Donate/Friends for the Cure®

Click here to make an online donation. Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to manage your online personal donation page. Manual donations (submitted on paper forms) can be mailed to: 4100 John R, Mail Code VE01RF, Detroit, MI 48201 Attn: Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®. Please make checks payable to: Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®. Click here for a manual donation form. Offline donations will be combined to your online fundraising totals by Race staff after they are received. If you are NOT registering for the Race and would like to raise funds and qualify for the awards and incentives you must set up set up a personal donation page. Click here for step by step instructions.

Matching Gift Programs

Donations can be doubled or even tripled when participating organizations match funds. Check with your company's Human Resources Department (or the department you know manages donation programs) to see if a matching program exists or can be created. Please submit completed matching forms when you turn in your Friends for the Cure® donations. Click here for a list of organizations that may match Komen Detroit Race donations. (Contact us if you have additions to this list: raceforthecure@karmanos.org)

2008 FRIENDS FOR THE CURE® DONATIONS PROGRAM

Are you the one?
Last year, the Friends for the Cure® program raised $905,000! That's 46% of total Race revenue (just over $2 million). Are you the one who takes Friends to $1 million? Please help us fight breast cancer by collecting tax-deductible donations from family members, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Without this funding, our community could lose lifesaving local programs and research dollars. One Person. One Promise. One Cure. YOU have the power to make a difference. With additional donations lives will be saved!

There are two ways to participate: ONLINE fundraising with your own personal donation page (received when you registered online) on the Race website www.karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure and MANUALLY by using the paper copy of the Friends for the Cure® form and mailing it in with your donations or turning it in at Expo or on Race day. Click printable forms (in PDF format) to download a manual form. We also have receipts that you can give your donors. In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, (Click here for the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Donations can also be mailed to: Komen Detroit Race for the Cure, 4100 John R, Mail Code: VE01RF, Detroit, MI 48201. Manual donations will be added to your online fundraising total by Race staff once received at the Race office.

Earn great prizes while helping to raise funds to fight breast cancer!
The level of recognition and rewards will be based on the fundraiser's total of all donations, online as well as manual. Online donations must be received by July 1, 2008 to qualify for the 2008 Friends program incentives. Manual forms must be postmarked by July 1, 2008. All awards will be presented at the September 10, 2008 celebration. New this year, online donors can also receive incentives for donations of $25 or more. Bring your email donation confirmation to the New Balance store in Farmington Hills or Troy. Receive a free pair of Lace up for the Cure® shoelaces and $10 off any Lace up for the Cure® merchandise valued at $25 or more. Complete details will be sent via a special donor email.

FUNDRAISING AWARDS & INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS

1st Place: The top fundraiser (minimum $5,000) will earn one American Airlines ticket to any destination in the contiguous U.S.* First place plaque.
2nd Place: Gift basket from Whole Foods Market. Second place plaque.
3rd Place: Gift basket from Whole Foods Market. Third place plaque.

Raise $3,000: Membership in the exclusive Friends for the Cure® Platinum Club with an invitation (plus guest) to a Thanksgiving Dinner celebration in April, 2009. Members receive a Platinum Club Race Day shirt courtesy of Variations Salon. A special gift from New Balance Farmington Hills/Troy will be presented at the April dinner along with a Platinum Club certificate.

Raise $1,000: Invitation to the exclusive post-race celebration with refreshments, awards and a breast cancer research presentation by representatives from the Karmanos Cancer Institute, and a chance to win one American Airlines ticket to any destination in the contiguous U.S.* (one chance for every $1,000 raised). You or your authorized representative must be present to win.
*Subject to Tax

Raise $350: Receive the 12th edition Friends for the Cure® hat.

New Balance Lace up for the Cure® Awards
For every $500 raised up to $5,000, you will earn a $50 New Balance gift certificate good for Lace up for the Cure® shoes and apparel. Raise $500 to receive 1 certificate, raise $1,000 to receive 2 certificates, etc. up to $5,000 (10 certificates). Gift certificates are accepted at the New Balance Farmington Hills and Troy stores only.(www.nbdetroit.com)

FUNDRAISING AWARDS FOR TEAMS

New Balance Top Fundraising Team Challenge Award - Awarded to the team in each category with the most fundraising dollars. Certificates are good at Farmington Hills and Troy stores only.
Categories 1 (15 to 25 members) and 2 (26 to 50 members) receive a $500 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise. Categories 3 (51 to 100 members) and 4 (101 to 300 members) each receive a $750 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise. Category 5 (301+ members) receives a $1,000 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.

