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2009 FRIENDS FOR THE CURE® DONATIONS PROGRAM

One Person. One Promise. One Cure. YOU have the power to make a difference.

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 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. Offline donations will be combined to your online fundraising totals by Race staff after they are received. Offline donations can only be entered by Race staff and will be posted to the website as soon as possible. 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.

Are you the one?

Last year, the Friends for the Cure® program raised $1.1 million! That's 48% of total Race revenue (just over $2.2 million). YOU have the power to make a difference. 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!

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)

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 and manual (offline). Online donations must be received by July 1, 2009 to qualify for the 2009 Friends program incentives. Manual forms must be postmarked by July 1, 2009. All awards will be presented at the 2009 September Celebration.

2009 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 and Second place plaque.
3rd Place: Gift basket and 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 2010. 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 (September 16, 2009) with refreshments, awards, a breast cancer presentation by experts 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 13th edition Komen Detroit Friends for the Cure® hat.

New Balance Lace up for the Cure® Awards
For every $500 raised up to $2,500 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 $2,500 (5 certificates). Gift certificates are accepted at the New Balance Farmington Hills and Troy stores only. (www.nbdetroit.com )

2009 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.
Category 1 (15 to 25) receives $500 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 2 (26 to 50) receives $750 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 3 (51 to 100) receives $1,000 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 4 (101 to 300) receives $1,200 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 5 (301+) receives $1,500 in New Balance gift certificates 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.
Category 1 (15 to 25) receives $500 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 2 (26 to 50) receives $750 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 3 (51 to 100) receives $1,000 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 4 (101 to 300) receives $1,200 in New Balance gift certificates for Lace up for the Cure® merchandise.
Category 5 (301+) receives $1,500 in New Balance gift certificates 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 post-race celebration on September 16, 2009 with refreshments, awards and a breast cancer presentation by Karmanos Cancer Institute experts.

All winnings are taxable per applicable law.

2008 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

Click here to read about the top ten individual fundraisers of 2008!

2008 Platinum Club Members - (at least $3,000 in fundraising)

2008 Winners of the New Balance Team Challenge Award
Most Dollars

Category 1-Taubman Asset Group $30,192 with 16 members

Category 2-Plante & Moran's AWESOME Team $53,630 with 26 members

Category 3-Barb's Battalion $13,052 with 81 members

Category 4-Smith Barney $52,906 with 147 members

Category 5-Ford $59,057 with 2,167 members

2008 Winners of the New Balance Team Challenge Award
Highest Percentage

Category 1-DASH for a Cure with 85.7% of their team raising at least $100

Category 2-Plante & Moran's AWESOME Team with 84.6% of their team raising at least $100

Category 3-Deloitte for the Cure with 30% of their team raising at least $100

Category 4-Smith Barney with 27.9% of their team raising at least $100

Category 5-Stay and Play for the Cure with 13.1% of their team raising at least $100

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

Email acknowledgments 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.

Thank you to Michael Meldrum, Friends Chair.

2004 Friends for the Cure® Platinum Club

2005 Friends for the Cure® Awardees

2006 Top Friends and Team Captains Honored

2007 Top Friends and Team Captains Honored

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