Cooper Industries
Dell
Deluxe Check Printers
Devon Energy
Direct TV
Discover Financial Services
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
EOG Resources
Eaton Corporation
Enterprise Products
Express Employment Professionals
ExxonMobil Foundation
Gable & Gotwals
Gap, Inc.
Gemini Industries
Genentech
General Electric
Goodyear
HCR Manor Care Foundation
Halliburton
HireRight, Inc.
Home Depot
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase & Company
Kimberly-Clark
K-Mart
Kroll, Inc.
Laredo Petroleum
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores
Microsoft
Monsanto Corporation
Morgan-Stanley
Motorola, Inc.
National Car Rental
Noble Drilling Company
OG&E
ONEOK
Oklahoma Publishing Co.
PPO Industries, Inc.
Pfizer Foundation
PepsiCo, Inc.
Phillips 66
Piper Jaffray Companies
Prudential
Quad Graphics
QuikTrip Corporation
Ralston Purina Company
Reader’s Digest Foundation
SM Energy, Inc.
Sammons Corporation
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Santa Fe Industries
Santa Fe Southern Pacific
Schwan Food Company
Shaklee Corporation
Shelter Insurance
Southland Corporation
Sprint Foundation
State Farm Insurance
State Street Company
Stanley Black & Decker
TRW, Inc.
Tandy Corp. (Radio Shack)
US Cellular Corporation Contributions Program
US Fidelity & Guaranty Company
US Foods
US Gypsum Foundation
Union Pacific
United Parcel Service
Union Pacific
Verizon
Weamco
Webco Industries
The Williams Companies
Workforce, Inc.