New Balance Highest Percentage Team Challenge Award - Awarded to the team in each category with the highest percentage of team members fundraising, at a minimum of $100 each. In case of a tie, the award will be given to qualifying team with the most dollars. Certificates are good at Farmington Hills and Troy stores only. Categories 1 (15 to 25 members) and 2 (26 to 50 members) each receive a $500 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise. Categories 3 (51 to 100 members) and 4 (101 to 300 members) each receive a $750 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise. Category 5 (301+ members) receives a $1,000 New Balance gift certificate for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.

September Celebration
Teams with at least 40 members or those that raise over $5,000 in total team donations will receive an invitation for the Team Captain and 3 guests to attend the exclusive September 10, 2008 celebration with refreshments, awards and a breast cancer presentation by Karmanos Cancer Institute experts. Click here to read about the 2007 September Celebration.

All winnings are taxable per applicable law.

2007 Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®
Friends for the Cure®
Award Winners!
Top individual fundraisers

Past Years' Friends Award Winners - First Place
Karen Balousek*
Lynn Contreras
Judy Gage
Shari Franko*
Lynda Jablonski*
Kathy Knezek
Renee McDuffy
*indicates multiple times

2007 Platinum Club Members - (at least $2500 in fundraising)

2007 Winners of the New Balance Team Challenge Award

Category 1-Dash for the Cure $13,072 with 18 members

Category 2-National City $15,535 with 55 members

Category 3-Smith Barney $33,161 with 165 members

Category 4-Ford $54,617 with 1905 members

2007 Winners of the Tourneau Team Challenge Award

Category 1-Glow Team Glow with 80% of their team raising at least $100 (50 team members)

Category 2-Borders Dream Team with 22% of their team raising at least $100 (55 team members)

Category 3-Smith Barney Team with 21% of their team raising at least $100 (165 team members)

Category 4-Ford Team with 4% of their team raising at least $100 (1,905 team members)

2007 Winners of the Panera Bread Team Challenge Incentive Program

Betty's Bosom Buddies with 58% of their team raising at least $100

Dash for a Cure with 72% of their team raising at least $100

Glow Team Glow with 80% of their team raising at least $100

Special thanks to New Balance® Farmington Hills and Troy for providing over $48,000 in gift certificates in support of the 2007 Komen Detroit Friends for the Cure® program. Wear your pink ribbon apparel with pride.

• You can view your donations page. You will be asked to enter your username in the box that appears near the top of the page.

Gifts of stock are also a welcome donation.  Giving a gift of publicly traded stock that has increased in value and that you have owned for more than one year may provide greater tax benefits than giving cash. Please contact Karen Gutierrez at (972) 855-1625 or email her at donorinquiry@komen.org.  Be sure to designate this is a gift for the Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®.

Donations mailed to the Detroit address or delivered to the Friends tent on race day will be added to any online donations as soon as possible. This is a manual input done by volunteers. We appreciate your patience.

Thank you acknowledgements will be mailed to all donors who submitted manual donations (paper forms) of $25 or more, for whom we have valid addresses.

Email acknowledgements will be sent to all on-line donors at the time of their donation. They will not receive an additional acknowledgment by mail.

If you are part of a TEAM, any donations turned in by you (the fundraiser) will be credited to your TEAM total.

NEW BALANCE PINK RIBBON ITEMS

Win gift certificates from New Balance Farmington Hills & Troy to purchase these pink ribbon items:

• $50 certificate for $500 in donations

• $100 certificate for $1,000 in donations

• $150 certificate for $1,500 in donations

• $200 certificate for $2,000 in donations

New Balance Pink Ribbon Collection

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Pink Ribbon Walking Shoe- $90	Pink Ribbon Training Shoe - $90
Women's Coolmax Lo-Cut Sock - $7	Bonita Run Skirt - $60
Lace Up Reversible Bucket Hat - $20	Lace Up Vented Hat - $20
Pace Long Sleeve Shirt - $37	Tonic 2.0 Top - $37
Vigor Jacket - $64	Vigor Pant - $50
Downtown Jacket - $54