- It’s fast and easy! By fundraising online you are able to email your friends and family asking for their support, rather than going to them each individually.
- Online donation is secure. Your generous donors simply use their credit card; they will receive their tax receipt within 5 minutes via email.
- By registering online your friends and family can search for your name when looking for someone to support in the Walk of Hope.
- You can track your online and offline donations through your personal fundraising page to track your progress
How to register online
- Click on ‘Register to Walk’
- Choose the Walk location closest to you. If you do not see a Walk location close to you, consider hosting a Walk in your community.
>> To learn more about starting a Walk, please contact us by e-mail at info@ovariancancerwalkofhope.ca
- Follow the necessary steps to complete your online registration. You will be asked to create a username and password. You will need your username and password to login to your personal fundraising page.
- CONGRATULATIONS you have officially registered online for the 2012 Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope!
How to Update My Personal Fundraising Page
- Sign into your account by entering your login and password
- Click on the ‘My Fundraising’ tab at the top of the page
- From the left side menu, click on ‘Customize My Personal Page’
Name Your Page
- Follow instructions to rename your page or leave as the default (Default: First name and last name)
- To personalize: In the blank space, insert the desired page name and click on ‘Update Page Title’.
Update your Message
- Click on ‘Message’ to view the template message that will appear on your Personal Fundraising Page. If you would like to write your own personal message, simply type directly over the content and when you are finished, click on ‘Save’.
Update your Video
- Click on ‘Video’ to view the default video. If you would like to upload your own video, click on ‘Add Video’
- Upload your video from You Tube by copying and pasting the link in the web browsers and then click ‘add’. NOTE: In order to use the Video function, video’s must be uploaded to You Tube. To upload a video to You Tube, visit www.Youtube.com and follow the instructions on the website
- In the space indicated, name your video in the ‘Title’ area, and the write a short description in the ‘Description’ area. If you would like this to be your primary video, click ‘Default Video’
- Click ‘Save’
Update your Pictures
- Click on ‘pictures’ to view the default pictures. If you would like to upload your own pictures, click on ‘Add Pictures’
- Click on ‘Browse’ to select a picture already saved onto your computer
- Select the picture, click ‘open’, then click ‘upload’
- Note: If your picture is larger than 300k in size, it will not upload. Make sure to minimize your picture prior to uploading it to your Personal Fundraising page. Photos must be a Jpeg or GIF format.
- Click on ‘Save’
Update Your Fundraising Tools
- Click on ‘Your Fundraising Tools’
- Click on ‘enable’ to activate your Message Board. This will allow people visiting your page to leave messages of encouragement.
Now that you have successfully updated and personalized your fundraising page, send an email to friends and family asking for their support.
To send a personalized email
- Click on 'Get Sponsors' from the left hand navigation under the ' My Fundraising' tab.
- From there, you can:
Option 1: Use your own personal e-mail to ask for support. Click the "Just Email Me" button and we will send you a template email that you can forward to friends and family. In the email there will be a link to your sponsorship page. If you wish to copy and paste this link for future use, please only use the link in this email as other methods may result in failure.
Option 2: Quickly gather your contacts by clicking ‘Add from my Address Book’ to access your address books from your existing personal email accounts. Note: This system is not compatible with Hotmail. Or you may enter your e-mail addresses separated by commas or semi-colons in the field provided.
Write a personal introduction message and when you are ready to send, scroll to the bottom of this page and press 'Send Email'.
Tip: For security reasons, your session will time out if it takes too long to upload your email addresses. We suggest you open your email account, in a new browser window, where you have your email addresses, copy and paste the desired emails into a word document. Once you have all of your emails in the word document, copy and paste them into the field provided . This will ensure your session will not time out.