Prizes!

Team e-mail 11.13.08

Hello Team!

I want to pass on a huge and gigantic Thank You from PETA Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.  Headquarters had a series of meetings this past week and The PETA Pack came up for discussion.  They could not believe you all had already raised over $5,000!!  As I write this, we’re at $6,732.00.  WOW. 

 

Samantha zipped into first place just in the past few days.  Lynne and Stephen, running in sub-zero temperatures in Calgary, are holding the 2^nd and 3^rd spots.   Our own wonderful Steve and Karen have the #1 and #2 staff fundraising spots.  Sweet!

           

You are raising money for animals, who have no one to help them.  In the world of philanthropy, animals get the tiniest slice of the pie.  They are the most helpless and the most abused in this world, and yet they receive the least help.  Thank you for changing that!  Later this week I’ll send you some examples of what money buys at PETA.  For example:  $35.00 provides medical care and a treat for a neglected dog assisted by our Community Animal Project (CAP).  $2,500 pays for one desperately needed anesthesia machine for one of our SNIP vans!

 

Thanks to our wonderful PETA Business Friend, Holiday Systems International, we have some very special prizes. 

 

Holiday Systems International so appreciates your fundraising efforts for animals that they have donated the three grand prizes.  Our top three fundraisers will win luxury vacations to reward their hard working feet!

 

FIRST PRIZE:  The #1 fundraiser for The PETA Pack will win a FREE VACATION (7 nights/8 days) at a beautiful resort in Maui, Hawaii!

(Accommodations for up to four, and airfare for two from anywhere in the U.S.!)

 

SECOND PRIZE:  A FREE VACATION (7 nights/8 days) at a beautiful resort in Mexico! (Airfare not included.)

 

THIRD PRIZE:  A FREE VACATION (7 nights/8 days) at a beautiful resort in Las Vegas!  (Airfare not included.)

 

4^TH, 5^TH AND 6^TH PRIZES:  $50 gift certificate for the PETA Catalog

 

BEST TEAM SPIRIT:  $25 gift cert to the PETA Catalog

 

GREATEST EFFORT:  $25 gift cert to PETA Catalog  

           

            To be eligible for the prizes, runners must be registered for The PETA Pack and must have raised a minimum of $1,000 for PETA.  Vacation winners must be 21 years or older. Employees of PETA, PETA Foundation and Holiday Systems International are not eligible to win these prize packages.    

           

            Winners are chosen based on fundraising totals on February 1, 2009.   You do not have to run the actual race to win your prize.  “Best Team Spirit” and “Greatest Effort” winners chosen by Ingrid Newkirk, Coach Darren, and Alex Bury.

 

 

Thanks, everyone!  I hope your training is going well this week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I’ll be sending out more food and fundraising tips tomorrow. 

 

Sincerely,

Alex