Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy:

Sponsor a race participant.

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Want to join the
PPMD family?
Please register here.

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FUNDRAISING TIPS
Finding sponsorship is easier than you think. The secret is to ask early and ask EVERYONE! Ask friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors. Talk to local businesses. You can even sponsor yourself.

Don’t think of it as a handout. You’re giving people an opportunity to contribute to a real and worthy cause. Answer any questions they may have, or direct them to our website. Let them see for themselves the difference their contributions make. Some people will want time to consider. Just remember to ask them again.

Also, carrying a donation form with you will allow you to sign people up when you happen to meet them. Download the donation form.

FUNDRAISING TOOLS

PPMD provides runners with several tools to raise funds offline and online. For instance, in your welcome packet (which should arrive a few days after you register) you should have envelopes with labels for you to do your own mailing, here are some documents to help you:

Download Sample Solicitation Letter

Download Sample Press Template

Finally, setting up a fundraising page will make it easy for them to see what we do and for them to donate. It will also make it easier for you to keep track of your fundraising.

Customize Your Very Own Personal Fundraising Page

How to Add Offline Gifts to Your Personal Page

Why I Run

My son, Anthony, has Duchenne. I am running the Disney half-marathon on the weekend of his birthday. But I am not running for him.

Anthony was one of 6 boys who tried an experimental drug. We saw it work. We saw him change into an energetic boy who could finish the day without feeling defeated and exhausted.

So I am not running for him.

This time I am running for the other boys the 85% of the boys for whom this drug won’t work. We need another solution for them.

I am running because they deserve the hope that we now have. Their mothers and fathers need to be able to sleep at night knowing that they too have a chance. Let’s give all our boys a chance to live their lives to the fullest.

This is about going the distance no matter what your struggles are. Take one step at a time, keep going when you can’t anymore, enjoy the journey when it’s easy, and get up again when you fall.

This is about all of us: Anthony, the other boys, and their families are a part of you, too.