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Virgiia Chapter Richmod Office: 4200 Islake Drive,

Lyhave Parkway, Suite 201, Virgiia Beach, VA 23452

Charlottesville, VA 22901 West Virgiia Office: 1700

1 : Ride Virgiia DON T JUST RIDE, BIKE MS BIKEMS.ORG Natioal MS Society, Virgiia - West Virgiia Chapter Richmod Office: 4200 Islake Drive, Suite 301, Gle Alle, VA Virgiia Beach Office: 760 Lyhave Parkway, Suite 201, Virgiia Beach, VA Charlottesville Office: 1020 Carrigto Place, Suite 100, Charlottesville, VA West Virgiia Office: 1700 MacCorkle Aveue SE, Suite 141, Charlesto, WV

2 Welcome to Bike WELCOME CYCLISTS, Thaks for registerig for 2015 Bike MS: Ride Virgiia. Your fudraisig efforts for Bike MS provide help for today ad hope for tomorrow through educatio, support, advocacy ad research fuded by the Natioal Multiple Sclerosis Society. Whether you re a returig cyclist or ew to our evet, we appreciate your support! Now that you are registered, you ca log ito your Participat Ceter ad get started. There are a variety of olie tools, makig fudraisig easier ad more coveiet tha ever! We have also icluded some fudraisig tools ad ideas i this packet as well. Remember there is a $300 fudraisig miimum required by the morig of the ride ad you ca ear great prizes the more you raise. Do t worry; we ll be with from start to fiish! Your commitmet to ride ad fudraise is proof that you are up for the challege. We realize that there are hudreds of worthy causes deservig of your support. The fact that you have chose to fight MS is a hoor. O behalf of those with MS ad their families livig i our commuity, THANK YOU for joiig the movemet to free the world of MS. Start pedalig ad spreadig the word that you are goig the extra mile to help fight MS! Coastig together to ed MS, The Virgiia - West Virgiia Chapter EVERY MILE MATTERS, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS, EVERY PERSON MAKES A DIFFERENCE! Do you have questios about fudraisig, usig your Participat Ceter, or evet iformatio? Cotact our Fudraisig Support Ceter. Fudraisig Support Ceter (toll free): FudraisigSupport@mss.org TABLE OF CONTENTS: Importat Evet Iformatio...2 Fudraisig Icetives...2 Fudraisig Tips & ideas...3 Team Up & Have Fu...4 Teams: Social Media & Olie Tools...4 Participat Ceter Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet

Importat Evet Iformatio 2015 BIKE MS: RIDE VIRGINIA JUNE 6-7, 2015 ROUTE OPTIONS: Oe-day (Suday), 25 or 50 miles Two-day, 75 or 100 miles each day Cyclists are resposible for makig their ow hotel

3 Importat Evet Iformatio 2015 BIKE MS: RIDE VIRGINIA JUNE 6-7, 2015 ROUTE OPTIONS: Oe-day (Suday), 25 or 50 miles Two-day, 75 or 100 miles each day Cyclists are resposible for makig their ow hotel room reservatios. Please reserve your room uder the Bike MS Room Block. Through May 6, 2015 rooms uder the Bike MS Room Block are $119 +taxes. After May 6, 2015 the rooms will icrease to the prevailig room rate. Additioal Accommodatios Optios: (Please reserve your room uder the Bike MS Block.) The Saturday fiish lie, dier, ad awards ceremoy will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel. However, a small room block has bee made at the Quality I (480 McLaw Circle, Williamsburg, VA 23185; ). A shuttle will be available Saturday afteroo/ight. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM PLEDGE OR FUNDRAISING AMOUNT? All cyclists must raise at least $300 by the morig of the ride. The primary goal of Bike MS is to raise fuds to support people livig with MS. By raisig fuds, you are helpig the Chapter provide programs & services to area residets livig with MS, as well as fud research. WHEN DO I TURN IN MY DONATIONS? We ecourage you to tur i doatios as you receive them by eterig a off-lie doatio through your persoal page ad drop off or mail checks to: Natioal MS Society, Virgiia - West Virgiia Chapter at 4200 Islake Drive, Suite 301, Gle Alle, VA Doatios ca also be tured i o the day of ride. To be icluded for 2015 icetives, all doatios are to be tured i o later tha Saturday, August 1, WHAT IS MY PARTICIPANT CENTER? Every Bike MS participat receives a olie fudraisig accout that is accessed through the My Participat Ceter tab ad loggig i with your userame ad password. Olie fudraisig accouts allow participats to create persoal web pages, sed solicitatio s ad track your fudraisig. Fudraisig Icetives START:/FINISH: Richmod, VA OVERNIGHT: DoubleTree by Hilto Hotels Kigsmill Rd., Williamsburg, VA The Chapter offers great prizes to reward our top fudraisers for their efforts. Set your sights high ad ear great prizes, such as commemorative clothig! I additio, everyoe who raises $1,200 or more will receive a commemorative Bike MS Cyclig Jersey. 2014Thousadaire Jersey Show > Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet 3

