5k Run/Walk
Event Type: Pi Mile 5k Run/Walk
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Beta Simga - Pi Mile
Contributors: Beta Sigma Chapter (Spring 2007 Form 110)
Location: Michigan State University campus
Planning required: The PR/Recruitment committee was integral in the promotion of our event by flyering throughout campus. The Risk Management committee was essential for the race day, making sure that crossing guards were strategically placed to guarantee the runners were safely guided through the 5K course. Risk Management also provided first aid equipment, which thankfully was not used. Furthermore, we received support from the roughly 50 Brothers, 6 Initiates, 10 Alumni who registered for Pi Mile
Resources required: Utilizing the many resources that the greater Lansing area provided, we took advantage of being a Capital City school and partnered with some key state agencies.
Chipotle Mexican Grill provided 500 free meal cards for Pi Mile participants and also provided snacks on race day. Also, Potbelly held a fundraiser for Pi Mile in which half of the commission made on an allotted night was donated to our cause. This alone yielded nearly $800 for Pi Mile.
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Event Summary: Three hundred runners pre-registered for Pi Mile, breaking the totals from previous years. Despite the cold and rainy weather, we totaled over 325 registrations, with 210 coming out the day of the race to participate. Brothers participated in Pi Mile through many ways. In order to receive their attendance point for the event, we provided many race day and non-race day tasks for them to complete. These included: running in Pi Mile, being a crossing guard, working the registration table or finish line, participating in setup and cleanup, getting people to register, getting donations, flyering, and speaking in front of their classes.
Over $5000 was raised and donated to Teach For America.
Gamma Mu: Easy as Pi 5K
Contributors: Gamma Mu Chapter
Location: Central Michigan University campus, nearby park with paved paths
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Event Summary: 30 runners participated. Gamma Mu donated an estimated $600 to Teach For America through a silent auction and registration fees for runners.
Alpha Rho: Mike Perry 5K
Contributors: Alpha Rho Chapter
Location: Virginia Tech campus
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Event Summary: 83 runners participated. The 2008 run raised over $1,200. The money was donated to the Montgomery County Educational Foundation for DARE and Drunk Driving Awareness Programs.
Delta Alpha: Karen's Walk
Contributors: Delta Alpha Chapter
Location: Rochester Institute of Technology campus
Planning required:
- Date / Time of event - Try and pick a date that will coincide with a popular on campus event that bring outside guests including parents and alumni to the campus. Also, if you have important partners outside the fraternity who help with the event, be sure to ensure they are on-board with that date / time.
- 9 AM – 9.45 AM registration, 10 AM start walk/race are timings that have worked very well for Karen's walk/5K in the past.
- Working with external parties:
- Cross Country Team / Running club - Clarify involvement, roles and expectations - are they running the entire 5K including registration, etc? are they simply providing the timing equipment and/or resources to work that equipment?
- RIT Event Registration - Register your event, provided all the requested data in a timely fashion and reserve all the necessarily facilities and equipment you need from the university - grounds for registration, campus safety for cordoning off the 5K route, campus ambulance on stand by, facilities management for tent, tables, trash cans and other items and Interpreting services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
- Field Registratin - Reserve the field where you want to set up the registration and entertainment stage ahead of time. At least 4-6 months before the event.
- Facilities Management - Talk to them about the details of tent size, tables, chairs, trash cans, sign posts, golf carts and tent permit, etc that you might need for the event.
Resources required:
- A committee chair responsible for strategy, delegation and oversight.
- A committee of 4-6 people where every individual focused on a specific aspects (such as PR, Logistics, Funding, Volunteer logistics, etc) of the planning and execution of the event.
- A special team or external help to provide equipment and coordinate the 5K run. At RIT, the cross country team and the Running Club have been Delta Alpha's partners in the past.
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Event Summary: Karen's Walk is a 5K Run/Walk that sponsors heart failure research in memory of Karen Decker. Delta Alpha established the Karen Decker Cardiomyopathy Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center after a friend of the fraternity passed away from postpartum cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure. The walk was started in 2003 and to date has raised over $25,000.
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