We are here to help you reach your fundraising goal!

Whether you’re an individual walker, a Team Captain or a student, these tools will help you raise awareness and pledges for the 2008 Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone.

• Official Poster
• Team Captain information sheet
• Kids Help Phone Video
• How to Build Your Team
• How to Host an Internal Kick Off
• How to Participate Without Walking
• How to Raise Money as a Team
• Kids Help Phone Video Speaking Points
• Suggested Fundraising Schedule

• Pledge form – Alberta
• Pledge form – British Columbia
• Pledge form – Manitoba
• Pledge form – Ontario
• Pledge form – Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
• Pledge form – Québec
• Pledge form – Saskatchewan

Tips for raising pledges

Get the word out

• Tell your friends, family and anyone else you can think of about the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone and why you’re participating  – ask them to pledge you or invite them to join your team and walk with you on May 4^th.
• Put up an official Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone poster in your office/ community centre or local club.
• Send family and friends an email asking them to pledge you.
• Add a note to the bottom of your emails directing people to your personal pledge page.
• Text your friends – tell them about the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone.

Explain what Kids Help Phone is all about
The more people know about Kids Help Phone, the more generous they’ll be. Send people to the Kids Help Phone website or print out information for them.

Here are some key things they’ll want to know:

• Last year, Kids Help Phone helped kids from about 3,000 Canadian communities well over 1.5 million times by phone and online.
• Kids Help Phone counsellors have access to a database of more than 37,000 community and social service listings, so they can connect kids with help in their own communities.
• Kids Help Phone has paid, professional counsellors – volunteers do not answer the phones or online questions.

Sell, sell, sell!
Work together with friends and team members to think of some original fundraising ideas – hold bake sales or car washes, rake leaves or shovel snow. Or ask us about how you can sell Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone paper fundraising shoes.  The possibilities are endless! Just remember, this is for a great cause and your efforts are helping kids in communities across Canada.