Fudraisig Tips & Ideas Whether you are participatig as part of a corporate team, a frieds ad family team, or as a idividual, these quick tips are sure to help you maximize your fudraisig efforts.

Cosider askig everyoe you kow ad meet, from frieds ad family to local busiess owers. Persoal Coectio is a great way to highlight the importace of the missio.

Kow the facts. To successfully ecourage door participatio, it s importat that you kow what MS is, where the moey goes ad the importat work of the Natioal Multiple Sclerosis Society.

4 Fudraisig Tips & Ideas Whether you are participatig as part of a corporate team, a frieds ad family team, or as a idividual, these quick tips are sure to help you maximize your fudraisig efforts. Set a Goal ad let everyoe kow what it is. They will wat to help you reach it! Just ASK EVERYONE!!! The umber oe reaso why people do t give is because they were ever asked! Cosider askig everyoe you kow ad meet, from frieds ad family to local busiess owers. Persoal Coectio is a great way to highlight the importace of the missio. You might be surprised to lear how may peoples lives have bee touched by multiple sclerosis, so if you are participatig i hoor or i memory of someoe with multiple sclerosis tell your story. Kow the facts. To successfully ecourage door participatio, it s importat that you kow what MS is, where the moey goes ad the importat work of the Natioal Multiple Sclerosis Society. To lear more, go to Corporate Matchig Gift: Ask your compay to match the amout of pledges you receive from your coworkers. THINK OUTSIDE THE FUNDRAISING BOX: Fudraisig dier at your favorite restaurat: Ask your favorite local restaurat to host a fudraisig dier for you. They supply the food ad you supply the pledge forms! Game Night: Get out those board games ad start playig! Break ito teams ad let the fu begi. Dress Dow Day: Ask your compay to allow a official Bike MS Dress Dow Day. For the privilege of dressig dow, employees pledge $10 or $20 toward the evet. Compay Grats: Fid out if your compay offers grats to employees who voluteer their time for charitable causes. If so, you ca voluteer your time at the Natioal Multiple Sclerosis Society office ad get paid grat moey (doatios) for the work. Raffle: Everyoe that cotributes is etered ito a raffle to wi a special item such as a homemade quilt or baseball tickets. Bake Sale: Become Julia Child or Mrs. Fields ad host a bake sale with your frieds. Visit click o Make a Impact, ad the the Fudraisig Tools drop dow for additioal fudraisig tips ad tools. 4 Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet

Team Up Have Fu & NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF CYCLISTS IN BIKE MS PARTICIPATE AS PART OF A TEAM. WHY FORM A TEAM? Because joiig the movemet is more fu with family, frieds, ad co-workers aroud!

Desigate a team captai, make up a fu team ame, ad recruit additioal team members. Cotact Karla McCarraher at 757-319-4253 or karla.mccarraher@mss.org for team resources.

5 Team Up Have Fu & NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF CYCLISTS IN BIKE MS PARTICIPATE AS PART OF A TEAM. WHY FORM A TEAM? Because joiig the movemet is more fu with family, frieds, ad co-workers aroud! Plus, you have the opportuity to compete agaist other teams for top fudraisig status, largest team, ad other fu awards. FORMING A TEAM IS EASY Already registered, but wat to start a team? Desigate a team captai, make up a fu team ame, ad recruit additioal team members. Cotact Karla McCarraher at or karla.mccarraher@mss.org for team resources. Usig Social Media Olie Tools & USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO FUNDRAISE, GROW A TEAM AND INCREASE AWARENESS. FACEBOOK: Facebook is the most popular social etwork i the world, helpig people coect ad commuicate with people they kow, ad ecouragig easy sharig of importat ews, evets ad pictures. Share the word about your upcomig ride faster ad easier tha ever before! LINKEDIN, LikedI.com: This place for professioals has the potetial to expose your team to folks who are capable of makig doatios. LikedI Groups ca help you to coect with others of similar passios ad iterests who could potetially create or joi a team. TWITTER: Twitter is oe of the fastest growig social etworks. It is a micro-bloggig platform that allows you to sed a 140-character (or less) message about your ride ad team to ayoe followig you. Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet 5

6 Participat Ceter A customizable Participat Ceter is available to each registered participat. You ca access the Participat Ceter by loggig i through the Logi to my Accout box with your userame ad password at the top of the scree. PARTICIPANT CENTER FEATURES Upload your persoal address book. Sed s to family, frieds, co-workers or ayoe else you would like to ask to sposor you for Bike MS. We ve eve provided sample s that you ca use. Sed thak you s to those who have doated to your fudraisig efforts. Moitor your fudraisig progress receive otificatios whe someoe has doated to your fudraisig efforts. Update your persoal page iclude your story, share your coectio to MS ad tell others why they should Joi the Movemet. Update your Fudraisig Goal. Lear what to do ext this box chages with suggestios to help you with your fudraisig ad get the most out of your Participat Ceter Istall the Fudraise with Facebook app It allows your etire Facebook etwork to doate directly to you. USERNAMES/PASSWORDS If you participated i a previous evet or are a ewly registered participat, you created a userame ad password. If you have forgotte your userame or password, please call our Fudraisig Support Ceter at or them at FudraisigSupport@mss.org. 6 Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet

7 PERSONAL PAGE Your Persoal Page is a uique web page askig frieds ad family to joi your team or support you by makig a doatio. Customize your page to share your story about why you have joied the movemet. Choose a layout for your persoal page. Create a persoalized URL shortcut for easy referece. Upload pictures to make your story more powerful. Eable a thermometer showig dollars raised to persoal fudraisig goal. Choose how you would like your doors to be listed o your page by door ame oly or ame ad amout of doatios received. Eable the blog feature to post updates about your fudraisig success ad evet experiece. ADDRESS BOOK Keep it simple by uploadig your existig address book from your persoal accout. Click o Import Cotacts to import cotacts from aother applicatio you use. The Society s olie fudraisig tools support the followig: Outlook/Outlook Express, AOL, Yahoo! Mail, gmail, Geeric CSV. You ca also upload a.csv file exported from aother cliet. Add cotacts maually by choosig Add a cotact ad typig i each cotact ame ad address. The sectio allows you to sed messages to your frieds, family ad co-workers to ask for doatios i support of your participatio. Optios: Thak those who have made a doatio Recruit team members Solicit doatios Commuicate with your team Correspodig messagig is available for each Optio. There is also evet statioery ad a blak template. Note: If you would rather from your persoal accout, you ca copy ad paste ay of the cotet ito a ad sed. MY PROGRESS The My Progress sectio allows you to moitor your persoal fudraisig progress based o the compoets chose. My Progress Features: View your mothly progress with a chart showig your fudraisig success Track the umber of gifts you have received View your gift history Chage your fudraisig goal Eter a ew gift checks & cash that you receive from doors Bike MS: 2015 Welcome Packet 7

8 Virgiia - West Virgiia Chapter 4200 Islake Drive Suite 301 Gle Alle, VA Thak You for Registerig for Bike IT S MORE THAN A RIDE Bike MS will take you farther tha you ve ever goe before. It s ot just the miles that matter it s the uforgettable jourey. Whe you joi us, you experiece first had the aticipatio, camaraderie, persoal accomplishmet, ad the kowledge that you re chagig lives makig every mile that much sweeter. Do t just ride, Bike MS. PRESENTING SPONSOR: LOCAL SPONSORS:

9 bike to create a world free of MS Official posor Pledge heet Every Bike MS cyclist agrees to raise the required fudraisig amout of $300. Please make checks payable to the Natioal MS Society. A caceled check serves as a receipt, or call our office for receipt books. *Pledge evelopes available upo request. CYCLIST: FUNDRAISING GOAL: $ SPONSOR NAME CONTACT DATE SPONSOR INFORMATION: ADDRESS/PHONE/ DONATION AMOUNT PAID MATCHING GIFTS (+MG) AMOUNT SENT TO SOCIETY 1. $ $ $ 2. $ $ $ 3. $ $ $ 4. $ $ $ 5. $ $ $ 6. $ $ $ 7. $ $ $ 8. $ $ $ 9. $ $ $ 10. $ $ $ 11. $ $ $ 12. $ $ $ 13. $ $ $ 14. $ $ $ 15. $ $ $ Submit to: 4200 Islake Drive, Suite 301, Gle Alle, VA TOTALS $ $ $ Natioal Multiple Sclerosis Society, Virgiia - West Virgiia Chapter Richmod Office: 4200 Islake Drive, Suite 301, Gle Alle, VA DONATION +MG

10 Kow Your Networks Worksheet PERSONAL etworks Write dow your ideas of who to cotact ad how (reach out by phoe, , Facebook Boudless Fudraisig, letter-writig, fudraisig evets) Family etwork Go beyod your immediate family: Who did you see at the last holiday party or reuio? Your childre s activities: Reach out to other parets you kow through childcare, teams, classes ad extracurricular activities Your parter s etworks FRIENDS Iclude frieds from other periods of your life: Grade school, high school, college, graduate programs Iformal groups or clubs: Book or kittig clubs, poker ight Distat Cotacts Review weddig or shower guest lists (put that guest book to use!) Your holiday card list Sorority sisters/fraterity brothers COMMUNITY Voluteer activities/orgaizatios: coachig, commuity watch, Kiwais, Lios Club Civic Orgaizatios: Towship boards, PTA eighborhood groups 1 Bike MS: kow your Networks Worksheet

11 PERSONAL etworks (cot d) Daily ACtivites What does your average day or weeked look like? What busiesses do you frequet? Market, dry cleaers, pharmacy, gym, salo, doctors ad specialists. Persoal Resources: Facebook (get i touch ad use Boudless Fudraisig, the applicatio provided by the Society); Ivitatio ad showers lists; Card or mailig systems; Team rosters; Membership lists Professioal etworks Write dow your ideas of who to cotact ad how (reach out by phoe, , Facebook Boudless Fudraisig, letter-writig, fudraisig evets) Co-workers Ask outside your departmet or direct cotacts Former co-workers from previous jobs or positios CLIEts, parters & vedors Who do you regularly iteract with? Where does your busiess regularly sped moey? Professioal groups Thik of differet orgaizatios whose meetig you atted regularly Do you pay membership dues aywhere? Idustry groups, professioal developmet, social etworkig orgaizatios Professioal Resources: LikedI; Outlook Cotacts; Office Directory; Itraet; Chamber of Commerce Directory 2 Bike MS: kow your Networks worksheet

BIKE MS: 2015 PARTICIPANT CENTER GUIDE

BIKE MS: 2015 PARTICIPANT CENTER GUIDE bikems.org 1 Table of Cotets Why Use Olie Fudraisig Tools... 2 Participat Ceter... 3 Guide to Olie Fudraisig... 3 Edit Persoal Page... 5 Address Book... 7 Email Messages...